I'm ready to smash my bike to bits!!!

[DNA]

 If I were you keystone, I would jump on that trade so fast that it would make their triumph caps spin around on their heads.  

+100

[keystonejenks]

 If I were you keystone, I would jump on that trade so fast that it would make their triumph caps spin around on their heads.  

I told my wife about the deal. She said, "Well, if that's what you want to do."  

Then, I see Triumph is offering $600 in accessories on new Speed Triple purchases.

[BradleyRas]

   Sounds like fun, smashing a Daytona to bits.  I'm there for you if you need help - I can bring my own sledge.    

I went to a 'Biker Party' once where the pirates lined up and paid $5 to whack a sportbike (canotuna) with a sledge hammer 10x.  It was quite entertaining to watch.

I got the last laugh when at the end of the day when I went to leave, I watched several pirates try repeatedly to start their paint shakers with no results.... I just pushed the start button and left with a smile from ear to ear thinking they should have saved the canotuna to get home on..

Sorry to hear about your problem KJ, I hope it all gets resolved.

[livetoride]

Okay, some of you already know the story but for those that don't here is a brief overview. Since October of last year I've been having intermittent starting problems. There is an electrical gremlin in there somewhere.

Anyway, when this problem first came up on my way home from Ohio in October, I took it to the dealer the next day. They didn't find anything. The tech (Bill) even rode the bike home everyday for a week to try and get the bike to duplicate the problem - nothing.

The bike acted fine the next few times out and then, it left me stranded for HOURS at a meeting place where I was suppose to go for a group ride. When my wife arrives on the scene to help me load my bike (7 hours later) the bike all of a sudden decides to start!!   It was back to business as usual.

Fast forward a few months (bike is acting fine) - I'm supposed to go on my second big ride of the season. The bike WILL NOT START - it won't even crank.  

I thought, maybe it was a bad battery so I replaced it - nothing. I double check all the fuses - nothing. I check all the wiring - nothing. So the bike is in pieces and I'm defeated so yesterday I drop it back off at the dealer. I pull into the dealer and Bill sees the bike strapped to the back of the truck - "Still?" is what he said right before he sighed.

The bike has not started in OVER a month so we roll it off the back of the truck. Bill turns the key and it fires right up!!!!! IT STARTED RIGHT UP WITH NO HESITATION!!! NONE!!!!  DIDN'T EVEN HESITATE!!!!    

I turned to him and say, "You've got to be shitting me. Hey, do you have a sledge hammer back here so I can smash my bike to bits?"  

He smiles and says, "We'll solve this, let's not be drastic."

Hopefully they fix this problem because if they don't - I'm pushing this ***** bike off a cliff OR running over it with my father-in-laws truck!!!

I had a similar issue with my old 66' chevelle. It had a bad ignition switch. Perhaps you should have a new key and ignition installed, maybe there is a short in the switch? Next time it won't start remove the key, re-insert, turn it harder, and try again.
-Peter

[Gaolee]

I told my wife about the deal. She said, "Well, if that's what you want to do."  

Then, I see Triumph is offering $600 in accessories on new Speed Triple purchases.

Your wife is a truly wise woman!  What color of Speed Triple will you be taking home?

[keystonejenks]

Your wife is a truly wise woman!  What color of Speed Triple will you be taking home?

   They have a white one which I really like but I'm not sure how the white color would hold up. They have a black one also but I really wish they made the blue this year. That was my favorite color. Or is that colour?

[bizarro]

Hey, stop that. I need no encouragement!  

Yes you do, you keep talking about Aprilias or some such nonesense.

[bizarro]

I told my wife about the deal. She said, "Well, if that's what you want to do."  

Then, I see Triumph is offering $600 in accessories on new Speed Triple purchases.

Well there you go. What more incentive could you possibly need?  

[keystonejenks]

Yes you do, you keep talking about Aprilias or some such nonesense.

I don't know. Have you read my last reply?  

[Charlie7]

My 2005 Sprint was doing the exact same thing.  Turned out for me it was the starter solenoid.  It is that round bit mounted next to the battery that has the positive and negative leads of the battery connected to it.  When my bike would start, I noticed there would be a loud "click" from the solenoid just before the engine cranked over.  It sounded like a relay or something was sticking in there.

Try this, but don't be a girl, as there will be sparks.  Take a crescent wrench or similar metal object and quickly and deliberately span the positive and negative leads to the solenoid.  There will be some sparking.  If the bike cranks up and starts, you have found the problem.  If not, it is something else.

Hope this helps.

Charlie

[keystonejenks]

Try this, but don't be a girl, as there will be sparks....

Charlie