I got this note from a friend of mine. Seems there has been a surprising surge of damaged new Triumph engines in the last year because of high lub oil consumption. According to Triumph, 1litre every 600miles is not excessive! Up to you how you take that information, but advice in all the magazines is:
a) There is nothing fundamentally wrong with these engines but some seem to suffer a rather higher than expected oil consumption. Hill climbing, lots of fast bends, track work, seems to exacerbate the problem.
b) The engines that have failed did not show a low oil pressure alarm until after the damage occurred.
c) Check your oil every morning before you ride. This is recommended in the manual anyway, so you'll have to be very persuasive to get Triumph to rebuild an engine that suffers because of this, even in the warranty period. Seems most of the UK ones have been fixed under warranty but Triumph disclaim liability.  This is the first I've heard of this one. Any of you more experienced riders know anything about this? Thanks.
Blue/White 2007 TBA, Thruxton needles, Unifilter, AI removed, Polaris Bellmouth, Bubs, Nology Coils/wires, Lightbar, Ricor Intiminators, Hagon Nitros, Tall Sissy Bar w/luggage rack, Dart flyscreen & Lowers. 130 Mains, TrueGel Battery MG12-BS.
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