Triumphrat

thekiwi

The mighty Scram [ 06 ] registered 07,now slightly over 1 year old & covered 19000km . Last 2 sets of tyres fitted by a shop but this time I am doing the change & have discovered a cosiderable amount of rust on the inside of the rim in the spock well under the rubber doohickey, I have wire brushed & sprayed with a rust kill/primer as a remporary fix.
I will attempt to claim on warranty at 20km service, it is OK now but in 2/3 years time these rims will be US if this rust continues.
Is this a common problem ???? I could not find much in search [Bike is garaged]

scramboy

Had my front wheel replaced under warranty due to extremely poor inner chrome. (It was one of Italian AMC? branded wheels. Formally Borrani I think).
Triumph NZ replaced it with a "Union" brand. (made in Thailand).
It is holding up much better.(I also do my own tyres), but the rear AMC is showing real bad rust an d in places it never took to the base nickle coat.
I've been taking pics of it, and hope they will also replace the rear.
Shoddy wheels for sure. Need to fit some Excel alloy rims when they finally become redundant.

thekiwi

Same , Same. Front is not good & rear is better but not far behind.
Suspect we will compare notes next weekend.

PfM

Same on mine - 20000km.
I think it is water getting in through the spokes and sitting there.

Lately I have started spraying WD40 on the lower spokes when I oil the chain, with the assumption it will seep in. Not sure if it will help.

FrankBlack

Yep, same here after only 12 months. Have asked my dealer to replace under warranty. We shall see what happens.



The hubs are cheese too:

CAPTDON

Gee it looks like mine!! Try a splash w/ OSPHO on a brush. It will stop the rust!! If under warranty- get it repkaced!!

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convict

my rear rim has spotting - grrr. thinking about using grey/silver rust check paint to cover and to stop more pitting

FrankBlack

Thanks Don. I'll post back when I hear from the dealer. Don't think we have Ospho here in the UK, but there are comparable products that turn the iron oxide to iron phosphate.

I think Triumph need to get their act together and fit alloy rims. It's a pretty poor advertisement for the company if rims can rust like that in under a year on a bike that's kept under cover. Check out JohnyC's rims after only 10 months http://www.triumphrat.net/twins-talk...heels-etc.html

CAPTDON

Thats cool Frank- I used Ospho as an example. It wont do anything for the outside of the rim- but will "cease " the rust inside. You obviously are familiar w/ it & it will stop the rust for now. Pretty cool stuff as far as rust goes. I got familiar w/ it in the marine business.
IF under warranty- they WILL replace it!! Dont give up!!!!!

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JPI54

Should I expect this issue with a bike built in 2002?

Thanks for your reply
John