2007 Triumph 1050 Speed Triple...engine issues

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• 2007 Triumph 1050 Spee...

[@scottsspeedtriplechannel]

Very good video. I look forward to the next one.

[@thedragon2299]

Thanks for the positive feedback, I will post up another video within the next couple days. Right now the owner is looking for a good used engine, or he is going to cut his loses and sell it as needing a rebuild. I found alot more metal and trash in the pick up screen. So right now I'm in a hold pattern on this one. Story is my customer just bought I a couple weeks ago, he was over enthusiastic. He got to the PO's house kinda late from a 4 hour drive, the guy discouraged him from riding it too much because of disturbing the neighbors, so he just barely rode it around the block. Once home with the bike he went for a longer ride at highway speeds and that's when he felt vibration and heard the noise. PO also told him a story about how he just had it serviced and such, I called the place where he took the bike, and the story was much different than the PO told my customer. In fact they didn't do any service, it was mostly getting the bike to run, and then when they did it wasn't charging, then the bill got to $800 and the PO decided to pick it up that way, and continued the work his self, which is an entirely different story than he told my customer. Just a bad situation all the way around.

[@jbean530]

On my second listen, or third, I could hear it on the revving. I get it. Too many wheelies. Very good job.

[@thedragon2299]

It all worked out for the good, with the collected evidence, my customer got all his money back. Here is the play list kzbin.info/aero/PLICWLX3xQIRNmA665IPqUsGbFU0CasdgT

[@thedragon2299]

Now he has this, I worked on last week: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpPZo2ivg5qhrNE

[@thedragon2299]

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[@jbean530]

Thanks for the heads up. I’m considering an older speed triple one day and don’t want to end up like this. Good job.

[@FunAllDayLong4353]

Looks like either very poor maintenance / lack of oil changes / someone left the oil filler cap off / ran with no air filter for a long time letting in all that crap. Who knows because generally they're mechanically very strong.

[@thedragon2299]

@truecognoscenti4353 we still aren't 100% sure what previous owner did, but this thing was a mess. It all worked out and with this evidence my customer got all his money back from the purchase. Here is the playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLICWLX3xQIRNmA665IPqUsGbFU0CasdgT

[@thedragon2299]

@truecognoscenti4353 now he has this one that I worked on last week: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpPZo2ivg5qhrNE

[@BikerBenny]

A 2007 1050 is for sale near me I'm tempted. Says it has a no signal for cylinder 2 injector. But without being able to hear the motor run I don't wanna buy garbage. Im a decent tech

[@X1in]

i can hear it clearly

[@allanhughes7859]

How I wish we had folk like this in the U.K.all we get is deep breath and not a fucking clue !!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry Sorry there are good mechanics bike mechanics over here I just have not found one yet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@thedragon2299]

Thank you, appreciate the compliment. This was an unfortunate situation with this bike. My customer sold one of his favorite bikes to be able to afford this one and it turned out to be a lemon. The story ended well I guess, because once we presented the seller with the evidence he refunded half the purchase price to my customer, then my customer sold it to his neighbor and made the rest of his money therefore regained all his money back in the end. Thanks for watching 🐲

[@BikerBenny]

7,000 miles 😱😱😱 what a shame 😵‍💫

[@jerryx2000]

were the 08 versions upgraded and do not have this issue?

[@thedragon2299]

I'm still not sure what the heck happened to this bike, but if you watch the video, I found all kinds of trash in the oil, and the strainer on oil pickup tube was clogged up, starving the engine of oil. The previous customer has no idea how all that happened, but did give my customer half his purchase money back.

[@jerryx2000]

@@thedragon2299 lucky bastad. At least he got some money back. Such things are difficult to prove

[@thedragon2299]

@Jeremy Eden yeah once the previous owner saw the video, and (I also contacted the shop he supposedly had a bunch of work done, and they told us a different story,) he decided it was best to make nice with my customer. I commend the P O making right in the end. To top it all off my customers' neighbor bought it from my customer,(knowing it needed rebuilt)for the remainder of original purchase amount. So my customer got his money back and bought a different bike. All worked out and everyone walked away happy.

[@thedragon2299]

My Facebook business page often has different posts than the KZbin channel. facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057489818717&mibextid=ZbWKwL

[@kleet_yt_gaming999]

My dad has one of these

[@thedragon2299]

Awesome, tell him to maintain it well, and not to do too many wheelies because these don't hold up well when wheelied alot. Other than that they are awesome bikes!

[@Krezo200]

Would you say they are unreliable?

[@thedragon2299]

No, not at all, I've heard of people getting over 100,000 miles on them, but if they aren't maintained properly they are vulnerable. Also, they do not circulate the oil well during wheelies, and since these are some of the funniest bikes to wheelie alot of people do them and the engine doesn't hold up, and the bikes are getting bad names because of it. So ridden and maintained properly the bikes are awesome. You can convert them to drysump system and do all the Wheelies you want though. Thanks for watching, tell your buddies to check our my channel and Facebook too. facebook.com/Dragon-Worx-580746142258787/

[@Krezo200]

@@thedragon2299 thank you very much for your feedback I will visiting one at the weekend, i hope its a good one Great channel btw

[@thedragon2299]

@@Krezo200 thanks again for the feedback, I'm trying to grow the channel, so I appreciate it!