After three and a half years with no issues of any kind, my 2007 Triumph Speed Triple has been in the shop three times in two weeks.  The electrical system has been burning out in slow motion — first the battery went as was replaced… then the rectifier blew out a few days later, but the stator was testing okay.  Three days later, it was back in the shop with the stator dead.  The total butcher’s bill is going to be in the $800-900 range.

I’m finding I’m not so trusting of the Triple now — my mechanic has been seeing this with the new 1050 motors, which are just getting old enough to show a planned obsolescence of  three or so years.  It’s been my daily commuter, and I just can’t have a bike I don’t know will be working.  I’m going to give it a few months after this repair.  If it craps out, I’m getting rid of it.

But now I’m starting to think about selling it anyway, and leaning towards something a bit more retro and laid-back, like a Triumph Bonneville or the Moto-Guzzi V7 Cafe