Triumphrat

600ttguy · 04-03-2008

i have own a 2001 tt600.starting today my bike has developed a stinky,rotten egg smell.i know their has been a recall on the fuel connectors,which haven't been done as of yet.has anyone else had this same experience

Will · 04-03-2008

Rotten egg smell is sulphur. The fuel fittings have nothing to do with it. Did you get some bad fuel? That's all I can think of.

kubbie · 04-03-2008

+1 on the bad fuel. Try gas from a different store and see what happens, or should it be smell?

good luck

Justice Strike · 04-03-2008

didn't you just secretly passed gas in the presence of your girlfriend and posted this so your gf just believes it was the bike and not you

600ttguy · 04-03-2008

ok i passed gas.....lol.my mechanic believes it's a throttle body adjustment and co adjustment.what do you guys think? it seems to be running a little rich,so it seems possible

Yak · 04-03-2008

Usually that smell is caused by an overheated catalytic converter, which can be caused by few things. Using leaded fuel. Overly rich air/fuel mixture. Plugged exhaust.

Now the question is, does your bike have one? If its a 50 state (US) version then it probably does. (its incorporated in the can)

Will · 04-03-2008

Um, no, I don't think it does. That's why I suspect bad fuel.

600ttguy · 04-03-2008

i live in canada,and that makes perfect sense.the bad gas was my first guess.anyways,i'm going to drop it off to my guy,he seems to know what he's talking about and let him do his thing.thanks for your help

Yak · 04-03-2008

I have a 50 state S4 and just had the can replaced because it had a rattle in it, which my dealer diagnosed as the cat rattling around inside. Also, if you look on BikeBandit it has 2 different OEM cans available a "CAT EQUIPPED US CAL & DE ONLY" version, and the other non Cat version.

BBDGriptonia · 04-05-2008

anyone know if the non-CAT version sounds better? or louder rather, since the bike still sounds awesome