Triumph quality?
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bimsb6

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8,787 posts

251 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

14,223 posts

260 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.

srob

12,532 posts

268 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!