I Just Crashed My Triumph Tiger 1200
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The craziest thing just happened. I had a crash. I was just boasting the other day to Marina that I'd not had a street crash in years. And today the statistic changed. Well CrashLight worked perfectly and I was not meant to be testing.
I was parked in the street. I set off from the office. I was riding what couldn't have been more than half a block reaching 30 kilometers/hour when it seemed as if the steering locked on my Triumph Tiger 1200. It simply locked to the right and I went down sliding about 50 meters. As you can see, the crash bar did its job. My KLIM jacket looks ok. My Arai didn't touch the ground. It's the strangest thing. I'm completely at a loss.
I have to say I'm more upset than hurt but the shoulder does sting and there will be bruising. My jacket has a hole in it and I have no bike. Now I'm waiting for the tow truck.
Examining the road, there's no gravel, no oil, nothing. How the hell did I go down?
You can see my slide by the white lines
Crash bar nicely worn on the Tiger
I'm a bit messed up over the crash, the steering is locked and not going anywhere
Not to bad for street jeans
How I crashed my Triumph Tiger 1200
Update: Once the CAA guy arrived, who I should say was excellent, he pointed out this mystery crack in the steering column.
Cracked mystery bracket on the steering column of my Triumph Tiger 1200
Getting the Tiger on the tuck was an ordeal; the front wheel does not straighten
Luckily, I only had a bit of road rash. Wear your gear people! #atgat
This is the road rash I got with the slightest crash, not bad, but I need Kevlar
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101 months ago
I am glad you are OK and it didn't happen at higher speeds
101 months ago
Glad you were ok ...but nice to hear that the crashlight works well lol ...I'm gonna have to get it when I take my bike out in the spring 😉
105 months ago
@alex: been hanging with brits for 10 days, punners and wordplayers all. In Jersey now. Achingly wishing I had my 950 here.
105 months ago
@champers - Well played, sir. Well played
105 months ago
@alex: all 1200 of them i hope?
105 months ago
@champers - How long have you been sitting on that line? I wouldn't say I've triumphed but let's just say I am _explore_ing my options
105 months ago
@alex: So you've triumphed?
105 months ago
I would suggest that each time you unlock your steering, that you turn it slowly lock to lock before riding off, just to make sure the lock pin fully retracted. Several other Triumphs have had recalls four mismanufactured ABS modules. Maybe you are next?
@alex
105 months ago
@VRSCDX @UncleMac @Barneymap @RWFinlay @champers @Jordan @Teramuto @romancylkowski @ikelso @Petroho
Finally made it to the dealers the other day. The good news is the bike is as good as new. The steering is freed up with no damage and the bracket is back in place. There's a little minor cosmetic wear (mainly the engine guards which did their job).
the downside is that there is no identifiable cause at this time, though an ABS malfunction is possible. It's being escalated with Triumph as we speak
105 months ago
got a chance to look at a buddys Tiger 1050 up close. lock pin malfunction could cause problems, but the external lock pin would be easy to inspect. @barneymap @alex
105 months ago
@barneymap @alex I may be wrong?!? I don't know for sure but the best Google picture I could get shows the tiger with an old school external steering lock. This changes things as to the cause question
105 months ago
@Barneymap @Alex I believe the Sprint RS had an external steering lock, and the Tiger has an internal lock. not the same...... Someone correct me if I am wrong.
105 months ago
@UncleMac -I should point out that is partly me trying to figure out what to do about it.
It's also sadly pretty much the standard timeframe in Canada.
105 months ago
@alex, you still don't have your bike? That's awful service... 😞
105 months ago
@RWFinlay @champers @Jordan @Teramuto @romancylkowski @VRSCDX @UncleMac @nick303 @ikelso @Petroho
Time for an update - Triumph are still saying there's nothing wrong but they also can't diagnose more until they fix the bracket (as they can't ride it in a straight line until they do) so I've given them the go-ahead to do that.
Here's hoping they can get that done today so I can get on with the horribly expensive process of fixing the road rash on the bike this weekend
105 months ago
@Barneymap - Good to know. I'm going to pass that along to my mechanic and contacts at Triumph.
105 months ago
This is a known problem on the sprint RS. Maybe other triumphs too i guess
105 months ago
@Alex
Just catching up with this now...glad you're OK...and it will be interesting to hear what initially happened to the bike to cause the lockup
ATGATT is good.
105 months ago
@Alex, I'd like that. I'm off to Europe for a job on Sept 4 till month's end. And you haven't seen or ridden my new bike yet.
105 months ago
@alex - And yes, Beers. Maybe one evening next week?