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Joe Harrison
barcelona,
Spain
Posts: 26
Speed Triple 955i (99-01)
22 Sep 2008 10:09 |
I took my bike for it's ITV (the Spanish equivalent to an M.O.T) this morning and it passed!
The reason for my surprise isn't because I own a neglected dog of a bike; it's a lovingly looked-after, regularly serviced beauty! The problem is when it was returned to me the engine was still running and the chap who carried out the checks couldn't turn the engine off because every time he tried the starter motor came on automatically. It didn't matter what we did - kill switch, keys out of the ignition - the starter refused to disengage.
Still, I left with my pass certificate and green sticker feeling slightly confused. Surely a bike that refuses to cut out until the battery is disconnected should be deemed as a slight menace to its owner and society!
It's now at Triumph Barcalona. Has anyone got any ideas?
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Earl
Hiding in the valley,
United Kingdom
Posts: 5,284
Premier Member
Daytona T595 (97-98)
22 Sep 2008 10:10 |
possibly a faulty relay shorted out or wiring short to earth,
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Joe Harrison
barcelona,
Spain
Posts: 26
Speed Triple 955i (99-01)
22 Sep 2008 10:34 |
Cheers Earl!
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Red Monkey
Swinging in a tyre,
United Kingdom
Posts: 18,985
Premier Member
Daytona 955i (99-01)
24 Sep 2008 21:52 |
Solenoid?
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Charley Boorman's Chunky Sibling
Wiltshire,
United Kingdom
Posts: 28,529
Premier Member
Speed Triple (95-96)
25 Sep 2008 10:31 |
Spray everything with WD40 
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 §peêd†riÞ
Surrey/Hants border,
United Kingdom
Posts: 41,592
Premier Member
Speed Triple 955i (02-04)
25 Sep 2008 12:14 |
except brakes ....
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jimmyj
Land of Black Prince,
United Kingdom
Posts: 8,202
Premier Member
Daytona 955i (04->)
25 Sep 2008 12:15 |
and soles of boots - most embarrasing....
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§peêd†riÞ
Surrey/Hants border,
United Kingdom
Posts: 41,592
Premier Member
Speed Triple 955i (02-04)
25 Sep 2008 12:15 |
ah - soles ....... yes. 
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Charley Boorman's Chunky Sibling
Wiltshire,
United Kingdom
Posts: 28,529
Premier Member
Speed Triple (95-96)
25 Sep 2008 13:21 |
Don't spray it on the seat
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Charley Boorman's Chunky Sibling
Wiltshire,
United Kingdom
Posts: 28,529
Premier Member
Speed Triple (95-96)
25 Sep 2008 13:22 |
Or the grips
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Red Monkey
Swinging in a tyre,
United Kingdom
Posts: 18,985
Premier Member
Daytona 955i (99-01)
25 Sep 2008 16:46 |
what about the tyres?
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jimmyj
Land of Black Prince,
United Kingdom
Posts: 8,202
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Daytona 955i (04->)
25 Sep 2008 16:48 |
what about the tyres??????
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§peêd†riÞ
Surrey/Hants border,
United Kingdom
Posts: 41,592
Premier Member
Speed Triple 955i (02-04)
25 Sep 2008 17:06 |
yeah - this thread is not tyred.
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Joe Harrison
barcelona,
Spain
Posts: 26
Speed Triple 955i (99-01)
26 Sep 2008 10:58 |
My second T595 thread has been reduced to a series of puns by §peêd†riÞ!
Taken where not to apply WD40 on board, but apparently I won't be needing this info just now. My vague Triumph Service centre in BCN says a need a new part - they're non-commital about which part, though! However, I think Red Monkey was on to something with Solenoid. Cheers!
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§peêd†riÞ
Surrey/Hants border,
United Kingdom
Posts: 41,592
Premier Member
Speed Triple 955i (02-04)
26 Sep 2008 11:03 |
I'm not here that often - so purely a fluke it was me and not the usual culprits 
ackshirley, if you follow the flow, it was all CBFS's fault - as ever 
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Charley Boorman's Chunky Sibling
Wiltshire,
United Kingdom
Posts: 28,529
Premier Member
Speed Triple (95-96)
26 Sep 2008 11:04 |
Bollox 
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Joe Harrison
barcelona,
Spain
Posts: 26
Speed Triple 955i (99-01)
26 Sep 2008 13:31 |
Just because he's the sibling of Boreman, doesn't mean he's the guilty one!
