Thruxton 1200r Cold Start Issue

Hi Guys, i have recently purchased a second hand (3200kms only) 2017 Thruxton 1200R. The bike is just great but i have noticed an issue with starting the bike in the mornings. I live in Queensland Australia, so our climate is not a cold one! However, when first starting the bike from cold this is what happens:

• Fuel Pump appears to run up correctly with ignition on
• Starter turns over well with good battery and good speed of turn over
• Engine does not fire- if the starter is held for say 10 seconds (this appears to be excessive) it may sometimes start.
• If i try it for say 2 seconds and it does not start- i then release the start push and wait 3 seconds- press the start again and it fires up straight away????

Has anyone else had this issue? the bike has had its recall regarding "Trottle Blip stalling"
The bike has a Meerkat xover pipe fitted, the CAT has been removed and Vance and Hines pipes fitted- These were a Triumph dealer fitted option.
It has just been serviced (3400kms) and the dealer checked the ECU mapping- but found no issues- can anyone help me here.

 

Mine appears to be just first start in the morning if it has run any time in the past 4 to 6 hours it never fails to start. Also the fact that it starts straight away on the second attempt would seem to rule out a temperature sensor issue...

 

Thanks, if I ride it to work and leave it standing for 8 hours it doesn't seem to have any starting problem ... But if I leave it overnight then I seem to have to follow the 2 start attempt routine to get it to fire up... I'm a bit baffled I will keep trying to pin down the exact sequence of events and times between starts.... The bike otherwise runs great and is great fun to ride

 

Worthwhile considering, but doesn't seem to explain why second attempt start seems to work straight away?

 

Yes I leave it on the side stand

 

Sounds like exactly the same problem !! It seems that you have obviously accepted that this is how you start it... And yes, mine too will start second time after this short crank.... I guess I just want to know why? If you have to crank it first and then again a second time surely the battery is lower on voltage at the second time than the first??? How can it be any other way? These bikes are pretty hi-tech despite their beautiful old Cafe racer styling.... Surely they should be able to start first time....
I am interested to hear that if you have it on a battery tender overnight that it will fire up first time.... There is something here that holds the answer and yet it would appear not necessarily voltage related... Hmmmm.... Thanks, your comments are leading in the right direction...

 

I don't have a centre stand, can't see quite how this could affect the starting.... I would generally start it when sat astride it with sidestand up...