2008 TRIUMPH TIGER 1050 CCM ABS Problems & Recalls

THE LOW BEAM IS VERY DIM AND APPEARS FOGGY INSIDE THE LENS. IT APPEARS THE REFLECTOR BEHIND THE LAMP IS LOOSING ITS ABILITY TO REFLECT THE LIGHT ONTO THE ROAD. THE HEADLIGHT IS DEFECTIVE. BOTTOM LINE: THE LIGHT PATTERN ON THE ROAD IS ALMOST NONEXISTENT. IT IS DANGEROUS TO RIDE THE BIKE AT NIG...

Mileage: 7,000

ON DAY 2 OF OWNERSHIP OF A BRAND MY NEW 2008 TIGER 1050 ABS, I WAS RIDING IN THE RAIN. UPON STOPPING AT A STOP LIGHT THERE WAS SMOKE COMING UP FROM THE RADIATOR WHICH FOGGED UP MY HELMET WINDSCREEN, MY MIRRORS, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND WINDSHIELD. THIS PERSISTED AND CAUSED DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIO...

Mileage: 30

ON DAY 2 OF OWNERSHIP OF A BRAND MY NEW 2008 TIGER 1050 ABS, I WAS RIDING IN THE RAIN. UPON STOPPING AT A STOP LIGHT THERE WAS SMOKE COMING UP FROM THE RADIATOR WHICH FOGGED UP MY HELMET WINDSCREEN, MY MIRRORS, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND WINDSHIELD. THIS PERSISTED AND CAUSED DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIO...

Mileage: 30

20 MIN AFTER PICKING UP MY MOTORCYCLE FROM OVERHEATING REPAIR AT CORSA MOTORSPORTS IN NYC, I NOTICED A LITTLE OIL LEAKING FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY MOTORCYCLE. I PROMPTLY TURNED AROUND AND WENT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED THAT IT WAS A BAD SUMP GASKET AND THAT THEY WOULD ORDER A NEW ONE AND I...

Mileage: 2,337

MY TRIUMPH TIGER 1050 OVERHEATED MANY TIMES IN TRAFFIC. THE BIKE WOULD GO FROM 6-9 ON THE TEMP GAUGE VERY QUICKLY AND THE OVERHEATING WARNING LIGHT WOULD COME ON. I PULLED OVER TO LET IT COOL DOWN AND AFTER 15 MIN OR SO I WOULD START AGAIN AND IT WOULD TAKE ONLY A FEW MINUTES TO OVERHEAT AGAIN. THEN...

Mileage: 2,312

AFTER PICKING MY TRIUMPH TIGER 1050 FROM CORSA MOTORSPORTS IN NYC FOR A OVERHEATING REPAIR, WHICH ALL THEY DID WAS REPLACE A FAN FUSE, MY MOTORCYCLE CONTINUED TO OVERHEAT AND BLOW APPROX 8-10 FUSES THROUGHOUT THE DAY UNTIL I COULD GET IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT AFTERNOON. I WAS LEFT STRANDED ON ...

Mileage: 2,337

UPON PICKING MY BIKE UP FROM AN OVERHEATING REPAIR THE SHOP INFORMED ME THAT MY REAR BRAKES WHERE WORN DOWN TO THE METAL AND REPLACED THEM. SINCE BRAKE PADS ARE NOT A WARRANTY ITEM I PAID TO HAVE THEM REPLACED. I QUESTIONED HOW BRAKE PADS CAN WEAR SO QUICKLY. THE BIKE HAD ONLY 2337 MILES ON IT AND W...

Mileage: 2,337

IN THE MORNING MY TRIUMPH TIGER 1050 WAS HAVING A VERY HARD TIME STARTING. IT TOOK 15-20 MINUTES OR SO TO GET IT TO TURN OVER. ONCE I WAS ABLE TO GET IT STARTED I TOOK IT TO CORSA MOTORSPORTS TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. LESS THAN 3 MONTHS PRIOR THE BIKE WOULD NOT START AND THE WHOLE STARTER SYSTEM ...

Mileage: 5,224

MY TRIUMPH TIGER 1050 WOULD NOT TURN OVER OR START IN THE MORNING. I TRIED TO PUSH START IT TO NO AVAIL. THE GUYS AT CORSA MOTORSPORTS PICKED IT UP THAT AFTERNOON AND HAD IT FOR REPAIRS FOR APPROX 40 DAYS AND UPON PICK UP THEY INFORMED ME OF WHAT WAS WRONG. THEY REPLACED ALL OF THE FOLLOWING UNDER W...

Mileage: 3,592

MY TRIUMPH TIGER 1050 WOULD NOT TURN OVER OR START IN THE MORNING. I TRIED TO PUSH START IT TO NO AVAIL. THE GUYS AT CORSA MOTORSPORTS PICKED IT UP THAT AFTERNOON AND HAD IT FOR REPAIRS FOR APPROX 40 DAYS AND UPON PICK UP THEY INFORMED ME OF WHAT WAS WRONG. THEY REPLACED ALL OF THE FOLLOWING UNDER W...

