R3Touring Pics

I gota wonder how long that rear skin will last. My first was only good for 3600 mi. Do ya think this one will make the 600 mi check-up. More torque and less tire add up to on rubber eatin SOB..

Gunshots said:

I gota wonder how long that rear skin will last. My first was only good for 3600 mi. Do ya think this one will make the 600 mi check-up. More torque and less tire add up to on rubber eatin SOB..

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And...................It looks major surgery to get the tire and rim from the bowels (no pun intended) of the R3 Tourer.

That bar across the back that connects the bags and runs under the fender would be a great place to attach some rubber anti-static straps or fox tails................

HeR3tic said:

They've moved the ignition but it's still over the top of the tank. The mounts under the bags are hideous. OEM leather bags are rated for 11 #. I'd say 15.5k will be possible, at my fav. dealer. Some aspects I like: Fuller mud guards and straight line pipes. I had the impression the frame was to undergo major revisions. The pic suggest otherwise. Thanks for the gross load of pics. Great coverage.

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HeR3tic:

I suspect you could increase that gross carrying capacity of the stock Triumph leather bags by simply removing the stainless button head hex capscrews and putting a washer under them thus distributing the weight over a greater area. The PE that is used for the backing plate is very strong. It's exactly what I'm using to make the liners...same gage.

Sidecar Flip said:

HeR3tic:... It's exactly what I'm using to make the liners...same gage.

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Put me on notice when production is underway. GOOD Stuff thair Flipper!

trdddragger said it: "As a touring platform, the Roc has great potential. Smooth, powerful engine. Long wheelbase, etc. I wish Triumph would go all out and fix a frame mounted fairing out front and load it up with the requisite goodies (radio, cruise, etc.)."

Wait til 2009 or 10, or get into the awesome Rocket III now and never regret! This beast is all U've heard she can be! Of course that's takes money, doncha know Hombre?

I am still not getting it . If I were in the market for a tourer, I'd still pick a "Classic" with leather bags and a windshield. Save a few bucks, save a few pounds, save 36 ponies and save the Rocket's unique image.

Or buy a Gold Wing

Jamie

Jamie

I think when it comes to touring there are two class’s of people. There are people like you and me who like the challenge of a curve and the twist of the wrist and the wind in our face. We can throw a few things in a Riggs bag strap it to the back of the bike and go. Then you have the people who want a motorcycle but want the comforts of a car. The full windshields & fairings, radios, recliner for a seat, heated handle bars man I feel sorry for those people. So I think a cruiser is in the eye's of the rider. I bet if you ask the guy’s why they got a easy chair on wheels I’d bet 9 out of 10 would say my wife wanted something more comfortable.
Come on you can’t feel freedom threw a windshield and fairings, you can’t hear freedom with that radio/intercom blaring (honey slow down, you took that turn why too fast, I have to pee, if you don’t slow down your not getting any tonight).
Soory so what was this thread about??

Pondering a little

I agree with Paul and Jamie......I prefer the Classic as well.

Ponder this however. What if, just what if Triumph is considering doing away with the Rocket 3 as we know it (twin headlamps and more horsepower) and replacing it with the Touring model. The Rocket as we know it has to be detuned to meet the Euro3 horsepower requirements (I think I have that right). The new bike is already detuned. Our R3 in it's present form is getting a 'little long in the tooth' in as much as overall styling is concerned. The bike (other than the Classic model) hasn't changed at all since it's inception in what, 2003. That's 5 year run, basically unchanged.

I don't believe that Triumph considers the R3 an 'Icon' like the T100 or it's derivative, the Thruxton. The new Triumph's thrust at first was reincarnating the T100, a bike that it built upon. (The T100 is and was designed as a motor officers mount). The engine as well as the appointments are for police use. The R3 came along much later in response to the large displacement cruiser market which the Speed master and the America couldn't fill as they are basically a T100 redesigned for the cruiser market.

Looking at it that way, the new R3 is a logical progression further into the cruiser market, meeting the Euro3 limitations and further addressing and refining the term 'American Cruiser'. If that's so (and it's only conjecture on my part), then the R3 as we know it will be eventually phased out and the R3 Touring model will take it's place.

tdragger said:

Thanks for the pics. Triumph was a no show at the DC show the weekend before.
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Triumph was not at any of the CYCLE WORLD INTERNATIONAL MOTORCYCLE SHOW locations. They do not participate. The only Triumph presence at any ot the shows was whatever a local dealer wanted to bring, IF they paid for floor space.

The D.C. show had a Triumph dealer stuck up against the wall. They had a few bikes there, but, that's about it.

Pig9r said:

I thought I read somewhere it has cruise control??

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No cruise control.........