New Rocket III Roadster Review

[rayjay]

Hi dennis...
Yes it's the knowledge and you have to learn a 6 mile radius of charing cross station,
which is all the streets ,hotels, government buildings, museums ,cinemas, theaters, hospitals, clinics, bars, resturants, night clubs, libraries,churches,schools, stations, colleges, casinos and anything else you care to mention. It's quite time consuming and can be very frustrating at times. On average it takes about three years to complete.
But at the end of it you are self employed and no time card to punch.
Hope you have luck selling the bike.
Ray.

 

[rcket65ride]

Foran Megaphone shorty pies

I had these pipes made up from Foran Exhausts in Gosford , i was after a cross between the Thunderbird shortys and the Roadster pipes

there is a You Tube sound file to listen too as well

YouTube - triumph Rocket III Foran exhausts 3 into 2 sound file vers 2

My saddlebags are heating up quite a bit with them so im going to put them on ebay soon

cheers

Pete

 

[IMFASTTOO]

show

No Phil,
Just a different strategy than the harley one we're use to seeing EVERYWHERE.
You see 5 yr olds with harley logos on them, girls with harley purses and harley stickers on everything.
Triumph is concentrating on building better bikes.
Not on fashon yuppy clientel.
Do I wish they'd show a stronger presence in America?
Not really. I like it just the way it is.
Quality bike and not everybody and their dog has one,
or at least the t-shirt.

I AGREE PHIL yet TRIUMPH is doing well sales wise but youd think they would have some GOODIES at the shows

 

[och2pot]

Well i look forward to taking the road on my Rocket Roadster , expecting it late March. after a couple of test rides, I was astonished how much this bike can deliver. Never tried a R3 before as the riding position didn't fit me, but now it does, so I've been seduced. And it sounds good too with the TORs - it growls.
I trust the mechanicals are sorted , the fuelling is super smooth, and i'll just have to live with the electronics-ABS is worth having.

 

[hegels]

I dont recall where i read this but they were saying that the r3 roadster was just a un restricted standard? with different ergo's and paint. If that is indeed the case then why not just get a standard and un restrict it myself? that would be cheaper too.

on the other hand then i dont get the honor of riding one of the roadsters around

thanks,
Steve

 

[xhdskip]

No anti lock brakes either on the standard.
Of course, there's ways around that skiddish Metz problem too.
But yea, a man could unrestrict a standard cheaper.

 

[Anders]

No anti lock brakes either on the standard.
Of course, there's ways around that skiddish Metz problem too.
But yea, a man could unrestrict a standard cheaper.

The only thing that bothers me about the roadster are the 2 cans, each containing a cat converter I believe? It is retricted to 120 mph. If I bought one, and I'm not sure about the design/looks of the exhaust yet (so many folks taking the piss about how large they are), I would want to know if the cats could be removed from the cans to free up things - of course the whole lot could be removed and TORS fitted and all the others, but then who is going to buy the 2nd hand duals that are quite restrictive? I have my eye on a brand new R3 for 10,750, 2 years warranty, what you could do with the price saving of that and the new roadster, you have maybe 5-6,000 bux to play with, go wild...

 

[och2pot]

The big difference for me is the riding position- I'm not a fan of feet forwards and didn't fit the original R3 as my legs felt all wrong. Now it does fit me with the footrests further back. Maybe it's Scottish roads full of holes, but I like to be able to take my weight on the footrests when I see a big bump coming. and even stand up a bit to look over the car in front before an overtake(for safety of course) !

I've grown to like the long cans as it makes the bike look lower and longer, and although I don't know what's in the TORs, they sound good and loud enough for some soul to growl out at low revs. I don't think the engine mechanical spec is altered in any way on the roadster, any differences are in the new engine management system but the TORs exhaust has has some acoustic tuning I think ( by design or accident) as it has a rasp. The lefthand silencer has a longer pipe and a funny-shaped box after the header splits, almost like a resonance chamber on one pipe.Each can has a cat so the ABS can fit under the bike.
Remember the old BSA Goldie "Twitter" was an unexpected fluke , and Foran exhausts can make an R3 whistle, so who knows what goes on inside?
The Triumph Roadster video is aimed at a different buyer from before ,so I think the whole feel of the bike is more spirited to attract folk like me- I would never have bought the original Rocket 3. And I'm no teenager.

 

[Anders]

The big difference for me is the riding position- I'm not a fan of feet forwards and didn't fit the original R3 as my legs felt all wrong. Now it does fit me with the footrests further back. Maybe it's Scottish roads full of holes, but I like to be able to take my weight on the footrests when I see a big bump coming. and even stand up a bit to look over the car in front before an overtake(for safety of course) !

I've grown to like the long cans as it makes the bike look lower and longer, and although I don't know what's in the TORs, they sound good and loud enough for some soul to growl out at low revs. I don't think the engine mechanical spec is altered in any way on the roadster, any differences are in the new engine management system but the TORs exhaust has has some acoustic tuning I think ( by design or accident) as it has a rasp. The lefthand silencer has a longer pipe and a funny-shaped box after the header splits, almost like a resonance chamber on one pipe.Each can has a cat so the ABS can fit under the bike.
Remember the old BSA Goldie "Twitter" was an unexpected fluke , and Foran exhausts can make an R3 whistle, so who knows what goes on inside?
The Triumph Roadster video is aimed at a different buyer from before ,so I think the whole feel of the bike is more spirited to attract folk like me- I would never have bought the original Rocket 3. And I'm no teenager.

Fair enough, very good points, especially about standing up! LOL, I used to drive caterham 7s and they are so low to the ground it does make spirited cross country driving quite difficult, purely because your arse is about 4 inches or so off the road! Good fast cars, you need to be sitting higher to judge overtaking and see as far as possible, never thought to even try that on my Rocket, but as you say it wd be hard to do, if not impossible, LOL - I'm 6 ft and I actually quite like the fwd cntls now, took me a week or three to get fully used to them, but I find them fine - my dealer will be getting some roadsters in soon, and I am aiming for a test ride, if he'll let me. I'll be in the market for another Rocket next October (bringing my current one back to the UK in April), and wondering
if the USA prices on them will dip a bit or not ... ABS is a huge investment alone...

 

[TonyMac]

Hi dennis...
Yes it's the knowledge and you have to learn a 6 mile radius of charing cross station,
which is all the streets ,hotels, government buildings, museums ,cinemas, theaters, hospitals, clinics, bars, resturants, night clubs, libraries,churches,schools, stations, colleges, casinos and anything else you care to mention. It's quite time consuming and can be very frustrating at times. On average it takes about three years to complete.
But at the end of it you are self employed and no time card to punch.
Hope you have luck selling the bike.
Ray.

I'm surprised they still have the knowledge in place now GPS Sat Nav's are so affordbale. I suppose its one way of ensuring that the locals get first dibs on the jobs and there remains a good chance that the driver can speak English...........which is more than can be said for NYC, Sydney and other main cities