Mileage: 3,592

I NOTICED A TEAR IN THE SEAM OF MY SEAT OF MY TRIUMPH TIGER 1050. WHEN THE BIKE WAS IN THE SHOP FOR OTHER REPAIRS I ASKED THE SHOP MANAGER TO SUBMIT A WARRANTY CLAIM. IT WAS DENIED BY TRIUMPH. *TR

Mileage: 3,592

AROUND THE END OF MAY AND BEGINNING OF JUNE 2010 MY TRIUMPH TIGER 1050 WOULD CONTINUE TO OVERHEAT IN TEMPS HIGHER THAN 75 DEGREES AND I WOULD HAVE TO PULL OVER TO LET THE BIKE COOL DOWN. ON AROUND JUNE 24, 2010 THE BIKE WOULD NOT START AGAIN, AND WITH MY RECURRING OVER HEATING ISSUES I HAD THE BIKE ...

Mileage: 5,739

AROUND THE END OF MAY AND BEGINNING OF JUNE 2010 MY TRIUMPH TIGER 1050 WOULD CONTINUE TO OVERHEAT IN TEMPS HIGHER THAN 75 DEGREES AND I WOULD HAVE TO PULL OVER TO LET THE BIKE COOL DOWN. ON AROUND JUNE 24, 2010 THE BIKE WOULD NOT START AGAIN, AND WITH MY RECURRING OVER HEATING ISSUES I HAD THE BIKE ...

Mileage: 5,739

AFTER MULTIPLE OVERHEATING AND STARTING PROBLEMS WITH MY TRIUMPH TIGER 1050 I PICKED MY BIKE UP FROM TREBOUR MOTORCYCLES AND THEY SAID THAT THE BIKE WAS IN GREAT WORKING ORDER AND THAT IT WILL NO LONGER OVERHEAT. APPROX 1 1/2 HOURS LATER AFTER I ARRIVED IN NEW YORK CITY, THE TEMP GAUGE WAS AT 9 THE ...

Mileage: 5,925

AS A RESULT OF MULTIPLE OVERHEATING ISSUES THAT WHERE NOT RESOLVED BY TREBOUR MOTORCYCLES I HAD MORE OVERHEATING PROBLEMS WITH FUSES BLOWING AND THE BIKE REACHING THE MAXIMUM TEMP VERY QUICKLY. ONCE THE OUTSIDE TEMPS DIPPED BELOW 70 I COULD RIDE THE BIKE WITHOUT IT OVERHEATING AND I TOOK IT TO LOCOM...

Mileage: 5,960

MY TRIUMPH TIGER 1050 HAS BEEN PLAGUED WITH RELENTLESS STARTING ISSUES AND OVER HEATING ISSUES. ON THIS DAY I WENT OUT TO START THE BIKE AND IT WOULD NOT TURN OVER. I TRIED FOR A FEW MINUTES AND IT WOULD NOT START. I EVENTUALLY TOOK THE BATTERY OUT AND HOOKED IT UP TO A CHARGER TO MAKE SURE THAT IT ...

Mileage: 6,410

LESS THAN 2 HOURS AFTER PICKING UP MY TRIUMPH TIGER 1050 FROM TREBOUR MOTORCYCLES AND AFTER THE SHOP MANAGER JOE REASSURED ME THAT THE BIKE WAS IN TOP-NOTCH CONDITION AFTER MY OVER HEATING AND NON STARTING REPAIRS BY HIS SHOP, THE BIKE STARTED TO OVERHEAT IN TRAFFIC. I WAS ON A DANGEROUS ROAD WITHOU...

Mileage: 5,845

LESS THAN 2 HOURS AFTER PICKING UP MY TRIUMPH TIGER 1050 FROM TREBOUR MOTORCYCLES AND AFTER THE SHOP MANAGER JOE REASSURED ME THAT THE BIKE WAS IN TOP-NOTCH CONDITION AFTER MY OVER HEATING AND NON STARTING REPAIRS BY HIS SHOP, THE BIKE STARTED TO OVERHEAT IN TRAFFIC. I WAS ON A DANGEROUS ROAD WITHOU...

Mileage: 5,845

THE FACTORY HEADLIGHTS AND LIGHT POSITION ON MY TRIUMPH TIGER 1050 IS DANGEROUSLY INEFFICIENT! THE LIGHTS ARE NOT POSITIONED PROPERLY OUT OF THE FACTORY AND YOU CAN NOT SEE A SAFE DISTANCE IN FRONT OF YOU. I KNOW THIS IS A BIG COMPLAINT OF ALMOST EVERY OWNER OF THIS BIKE AND YET TRIUMPH DOES NOTHING...

Mileage: 250

DRIVING DOWN A WELL MAINTAINED GRAVEL ROAD, AT UNDER 20 MPH, I HIT A RUT, THE SUSPENSION BOTTOMED OUT AND I HEARD A TWANG SOUND. A HUNDRED MILES OR SO LATER I GOT OFF THE BIKE AND FOUND THAT THE MAIN FRAME WHERE THE TWO MOLDED IN BRACKETS THAT CONNECT THE UPPER ARMS OF THE SUB FRAME TO THE MAIN FR...

Mileage: 11,590