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After seeing this video, I’m convinced that my next cycle will be the Triumph Rocket 3, I never knew how much goes into these bikes! It was the brake safety test that sold me, or maybe it was it’s ability to change direction so quickly, or how it learns to be FUN!!
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« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2011, 03:01:04 AM » |
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Hmmm, but you'll never know for sure what it's going to want to do next  |
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« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2011, 03:06:58 AM » |
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Funny.. But needs sub-titles.  |
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« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2011, 03:19:32 AM » |
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Witty english humor, but ride the bike first.
Ridden several R3s; fast a Dealer Demo days, but sucked at the Daytona Bike Week Demo.
Must be that witty english humor again.
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« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2011, 03:53:41 AM » |
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I rode one at a dealer. It was fast. The brakes worked great. They needed to...  It shifted clunky, and there was a WEIRD vibe that I couldn't get over. I like it. I ain't trading either of my Valks for one. Jabba |
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« Reply #6 on: November 01, 2011, 05:47:12 AM » |
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rode it when it first came out at americade
Fast great brakes fast, kinda not symmetrical but fast
did I say fast?
Didnt have bags when I rode it
but it sure got there fast
sort of like my first time driving a mazda with a rotary engine in 1972
I wonder off the line if it would beat a wing or 1600 beemer
I found the adventure 990 almost as fast but it weighs so much less its probably not a fair comparison
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« Reply #7 on: November 01, 2011, 06:31:30 AM » |
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Other than the standing on the seat I might consider one.  I'm with steamer on this though-ain't giving up my Valkyrie.  RIDE SAFE. |
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« Reply #8 on: November 01, 2011, 06:54:39 AM » |
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Steroids, I knew it, disqualified!
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« Reply #9 on: November 01, 2011, 01:25:15 PM » |
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Great video. I'd like to see more of these from other manufacturers.
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« Reply #10 on: November 01, 2011, 02:47:34 PM » |
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I've rode several Rocket's over the years and frankly I'm not impressed I think the worse part for me is its a pretty ugly bike and does'nt have a soul like the Valkyrie. I rode the one below at the last CBR <---( I miss this event Doc put on every year  ) and as looks go this one was one of the best lookin' Rockets I've seen.   |
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« Reply #11 on: November 01, 2011, 04:16:08 PM » |
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Ugly is relative Joe. I mean my wife married my ugly arse and she is not ugly(DRAGON TATTOO on her upper ARSE)(And Assorted Other Areas)(Yes There Too) by any stretch of the imagination. A little plump now but otherwise marketable. So the Rocket III is a possibility. Yes there is no club like this one to market it too, but no body cares really what we ride to the club meets anyway, unlike the Davidson Crowd who are blinded by some unseen force(DUMBASS RAYS) and won't ride with anything that does not thump rythmically. After saying all this I present you with raw cruiser power that we all enjoy, the ROCKET III.
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