12-23-2025, 10:15 AM
My 2018 Triumph Tiger 1200 had a "spark plug inspection" in the service schedule every 10,000 miles. This involved taking off a load of panels and the fuel tank, removing and inspecting them. There was no other reason to have any of those parts stripped, no other checks or air filters etc. All that work for a spark plug inspection.
I told the dealer not to carry out this work, I wasn't going to pay ther labour and it was plain stupid. It was a crazy service item specified by Triumph to generate billable service hours for the dealers. Lots of owners complained and did the same.
Miraculously when the current generation Tiger1200 was launched the service interval doubled and no mid life inspection was required!
But it's not all sweetness and light, my 1952 MG TD EATS spark plugs
I told the dealer not to carry out this work, I wasn't going to pay ther labour and it was plain stupid. It was a crazy service item specified by Triumph to generate billable service hours for the dealers. Lots of owners complained and did the same.
Miraculously when the current generation Tiger1200 was launched the service interval doubled and no mid life inspection was required!
But it's not all sweetness and light, my 1952 MG TD EATS spark plugs