Recent content by _jerry_

I have not yet, but plan on doing so this long weekend. I will probably grab a cheap compression tester from Harbor Freight (I know a lot don't always like them, but as I'm not a professional mechanic, it should work for me)

this was my thought and I attempted to contact the Triumph customer service line. I left a few messages and they did return one but declined to help. I haven't ruled out suing them in small claims court and reading through this chain, I'm more inclined to do so now.

Maybe, but I doubt it. I've never attempted to check the timing - my dad was a diesel mechanic so while I did learn a lot about engines, I unfortunately relied heavily on his skills!

I live in Southern California so the bike is, or was, my daily driver. It has just shy of 45,000 miles.

Unfortunately this happened just before the end of the warranty, so when I got it to the dealer, it had maybe 2 weeks left on the warranty and it's now off of warranty. Now, a different dealer may have better mechanics, but I'm trying to limit what I spend on this bike as I do have another one...

Triumph said it was normal wear and tear because there was no single/catastrophic point of failure. Though it has (or had) a two year, unlimited mile warranty, they said this was normal wear and tear and that's not covered by the warranty. I talked to a couple of lawyers and got mixed messages...

I did post about this on a couple of the Triumph/Daytona specific forums, problem is, Triumph is not a popular sportbike manufacturer and those forums seem to be dominated by young guys or not really used, so I would get a handful of replies over a few weeks and none of the info/questions...

The valves have been adjusted a few times in the last 2 years and it was due for another adjustment. The dealer techs said one valve was tight but within spec, the others were all within spec. The problem did start somewhat suddenly - I would roll up to a stop sign and it would stall as I let...

This was going to be my next question - is there a way to test if it's the rings/cylinder or the valves.

it was running good and then all of a sudden, it started to stall if I came up to a stop sign and didn't keep it idling at a higher RPM. I brought it in to the shop as it was still under warranty and they did a compression test.

I will have to post up the compression test results tomorrow - I believe I have the values on the paper from the shop. I was originally trying to get it done through the warranty but Triumph denied it claiming it was normal wear and tear. It is a 3 cylinder, but I wasn't gonna make a big deal...

That's a good point - no, i don't know 100% why it has low compression. i did rule out the valves I believe - they're all within spec and and seemingly operating fine. The leak-down test just showed low compression in cylinder #1

So I'm hoping you guys can help. I have a 2015 Daytona 675 (Triumph) that has low compression in cylinder #1. I got a donor engine that had a bad crank connecting rod bearing but was otherwise good (I didn't test compression on this engine...) Can I just take the barrel off of the donor engine...

The irvine/Tustin store is selling it too. I just got home and started to google it to see what I could find. If no one posts pics by tomorrow I will stop by after work and grab some. It is the heritage series, stacked, 40" tall and on rollers. I didn't get too many more details as I was only...