Intro

My apologies, all. Should have introduced myself before I started asking questions.

My name is Nick. I have owned one other Triumph, a Daytona sport bike, but that was years ago when I was younger and more spry. My dad had an old Bonneville back in "the day" too, so I suppose you can say I've liked Triumphs most of my life. I bought a 2005 Rocket III about 6 months ago and I love it. I have wanted an R3 for about 10-12 years now, ever since I saw the first prototype in a magazine. I'm not a crazy risk-taking kind of rider, I like to cruise by myself or with a couple other trusted riders. Don't get me wrong though, the amount of power and torque the R3 possesses is a welcome asset.

I also own an '03 HD Sportster 1200cc. I've never been one for fighting over loyalties for specific makes and models. I figure, you like what you like, and unless someone's paying me to be a spokesman for a specific brand... (yeah, right) I will continue to live by that philosophy. So in a nutshell, I am to the point now where I'm trying to get my R3 the way I want it. For my birthday this year I ordered a nice custom saddle from the good folks at Corbin in California so I should have that within the next couple weeks. Been reading a lot on fly screens versus other types of windshields so that's the next thing I want. Any suggestions, feel free to hit me up. Good to "meet" you all, even if it's only virtually.

Ride safe,
-Nick
Ames, IA U.S. of A.

G'day and welcome.

G'day and Welcome from one of the Many Aussies on here mate

Welcome and happy trails.

Welcome

Welcome from Mississippi! Good choice on the seat. Screens are a very personal preference thing. That said, I love my angry screen. Just enough redirection of wind (for me). Plenty of options for you out there from fly to feeing like you're behind a car windshield

Hello Nick and welcome from VA. Lots of good long rides around Iowa, I was stationed in Omaha for a spell and really enjoyed riding the river roads.
For windshields, I have the OEM on my touring model and find that I hardly ever take it off. Most of the riding I do is a tad over the speed limit and a constant blast of air at certain speeds makes this fellow tired after an hour or two. The bug screens go a long way to fix that too and look really nice when you match them to your bikes color or go with a specialty screen with a face on it like several folks have done here.
Good luck and enjoy your make over.

Welcome. I like Iowa. They build Visions there and Slipknot hails from there too.

Hey Nick, welcome from Australia. I've had my R3 for a couple of months now, hope you love yours as much as I love mine.

Welcome from the swamps of LA