Just a question...

[COMick]

I joined because I had never heard of one of these bikes till I made the big mistake of taking one for a test drive at my local shop.......bought it when I got off the beast and gave my Roadstar to my brother.

The knowledge provided by the good people on this site has been very helpful, and I get great ideas for my own bike. The other site just didnt provide (Am still a member there) the R3 information and I agree they kinda look down their nose at us so I spend mopst of my time here.

Still havent met any of yall in person, but I hope to, just Colorado doesnt seem to be big Rockety territory yet.

 

[mexican]

Agree on all of the above

I joined just to make people think i ride a rocket,
the truth is that i ride a Rebel 250 with training wheels
and still too big for me

 

[Jackson]

I joined to be a bananna. One of the bunch.

 

[RocketDaryl]

Why? Because I'm of the opinion that no one should be denied my presence. Okay, gotta go now. I'm expected to make an appearance over at the "Hell no, we won't sell our Yugo" forum in 15 minutes. I don't own one of those either, but...

Being me is such a burden. I don't know if a mortal man could do it.

 

[CanberraR3]

Can't really say. Saw the link somewhere and gave it a try.

It was the best thing I could have done, otherwise I'd be basing decisions about what to do on 'advice' from the Triumph dealer or some other numpty at the general bike shops/yards. There's a roadster around here that I see on the road sometimes and the only other one I've seen occassionally parks next to mine outside work!! Same colour too. Has everyone confussed. I call it my decoy bike.

Other sites are either too hi tech or too low brow (or both). This one is spot on.

 

[HellFire]

Why? Because I'm of the opinion that no one should be denied my presence. Okay, gotta go now. I'm expected to make an appearance over at the "Hell no, we won't sell our Yugo" forum in 15 minutes. I don't own one of those either, but...

Being me is such a burden. I don't know if a mortal man could do it.

That's the name of my trading account ... "Money for a used YUGO". My neighbor in high school had one, the first one leaked oil so they just gave them another instead of fixing it.

 

[JoseyR3Wales]

Funny you should ask, I was just looking at the Roadster the other day but I did not look that closely at the mounts. I would say that they would be close though and maybe with modified mounts would fit. They are huge and would probably run cooler because of their increased surface area and larger distance from the core pipe to the outer skin. I could be wrong and a heat comparison test would be in order but at least they will cause an equal heat effect to each bag. Also I think someone somewhere said the rear footrest mount is different.

P.S. I was just looking at a thread on the rat net site and was quite surprised how strict they are.

Yes they are, and not a heck of a lot about Rockets either. Mostly sport bike types there. They seem to look away from us Rocket types, wonder why that is? Looked at pics from the 2010 DragonRaid and only saw one Rocket in all of the picswhats up with that? No offense, I reckon we're just a different breed and breedettes.

See what I mean Mexican, open honest conversation with great folks from every place and every walk of life.

 

[mexican]

See what I mean Mexican, open honest conversation with great folks from every place and every walk of life.

I know what you mean Josey.
Jokes aside, let me tell you that like some of the guys here, im a member of the other side too and i also at one point visited the rat forum, they are great sites, the difference for me and i say it with all honesty, is that here i can be a Mexican without feeling intimidated by other members, i met some of you last spring and was impressed with how down to earth this guys are, just bikers, just human beings,no matter how rich or poor, how much education, how good of a job or what nationality, just plain normal people enjoing bikes.
Scowherd is the first one i meet and he went out of his way for me to find them keeping phone contact every hour, mind you that i had only like 10 posts, just a new guy,,,,,,
and that my friend, is why i joined this forum

 

[rainman]

i joined so people that wanted to meet me could ride in the rain

 

[rainman]

but seriously i found these sights by accident i was searching for different parts and info for my r3 read a few things on the sights and decided to jioned which im glad i did have learned alot from the sights and have meet and gained new and good friends and hoping to meet more new ones in may