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hello all. been reading for a while but this is my first post.
i have tried searching around and have seen others with similar issues on older bikes (955's) but not too much from people with the newer generation.
my bike has a noticeable surging problem while riding. when sitting in neutral and idling everything seems to be fine, but under load (especially light load going through the neighborhood) the bike surges badly. From the feel of things it seems to surge worse at lower speeds with lower rpm's (2000-4000) but i think that it really is that it is just more noticeable there. at higher speeds and rpm's i can still feel it slitghtly but the bike feels smoother just because the surging is happening at a higher frequency.
I just changed the spark plugs yesterday to the NGK iridiums and took it out for a quick spin thinking that i had a bad plug. after looking at them that doesn't look like it was the problem as they all looked ok and only one was out of spec. going to be changing the air filter also but have to have a shop order it for me as nobody stocks it. (my triumph dealer is 1.5 hours away)
I have owned this bike since new and have loved it from the beginning. she now has almost 30k miles on her and i am looking forward to the next 30k. but if i can't get this surging issue figured out i'm afraid i will not be able to ride as much.
i'm thinking possibly the valves need to get checked. any other obvious things i should have looked at? i have a really great local mechanic that has no problems digging into it. but i'd like to have some suggestions before i just send him in blind.
thanks.
i have tried searching around and have seen others with similar issues on older bikes (955's) but not too much from people with the newer generation.
my bike has a noticeable surging problem while riding. when sitting in neutral and idling everything seems to be fine, but under load (especially light load going through the neighborhood) the bike surges badly. From the feel of things it seems to surge worse at lower speeds with lower rpm's (2000-4000) but i think that it really is that it is just more noticeable there. at higher speeds and rpm's i can still feel it slitghtly but the bike feels smoother just because the surging is happening at a higher frequency.
I just changed the spark plugs yesterday to the NGK iridiums and took it out for a quick spin thinking that i had a bad plug. after looking at them that doesn't look like it was the problem as they all looked ok and only one was out of spec. going to be changing the air filter also but have to have a shop order it for me as nobody stocks it. (my triumph dealer is 1.5 hours away)
I have owned this bike since new and have loved it from the beginning. she now has almost 30k miles on her and i am looking forward to the next 30k. but if i can't get this surging issue figured out i'm afraid i will not be able to ride as much.
i'm thinking possibly the valves need to get checked. any other obvious things i should have looked at? i have a really great local mechanic that has no problems digging into it. but i'd like to have some suggestions before i just send him in blind.
thanks.