(Lame puns are back on!)
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Red Monkey
Swinging in a tyre,
United Kingdom
Posts: 18,985
Premier Member
Daytona 955i (99-01)
26 Sep 2008 14:26 |
He is lame and he should be shot
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Charley Boorman's Chunky Sibling
Wiltshire,
United Kingdom
Posts: 28,529
Premier Member
Speed Triple (95-96)
27 Sep 2008 08:39 |
 
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§peêd†riÞ
Surrey/Hants border,
United Kingdom
Posts: 41,592
Premier Member
Speed Triple 955i (02-04)
27 Sep 2008 10:31 |
LOL
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jimmyj
Land of Black Prince,
United Kingdom
Posts: 8,202
Premier Member
Daytona 955i (04->)
29 Sep 2008 09:55 |
What was the answer then Joe? - see we were interested really - it was just we were technically incompotent and trying to hide the fact 
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Joe Harrison
barcelona,
Spain
Posts: 26
Speed Triple 955i (99-01)
29 Sep 2008 11:26 |
Sorry jimmyj but I can't be specific yet. Until Red Monkey put forward the suggestion of 'Solenoid', the very word would have had sci-fi connotations for me. Technical incompetence is my forte, the Spanish language, however, isn't. Coupled together equals one very clueless individual.
All I can tell you for the moment is that I collected the bike on Friday with a few wires disconnected here and there. I was told that it was a temporary solution and they couldn't guarantee it. The new, unknown part is on order and should be here within 15 days. The receptionist wasn't specific, and the mechanics tend to hide from me when I'm there; they've had a few nonsensical conversations with me before!
So, once I am billed for the final repair I'll let you know. Which reminds me, I forgot to ask how much this would... Oh fuck!
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Joe Harrison
barcelona,
Spain
Posts: 26
Speed Triple 955i (99-01)
08 Oct 2008 10:17 |
If anyone is still following this thread, a new solenoid is the solution to my problem. So the prize goes to the Red Monkey!
Thanks!, I now know what a solenoid is, and your pointer helped me follow my Spanish mechanic... sort of.
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jimmyj
Land of Black Prince,
United Kingdom
Posts: 8,202
Premier Member
Daytona 955i (04->)
08 Oct 2008 10:52 |
resultado
¿cuánto costó tan?
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Red Monkey
Swinging in a tyre,
United Kingdom
Posts: 18,985
Premier Member
Daytona 955i (99-01)
08 Oct 2008 11:43 |
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Frank Jones
NY,
USA
Posts: 2,988
Premier Member
Sprint RS (02-05)
08 Oct 2008 22:09 |
Well done RM
I bet a few of us have experinced a sticky solenoid, I know I have, but RM got their first
The bastard.....
No, no, i'm not bitter...............!!!
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Red Monkey
Swinging in a tyre,
United Kingdom
Posts: 18,985
Premier Member
Daytona 955i (99-01)
08 Oct 2008 22:19 |
I was taken back to my days of having a Mkii Escort and having a series of starter motors with dodgy solenoids which required shorting with a screwdriver or even having to crawl under the car and whack the bastard with a hammer
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Frank Jones
NY,
USA
Posts: 2,988
Premier Member
Sprint RS (02-05)
08 Oct 2008 23:32 |
[edited]:
Just like those early "pre engaged" starter motors eh?? they were a right bastard too
!!\aye them were't days
jumpers for goalposts, miners setting fire to copies of "the Sun"
three day weeks, smokeless coal......whatever next???
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Joe Harrison
barcelona,
Spain
Posts: 26
Speed Triple 955i (99-01)
09 Oct 2008 10:26 |
El precio Sr. jimmyj és 150.67 euros. That's 50.45 for the solenoid, and the rest on labour and V.A.T. For me, it's a trifling price to pay for my ignorance and technical ineptiude.
How I wished I believed myself!
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jimmyj
Land of Black Prince,
United Kingdom
Posts: 8,202
Premier Member
Daytona 955i (04->)
09 Oct 2008 13:37 |
- Ouch thats £80! Mind you I only know approximately which area to look for one of the solenoide cosas...
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