AI DamageTriumph TR6: problems, complaints, bulletins
Summary for the Triumph TR6 across 2 model years: 2 owner complaints and 0 NHTSA service bulletins, plus repair videos. Pick a year for details.
Model years
| Year | Owner complaints | involving a crash | Technical service bulletins (TSB) | YouTube repair videos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What fails most often
- 1 Tires 50% of all complaints
- 2 Wheels 50% of all complaints
- Tires: 1 complaints (50% of all).
- Wheels: 1 complaints (50% of all).
Components owners complain about
What owners report
Short excerpts of NHTSA complaints in the original wording. These are owner statements not verified by NHTSA; personal data removed.
Triumph motorcycle, 1969 tr6r: owner concern about respoking of wheels by usa professional wheel remanufacturing company. Spokes are not laced to triumph manufacturing specifications and spoke torque on repair card of 50 inch to 70 inch lbs for rear wheel and 35 inch to 50 inch lbs for front wheel is in excess of…
While slowing down from 75 to 50 mph noticed vibration in vehicle. When consumer arrived at home examined vehicle, and noticed a bulge developing in tread of right rear tire, size: p205/170r15, dot: bhmotu11. Bulge is approximately 6 inches in length and 1 inch in height.
When owners complained
NHTSA complaints by filing year. The peak shows at what age the problems show up most.
What to check before buying
- Tires. Tire age by DOT code, bulges, wear pattern.
- Wheels. Wheel runout, cracks, signs of a wheel strike.
Other models of this make
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Sources: public NHTSA data (USA): service bulletins and owner complaints; YouTube: links to videos credited to their authors. Complaints are owner statements not verified by NHTSA, and describe defects rather than crash damage. Data updated 2026-11-05.