Originally Posted by
kiwi cowboy
Thanks pritch.
I was going to pm you seeing as you have a triple
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I didn't know anything about the 955 engine. When I was looking at the RAT site though I see that the 1050 is pretty much the same engine bored out.
Triumphs these days are probably comparable to Japanese bikes for reliability. The regulator rectifiers are suspect and the 675 r/rs were famous for giving up the ghost.
The advice is to replace the standard item with a Shindengen mosfet part if it goes. When mine died I didn't want to wait so I bought the Triumph item 'cause they had it in stock. This advice though applies to most brands not just Triumph. I believe R1s and CBR1000RRs may come with mosfet regulator rectifiers but not normal road bikes.
The triple is a great road engine, silky smooth grunt from idle. As for reliability I guess the acid test will be when they start using the new 765 in Moto2 in 2018 or whenever. Although that'll be a bit late for you. And me.
I've done over 20,000k on mine and apart from the regulator rectifier there was a petrol leak and that's about all the unscheduled excitement. There was drama with heated grips but that was nothing to do with Triumph.
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
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