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Old 02-04-2006, 01:56 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Hi Everyone,

Just got my new speed triple (black) and after about 30 miles riding, the bike stalled at a corner and would not start again - headlights, display, ignition dead. Pushed two miles home, turned out the ignition fuse was blown. The mechanic at the dealers came out next day and found that a wire in the wiring harness near the headlights had burnt through. The mechanic told me this was the second S3 he'd seen this on - says it is due to overly-aggressive wire cinching. He took it in to get new harness - great service and I am very happy (ecstatic) with this bike! Will be only a few days, but that's ok since it is snowing here now anyway.

I thought I'd post this in case anyone else had this problem.

Great forum and looking forward to posting more!
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Old 02-04-2006, 04:28 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Sorry you've had a problem so early in your ownership. The bike is really great. I love mine. 1 year old 20.3.06.
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Old 02-04-2006, 04:43 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Hey, if you can post up pictures or give a more detailed description of where that pinching was happening, I'm interested in looking into that. Now that I'm working at a Triumph dealer, I'm tracking issues like these to see if we can get things sorted so buyers can avoid this sort of issue if possible.
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Old 02-04-2006, 08:23 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I just took off both reflectors. Both had very tight nylon zip
ties to stop the wire bundle from being pulled out past the
grommet. I was looking for the connector shown in the shop
manual that would allow the lighting pigtail to be disconnected from the main harness. As yet I have not been
able to feel where the connector is ( if it actually exists?).
If I find any other situations I'll post it here. Does anybody
know if the connector is still on 2006's?
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Old 02-04-2006, 10:27 PM   #5 (permalink)
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On 2006-02-04 14:43, kuhlka wrote:
Hey, if you can post up pictures or give a more detailed description of where that pinching was happening, I'm interested in looking into that. Now that I'm working at a Triumph dealer, I'm tracking issues like these to see if we can get things sorted so buyers can avoid this sort of issue if possible.
kuhlka,

The bike is in the shop now but when I pick it up, I'll get a precise location from the mechanic. I'll also try to find out the location and nature of the other wiring harness defect that he mentioned. I really like this bike alot and I eagerly anticipate its return!
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