2012 rocket 4

[hegels]

It got me. Can you imagine something like this worked over by carpenter !

 

[TOMCAT]

Imagine telling your mates you just got a new Griffin ..... it f#ckin sounds like a dwarf mailorder bride from Scandinavia or something

 

[monks_point]

That was wrong RayJay...it just ain't right to do that to us.

 

[64Herald]

someone deserves a beating for that. Here I was trying to think of a way to tell Arlene I need a new motorcycle. Bad really bad

 

[DRMD421]

As I was reading, I was seriously thinking in the back of my mind "where's my title?".....

That was a dirty trick, my man!

 

[Bigjohn6886]

wow

wow ray jay for some reason i was ready drive to te dealer & tell them get ready im trading my 2011 roadster in bfore this bike comes out & crack u on the nugget for not taking any pics. ur just plain ole wrong

 

[CanberraR3]

Thanks for digging this out Ray - pretty bloody close to what I'd like to see, although I agree with what Skip said; no belt drive. Won't happen, sadly. Think I'll stick to dreaming the softer things to ride that still cost you money and put a smile on your face. At least I have one of those (any time I want ).

 

[rocketbill]

I think i'll take one except with shaft drive please.

 

[Evil Mitch]

OK so I’m doing a Triumph factory tour in a group of about 14 and were coming to final assembly point. A guy comes out of a door to my left and leaves the door slightly open. I can see a frontal view of a rocket, and two things strike me. Firstly it’s red but not a red I have seen before and secondly it’s on a centre stand. I have a look around and nobody’s watching me. So I leave the group and enter the room.
The bike has the same engine layout that we have but it’s a four cylinder. I also notice that it has an oil cooler, plus two tail pipes either side their slightly splayed and slightly upswept kind of similar to the 750 Hurricane of years gone by. I walk around the other side of the bike and to my surprise its belt driven. I also notice that the bear claw has gone. On one of the walls is a white board and it reads……….

PROJECT GRIFFIN​

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Targets to achieve​

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Done​

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4 Cyl 3000cc

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205 Bhp

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195 ft / lbs torque

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6 speed transmission

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Super life belt final drive

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Dry weight 680 lbs

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ABS

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Super efficient twin fan radiator

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6 row thermostat controlled oil cooler

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Rider select full power mode

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Rider select fuel map

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40 Mpg Urban / City

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5 year fail safe battery

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Mars Red – Jupiter Black – Lunar Yellow

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Release date Jan 2012

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I suddenly become aware of somebody at my side …… It’s my wife and I say to her I’m gob smacked. She say’s to me you will be if you don’t finish hanging that wallpaper by tonight your like a tit in a trance.

Ray.....

Your a Bastard Ray yep u would fit rite in here in Australia

 

[Big Marty]

OK so I’m doing a Triumph factory tour in a group of about 14 and were coming to final assembly point. A guy comes out of a door to my left and leaves the door slightly open. I can see a frontal view of a rocket, and two things strike me. Firstly it’s red but not a red I have seen before and secondly it’s on a centre stand. I have a look around and nobody’s watching me. So I leave the group and enter the room.
The bike has the same engine layout that we have but it’s a four cylinder. I also notice that it has an oil cooler, plus two tail pipes either side their slightly splayed and slightly upswept kind of similar to the 750 Hurricane of years gone by. I walk around the other side of the bike and to my surprise its belt driven. I also notice that the bear claw has gone. On one of the walls is a white board and it reads……….

PROJECT GRIFFIN

Targets to achieve
Done​

4 Cyl 3000cc

√​

205 Bhp

√​

195 ft / lbs torque

√​

6 speed transmission

√​

Super life belt final drive

√​

Dry weight 680 lbs

√​

ABS

√​

Super efficient twin fan radiator

√​

6 row thermostat controlled oil cooler

√​

Rider select full power mode

√​

Rider select fuel map

√​

40 Mpg Urban / City

√​

5 year fail safe battery

√​

Mars Red – Jupiter Black – Lunar Yellow

√​

Release date Jan 2012

√

​

I suddenly become aware of somebody at my side …… It’s my wife and I say to her I’m gob smacked. She say’s to me you will be if you don’t finish hanging that wallpaper by tonight your like a tit in a trance.

Ray.....
[/QUOTE

Had me going ya bastard, start thing a bit dodgy with the five year battery, still hooked until the Mrs comment. Yep I'll pay that one, even had the Mrs here reading it and told I'll be having one of these.