Moe chiming in.
Cinnamon girl will not keep a low beam. Twice she has burnt the plug pin (headlight bucket) and once she totally turned to dust the low beam tab on the H4 bulb base. Sounds like I'll need to cut open the harness to fix that one.
Vera Lynn was having a turn off problem for years during idle. very seldom and not annoying enough to give a dern. Except for the following which goes sumthin like this
"Internal Audits have uncovered a potential problem with ignitors for the Bonneville America. The Vin range was 139158 through 148655. The problem manifest itself with intermittent engine stalling. The recommended solutions were to 1. adjust the idle carbon dioxide levels, 2. adjust the carby balance, and 3. check for manifold air leaks (break the bolts free and re-torque to 12Nm). When the solutions didn't work, Triumph said the dealers should replace the ignitor" So Triumph was aware of bad ignitors. If your motorsickle falls within the VIN range above Triumph would be better served to replace the ignitors than to loose face. Vera Lynn: 143035 Cinnamon Girl: 146254 Yes I have two that fall within the VIN range and one that is and has been exhibiting the symptoms Triumph herself secretly/internally admits to. Vera Lynn has had her manifolds retorqued and the carbs are balanced any time I adj the valves or mess with the carbs. The idle CO level has not been analyzed but really, reading the plugs will tell ya if the jetting is close enough.
Ron, I too am sick and tired of corporate hush hushing the ignitor problems. Supposedly corporate had removed all the remaining problematic ignitors and the entire remaining lot was not used after VIN # 148655. Really? Well let's recall the service recommendation for resetting the hals gap to the narrow side of the original published range. What is it supposed to be now? .8mm? With the old range being from 1.0 to .8mm. That was published much later than the aforementioned tech bulletin.
Back to the Dame:
In the last 9 months Vera Lynn would hiccup on her carb idle circuits while underway. I cleaned her carbs, and the problem remained. I pulled her carbs and this time cleaned them totally, i.e., carb secondaries too. That seemed to make matter worse. I am hoping I didn't seat the diaphragms correctly, but you know what? her hiccups turned into the engine not firing and necessitated the fabled, "turn the ignition key off, then on" after which she fires right up. I won't be dealing with her problems further until I return from NH & VA/NC, as I will be swapping parts between bikes and don't want to upset Cinnamon Girl too much right now.
Vera Lynn also has had for years, an issue with her safety circuit: I cannot fire her while in gear, clutch lever pulled in and sidestand up. Trouble shooting I have verified the clutch lever plunger switch is good, the side stand switch will kill the engine if deployed while in gear, and finally the neutral light does shine. I know, I have to methodically test the entire circuit.
Living in Florida, when do I ever have the time to trouble shoot lectric gremlins? At least yous yanks have winter.
Aint' nuthin but the truth
