End of Touring

[dave64]

I'm 6'2" and if I still smoked I could smoke a cigarette at 100 mph on my R3T with the oem long windshield. There is no real cruiser that is a match for this one and if there is a failure to sell enough units it's because Triumph is incompetent at marketing the bike and dealers are few and far between. Only a moron would revamp the seat to fit shorter guys when your trying to bust into the HD market--you want the big badasses riding into the bar parking lots on your R3T--the guys who don't get lip for not riding the cookie-cutter bikes--the guys who other guys fall into line behind. You want to sell a bike that fits big guys to entice them to buy it since HD's are sizing down.

This has to be a joke post ! Only Bad ass big bikies should own a Touring model Rocket , do you read what you write LOL Only morons would make a bike suit smaller riders . I can't believe some one would write such dribble and no one else has said anything i laughed so hard a little wee came out , made my day thanks

 

[TOMCAT]

I just rolled my eyes back ... no wee though

 

[vanguard138]

Can not think of another bike I would want after the R3T. Guess when mine no longer runs I will retire from riding. Just can not see going backwards.

 

[Molinoman]

Like you said, vanguard138, if they stop making the R3T then I guess this will be my last bike as well...I'll just switch from my, now, new V6 Mustang and move back up to the GT...if I like the styling by then.

One other way to look at it if the UK "blokes" said the red one was the last one in the UK...they might be talking about the 2014 version with a new color combo coming for 2015...so it may pay to still be a little optimistic.

 

[Molinoman]

One other thing last Thursday before I left my sister and brother in law's home to continue my "almost" trip to Daytona...I stopped by the local Harley dealer that I bought my HD Road Glide from (who later bought it back from me so I could get the R3T...and let a "rube" later on ride my former Harley who then promptly totaled it out going around a curve) to show my salesman (now Asst. General Manager). I went in the back and got a cup of coffee and when I came back in the showroom and looked out the front window he and four other guys who worked at the dealership were out "admiring" my bike...didn't even realize (except for my friend) that anybody much less Triumph made anything that big...so the beast's reputation is still good...draws a crowd wherever you go.

 

[Chris]

They are all in the US it's the end of 2014 but what about 2015 I also called Triumph today they said that as far as the know it will still be made I called because I need a new one after mine was totaled yesterday and have found several here in the states they also said that any bike Triumph make will be supported for 10 years after the end date of being made I hope there not done with them

I wish that was the case here in the UK. Many of the accessories my friend wanted for his bike are no longer available on the websites and UK dealers say they cannot source them anymore over here and one recommended to try our luck in the US

 

[CanberraR3]

I'm 6'2" and if I still smoked I could smoke a cigarette at 100 mph on my R3T with the oem long windshield. There is no real cruiser that is a match for this one and if there is a failure to sell enough units it's because Triumph is incompetent at marketing the bike and dealers are few and far between. Only a moron would revamp the seat to fit shorter guys when your trying to bust into the HD market--you want the big badasses riding into the bar parking lots on your R3T--the guys who don't get lip for not riding the cookie-cutter bikes--the guys who other guys fall into line behind. You want to sell a bike that fits big guys to entice them to buy it since HD's are sizing down.

Surely not. Some of those "big badasses" might be ....... obese.

*** Dumbro you're an idiot.

 

[vanguard138]

Surely not. Some of those "big badasses" might be ....... obese.

*** Dumbro you're an idiot.

Heck, I lowered my Touring an inch with Hagon shocks to fit my 5-7 frame Having my feet flat on the ground at a stop is great!

 

[cootertwo]

Once you get the Rocket, there's no going back. Sorta like trying to watch and old 23" CRT TV, after the 60" plasma took a dump. I felt bad for my modified 06, 1200 Sportster the other day, so I rolled her out of the barn, washed the dust off, and took it for a ride. What a joke. Sooooo much $$$ wasted. I have more $$$ tied up in it, than I paid for my 2013 Rocket !!!! I can't believe I used to ride that thing around, thinking I was a bad ass. She's back in the barn, and will stay there. When somebody asks why I don't ride a Hardley, I say, "I might be old, but I ain't slow"

 

[CanberraR3]