Mixed Emotions

Let me start off by saying that I know this is my fault for buying the touring model and not the roadster... but that is the deal I made with the wife. Otherwise it would of been an Ultra or a Wing... So

I have about 1200 miles on my 2011 R3T and for the most part I am extremely pleased. The main reason I bought it was to be different, and being I have only seen one other R3 in the past 4 years I feel I accomplished that.

I had both a 1300 and 1800 VTX and for the life of me I can not get over the feeling that my 1800 would walk away from this bike. And I would like to fix that feeling in so much as is possible.

When I twist the throttle hard... say rolling along in second gear... I feel I am about to break something in the drive shaft, and I cringe a little, not sure how to explain it but it not a comforting feeling, not something I am use to with a shaft driven bike.

Then the throttle response is kind of like an old ford I once had with a transmission that kind of slid into 3rd gear, I get the same feeling from this bike, there is no "snap" in the response to the throttle. I am hoping that the removal of the secondaries will cure some of that.

So where do I start to put just a little bit of snap into the throttle response of this tourer? Yeah I know.. should of put bags on the roadster....

I have the same feelings about my 08 R3T, great bike, no major complaints but it is lacking a bit, I'd like to find away to juice her up without breaking the bank

If you want one of the fastest baggers on the planet, one that delivers all usable, put it to the ground power, your solution is here: Carpenter Race Engines - Triumph Rocket III

Or, if you are on a bit of tighter budget you can extract Roadster power from the Touring model with just exhaust, intake and tuning changes.

Hooky what model did you buy?
I see one for the roadster and one for S/T......

And if you don't mind where'd ya get it?

I'm all in to do this. Just saw your post from earlier today...

Glad to hear I am not the only one who felt this way, thought I would be the only one here and would end up as the redheaded step kid here over this..

Still, you'll get a lot more real power by getting a computer tune(TuneBoy, Tune ECU or Power Commander, pulling the throttle secondaries and fitting three K&Ns under your bearclaw...

Still, you'll get a lot more real power by getting a computer tune(TuneBoy, Tune ECU or Power Commander, pulling the throttle secondaries and fitting three K&Ns under your bearclaw... or the "Millenium Falcon" kit for just $6K.

TriumPhil said:

Still, you'll get a lot more real power by getting a computer tune(TuneBoy, Tune ECU or Power Commander, pulling the throttle secondaries and fitting three K&Ns under your bearclaw...

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I'm sure I will get there. But it will take a few weeks. In the middle of remodeling the kitchen,dining room, and deck... so I am going to start with the simple and easily affordable and work up from there. But hell yeah.... I ride with 2 m109s, and a vrod.. I don't want to be 3rd or 4th one to the next light.......really don't want to be second either........

I may do the secondaries in the morning... but most likely would not do the intake until I can also do the exhaust....

Speaking of exhaust, I am dying to let one of my buddies ride the bike so I can hear what it sounds like... My kid says it sounds like a Volkswagen Rabbit....

hooky said:

Bonecarver try the gipro route , just fitted one to my 2010 tourer and im over the moon. Lots more go from the first 3 gears and i fitted it myself in about 30 mins . transformed my tourer and i love it.

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What does the gipro do, would it improve the Roadster, I am looking for smooth torque not horse power gains, I will never use the horsepower my Roadster has.