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Richard Sharkey liked Eldon's post in the thread Tiger 800xc (gen2) Ignition Coil Readings.

Here you go @Richard Sharkey this is from the 765 factory manual although I'm not sure if it's going to be helpful to you or not, as the...

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Tiger 800xc (gen2) Ignition Coil Readings

Hi all, I have a 2016 Tiger 800 XC (longest I've owned a bike, and love it), other than starter had no issues up until now, it was a...

Forum: Technical Help

Richard Sharkey replied to the thread Non Starting Tiger 800xc.

What seemed easy on an old bike has proven more difficult on a modern bike, it appears, I have no spark, just read about the coils and...

Richard Sharkey replied to the thread Non Starting Tiger 800xc.

Right, getting nowhere, have now replaced plugs with brand new NGK standard plugs (properly gapped) and cleaned fuel tank and a gallon...

Richard Sharkey liked sprintdave's post in the thread Non Starting Tiger 800xc.

Has the bike been serviced regularly and has it had the valve clearances checked? Have you looked at the spark plugs, are they coked up...

Richard Sharkey liked joe mc donald's post in the thread Non Starting Tiger 800xc.

@Richard Sharkey Really hard to diagnose this one. You will have to go through all the checks. Start by the Battery needs to have the...

Richard Sharkey liked sprintdave's post in the thread Non Starting Tiger 800xc.

I believe some Triumph bikes don't like iridium plugs so maybe standard ngk will help.

Richard Sharkey replied to the thread Non Starting Tiger 800xc.

I’ve been running them for 3 years (2nd set) but have some standard ones on the way and a can of clean fuel, will report back if any success

Richard Sharkey replied to the thread Non Starting Tiger 800xc.

Sorry its take a while, Yes regularly serviced valve clearances were checked 15k miles ago (negligible adjustments made), I have since...