Hello from New Zealand - 2004 Rocket III - Project Bike

[Nige]

it better be good 'cos I just noticed f6b in your bike least - your credibility is on the line

Upload of some pics done...re the F6B - It's actually an awesome bike, admit the looks are a bit bizarre but an unbelievably great bike to ride. I have owned over a hundred bikes and the F6B is certainly the best long distance comfort tourer I have owned.

 

[TriumPhil]

Hello from New Jersey, USA, Captain Nigel.

It looks to me like Triumph corporate could take some painting/styling cues from you, Sir.

Your project bike is a real head turner!

Great work. Now, be safe and have lots of fun with her!!!

 

[Rocket AZ]

Bad looking bike, too be sure. Nice creativity with the paint work.

 

[Fingers]

Great looking bike,superb paint

 

[TriumPhil]

Nige, if you're so inclined to tap some add'l ponies, you'd do yourself a real favor by taking advantage of Paul Bryant's genius for designing and fabricating efficient, great looking exhaust/header setups. He more than likely could knock up a set of headers and a collector to use with your (slip-on?) can and I'd surmise that you could gain 20-30 hp at the wheel by doing so and retuning.

 

[Nige]

Hello from New Jersey, USA, Captain Nigel.

It looks to me like Triumph corporate could take some painting/styling cues from you, Sir.

That's incredibly kind Phil, I can't take the credit as the amazing guys at Kolorinn Kustoms in Auckland did the design and paint.

Nige, if you're so inclined to tap some add'l ponies, you'd do yourself a real favor by taking advantage of Paul Bryant's genius for designing and fabricating efficient, great looking exhaust/header setups. He more than likely could knock up a set of headers and a collector to use with your (slip-on?) can and I'd surmise that you could gain 20-30 hp at the wheel by doing so and retuning.

Thanks for the feedback Phil. The headers have already been customed, I wrapped them for now as the engineer let me down and didn't put any heatshields on. The slip on has no baffles either and I intended on having a triple exhaust out the rear, but it became too hard for him so we agreed to leave like this until he was freed up.

We have some really good engineering shops here in NZ so I will look around and if nothing else I will open up to the world.

Again, thanks for the positive feedback on the bike. It's coming into summer here so looking forward to getting out and riding.

 

[mr hunt]

Fantastic paint ... the bike looks great all round

 

[1K9]

Very good. Simple clean lines. No clutter.
How does it ride with the narrowed handlebars?
What will you wear to ride it Nige?

 

[Mike188]

Looks good

 

[Nige]

Very good. Simple clean lines. No clutter.
How does it ride with the narrowed handlebars?
What will you wear to ride it Nige?

Update...Rides amazingly well with the new bars. I had them custom fitted to my frame so IMO the whole bike is now much better handling and more comfortable.

I do need some help with my LED indicators and what resistor or relay I need to fit. Any ideas would be great!