Triumphrat

Brooksie

My Daytona 955i was built in late 2004. I purchased the bike in August of 2006. Since the day I picked up the bike, it has been hard starting. It would take 5 or 6 attempts for the bike to start, even when warmed up. I told my dealer about the problem several times, including when it went in for break-in maintenance a few weeks after I bought it. The problem seems to have gotten worse this year and fuel performance (mileage, acceleration) have been steadily declining. I took the bike in last week to get it looked at before I leave for a trip from Chicago to Deals Gap and back next week. I was going to have a $300.00 Triumph imobilizer installed. The bike would not even start at the dealers and they had to push it into the shop. They excellent technicians at the shop got into the problem and found the fuel pump to be the problem. Also, the factory had pretty much munched the fuel pump housing gasket on the tank. I just got off the phone with the dealer, who sated that he had to really plea my case to get the pump covered by warranty, that Triumph said it's because I let the bike sit too long (mid-December to early March) and that the pump either works or doesn't. To my understanding, the bike sat with for a year and a half before it was purchased. While the dealer was able to advocate my case and get it covered, I am very disappointed that Triumph took this stance. This will seriously weigh my decision about the next bike I buy, and I will be doing that next spring. I love the bike, when it is running well. Just a word to the many riders who have threaded their hard starting problems here: Get the bike taken care of and consider trading it in on another manufacturer as soon as possible