darkember wrote:popkat wrote:If it needs starter solenoid have you heard it running ?, when these bikes go down the road they very quickly starve the crank of oil if still running, hopefully it all ok.. Other than that they are good bikes.
forks are a bit soft and bottom out too easy, careful on emergency stops as front can lock, Maxton can sort them.
drain pipe inside the tank gets corroded and blocked, dry break fuel fittings can crack and the O rings can fail causing fuel leak, plastic tank doesn't like ethanol and paint bubbles from the inside out. rear hubs seize, strip clean any corrosion off and lightly grease on re assembly, rear shock linkage there's a blind bolt that seizes in place, pain in the butt to sort out, often involves cutting it out and getting a new one, can get expensive.
Front brakes can have a lot of lever travel, most probably master cylinder.
Hey Popkat have you anything good to say about them
That's not bad.....Lets compare, firestorm. cct failures, suspension link bearings, forks soft, rusty shock springs, rusty subframes, seizing exhaust nuts, the list for all older bikes will be bigger as they've got older.
The 955 triumphs are all getting old now, issues will show up, I've seen ecu failures as well, also vacuum hoses splitting which causes eratic running, as they get older they need more maintenance, the powder coating on the engine, swingarm and wheels flakes off in big chunks, you don't know much about it until it happens as the corrosion is going on under the coating.
I had a guy come to me just yesterday with a 955 that has a blocked drain pipe, he's having issues with water getting in the fuel and stopping the bike running. the pipe goes from the recess under the fuel cap through the inside of the tank and comes out by the fuel pump, there's a screw on nipple but that corrodes in place too, the pipe corrodes and water collects in it making it worse if it's worked it's way up the first bend in the pipe there's no fix I can see, if cracks and leaks inside the tank you'll get water in the fuel, if not then the bike will run fine. when it rains water gets in around the cap surround and pools as it has nowhere to drain... I've seen loads like this as they get older.
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They were and still are/can be a good bike, I prefer them to the 1050 which has seemless power (= a bit boring) the 955 had a bit of a kick in the power making it a more fun engine imo.
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2014 CRMC Post classic senior production champion. On a Suzuki Katana 1100
My bikes, Firestorm, Suzuki GSX-s1000 Katana, VFR800Fi. Projects, 1986 popup Katana, 3 XJ600’s
