Actually I found that the replacement springs were not as good as a repair on the original spring with a bit removed ( about 1cm ) and re-bonded. The spring stretches over time and with weak battery use adds up to it stretching and not doing the job properly. My understanding is they have beefed it up in newer models. Until last week my repair was going fine - then a dickhead in a car shunted me from the read and my bikes a right off.
herbertmathews when you say an upgrade is that the total kit, sprag and gears? I've not had a later 1050 in which I've heard the beefed up the sprag but in all honesty triumph could easily make this repairable by just supplying a new spring. It's a bit of a rip off as they are supply you with bits you simply don't need. The sprag can backwards twist the gearing and cause the inline gears to break but that doesn't happen to everyone. 9 times out of 10 all the gears in mine have been fine, it's that spring that's become loose and won't make the little splines grip the crank shaft.
@@louis0cox Same with mine. The stock one failed at 5000 miles the $400 replacement lasted 10,000. Always had a fresh battery, stronger than the one in this video.
so did you just changed the spring or the sprag also? And does it have to start like that for the first time like the fix didnt worked?
do you have the model or part number for getting the spring from thanks chris
Nice way to treat an engine that has just fired up....rev the nuts off it!
Is this still working ok?
Actually I found that the replacement springs were not as good as a repair on the original spring with a bit removed ( about 1cm ) and re-bonded. The spring stretches over time and with weak battery use adds up to it stretching and not doing the job properly. My understanding is they have beefed it up in newer models. Until last week my repair was going fine - then a dickhead in a car shunted me from the read and my bikes a right off.
Sorry to hear that, hopefully you get fully compensated. I have the upgrade ordered but wont arrive until September, just want a temp fix for 3 months
herbertmathews when you say an upgrade is that the total kit, sprag and gears? I've not had a later 1050 in which I've heard the beefed up the sprag but in all honesty triumph could easily make this repairable by just supplying a new spring. It's a bit of a rip off as they are supply you with bits you simply don't need. The sprag can backwards twist the gearing and cause the inline gears to break but that doesn't happen to everyone. 9 times out of 10 all the gears in mine have been fine, it's that spring that's become loose and won't make the little splines grip the crank shaft.
@@louis0cox At least you tried. Too bad it didn't work
@@louis0cox Same with mine. The stock one failed at 5000 miles the $400 replacement lasted 10,000. Always had a fresh battery, stronger than the one in this video.
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