I have a 13 reg Explorer, got it with 9000 miles on the clock in January and now with 13500 on the clock. Its had 4 recalls done, Cylinder head, cam chain tensioner, centre stand and side stand bolt. I am a lover of Triumphs, I have owned 3 1050 speedtriples and 3 1050 tigers, I expected the Explorer 1200 engine to be as smooth as the 1050, it is not. The switchgear is cheap, the shaft is clunky, the suspension is to hard no matter what setting it is on and now I have a noise from the forks which at 1st I thought was play in the headstock. Took it to my dealer who has been very helpful, mechanic checked it over and its got play in the forks which is apparently according to TRIUMPH, within tolerance and happens at about 12000 miles.
My 3 GS,s were far better bikes than the Explorer and my twin cam Adventure was fantastic, Triumph have tried to copy the GS and in my opinion have not done a very good job.
I have test rode the new GS and the GS Adventure on a couple of occasions, the last for a couple of hours, so I have now ordered a 2016 GS Adventure and can't bloody wait.
So its goodbye Triumph and as the teacher used to say, MUST TRY HARDER.
Roll on 1st September