Save your oil/filter receipts. Download and use the Triumph service schedule. Not that I follow my own advice.

 

I spoke with the owner of the shop and he said that as long as I purchase my oil/filters there, he will stand by me in the event of a warranty claim.

 

True You can do all the services yourself just save all tags and staple them to the Triumpg Sprint schedule sheet. That has been going around for years that the dealer will not warrenty your bike if you do your own service.

 

Has anyone ever had to make a claim? Was is a stressfull process?

 

On 2007-03-30 09:58, chiefsr wrote:
I purchased a left over '06 SprintST last night and one of the papers I signed noted that Triumph requires that all service be done by an authorized service center. After checking Triumph's warranty documentation, I verified this and looked into the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act. According to the Act, a manufacturer cannot specify such a warranty provision.

Has anyone had any issues with this? I do all of my own maintenance from oil changes to valve checks. I am not about to pay ~$70/hr for some 20 year old minimum wage fellow to do my service for me.
I realize that this only applies during the 2 year warranty period, but I will go through 2 oil changes minimum.

Have the dealer do the first oil change. Than afterwards its your choice and the first one is not a killer, money wise. And if you only go thru 2 changes per two years, you aren't riding enough. :-D

 

I asked my dealer about this today. They said that it really depends on the dealer since they would have to tell Triumph that they didn't service the bike. I guess some dealers don't want to deal with liability issues.

 

It's illegal for a manufacturer to stipulate *dealer service or warranty void* here in Aus. That doesn't stop them trying it on though, for example I often hear ads stating 'your trade-in is worth more if you have the dealer stamp blah blah'. What a lot of crepe. My feeling is that if you blow your motor up and it can be attribulted to poor maintenance then you may be in trouble, no matter who does the service. But if you've done everything you possibly can to ensure the vehicle is maintained properly during the warranty period then there wouldn't be a court in all of Christendom that would rule against you - should it come to that.