Triumph quality?
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bimsb6

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8,574 posts

243 months

Monday 12th June 2023
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What are they making triumph engines out of for a crankcase casting to rot away in 7 years ?

trickywoo

13,536 posts

252 months

Monday 12th June 2023
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I had a number of bolt threads fall off due to corrosion on an 18 month old Street Triple also made in 2016.

The general build on it left me very unimpressed coming from a 2004 GSXR which was significantly higher quality.

Hugo Stiglitz

40,496 posts

233 months

Tuesday 13th June 2023
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What about newer ones? I quite like the look of the 660 sport.

srob

12,321 posts

260 months

Tuesday 13th June 2023
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bimsb6 said:
What are they making triumph engines out of for a crankcase casting to rot away in 7 years ?
After that short a time it sounds more like a chemical reaction causing the corrosion rather than weathering.

Probably cheaply/inadequately coated steel bolts reacting with alloy cases would be my guess!