Triumphrat

satansk9 · 06-09-2006

Just got a call from my Triumph Dealer. They said that they have a complete new brake system for me. I didn't even ask for one. I just bugged the ***** out of them about the bleeding thing. I wonder if triumph are finally going to admit to the problem, or am I a guinea pig? I will let you know if it fixes the issues. I just thought you would all like to know, so you can give your dealers ***** about it, and get yours fixed.

speedcubed · 06-09-2006

Thanks for the information and please keep us informed as to what they replace.

satansk9 · 06-09-2006

I just dropped the bike off the dealer. They really are a bunch of tossers! I think I will have to write to Triumph UK about them. The owner/manager said that I am the only one to have had my brakes bled so frequently, and the only one to have this problem. I informed him of the list of names on this forum and that I wasn't alone. He said that we weren't complaining loud enough to Triumph or to our dealers, becuase it wasn't being heard by Triumph. What a pr1ck! Anyway, that is my beef. Triumph have sent me an entire assembled front brake unit. They said it was to be attached to the bike without being broken down, because they know there is no air in the system now, and if it still happens after this........well, I don't know! They believe the air is getting in through the callipers somewhere, I don't know, I'm not a mechanic. The mechanic at the dealers believes it is the master cylinder. All I know is that I am very confused by the he said she said ****e!

xSpeed3x · 06-09-2006

Satan,

Are you getting the work done at AZSB? I've had mine bleed twice, ready for a third at PIM. I have my Pazzo's set on six and they're still mushy.

Let us know how it works out.

Geof3 · 06-09-2006

That is not uncommon... (This is coming to you LIVE from Cozumel) My local dealer has said the same thing. There is some question as to the widespread nature of this issue. It may be regional... Weird... yes.

Lowgloss · 06-09-2006

I had this fix about 6 months into owning my S3.
They sent a complete system, calipers, mastercylinder and lever attached to a 7/8 piece of bar with zip ties holding the lever against the tube and therefore retaining some 1/4 pieces of steel compressed between the pads.
The mechanic just threads the calipers through the forks bolts them in place. He then unbolts the master cylinder from the tube and bolts it onto your bars and it is ready to go.
Worked great for a while then the same lever "feel" and travel as before.
I just switched to a 5/8 cylinder and had my calipers rebuilt when I had them anodized black. I also added some Galfer banjo bolts to the calipers with bleed nipples on them. This makes bleeding the brakes much easier.
The feel with the new master cylinder is a little better and closer to the kind of lever feel I like "solid".
The bike has always stopped very well, but I did get my little fat fingers squeezed between the bar and lever when I would put the lever in the #4 position, something that made me feel uneasy.
If I didn't have a V11 Moto Guzzi with near "perfect" feeling brakes I would never complain, but I do have a MG V11 with Brembos :-D and I prefer the "feel" of those brakes.
I would not trade my S3 for anything as it is by far the best bike I have ever owned. Maybe I will get rich one day and put some Brembos on it for the lever feel I like till then I will ride it with the brakes the way they are.