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    Q&A

    Apr 13, 2020 4 minutes

    2007 TRIUMPH SPEED TRIPLE

    I’m writing on behalf of my partner who rides a 57 plate Triumph Street Triple. She has been suffering with an issue for quite a while that we have not been able to resolve. Despite trying to research this online on various forums I have not found any definitive answers as to how to get it fixed, the issue being the bike will fire up no worries and will ride fine until it gets up to normal running temperature and needs to be restarted after, say, refuelling /stalling, etc. It acts as if the battery is flat

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