Triple Trouble
The Duk of death
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- Sep 12, 2005
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- '05 Rocket III '73 Norton Commando 65 Norton Atlas
Years ago (many,many)When My Norton Commando(Norton's are great and I don't need one of those Jap scrap things) was my touring/commuting/weekend ride I was behind a 1,000cc Honda on a curvy road I knew well and was giving it a bit of stick slowly closing the gap between us. As I got on his tail he glanced in his mirror and realised I was right there. He gave it a bit of throttle and .............he was gone.
In 1994 I took a test ride on a new to Canada Triumph Daytona 1200. 147 hp and slightly quicker and smoother than my trusty beast. After as I rode home on the Norton I was actually laughing at how antiquated the old gal felt and knew I had to get a modern bike to stay in the game. I thought about how things had changed in 20 years. Then I thought about 20 years before the Commando, bikes had only just started to use rear suspension and horsepower had doubled and how inevitable progress is.
First brisk ride on my brand new Rocket III in 2004 was a bit of a disappointment at how awful the Suspension was! My '94 Sprint was far superior. Why did it have to copy the twin shock Harley
It will be 16 years since the introduction of the RIII and I hope that huge ground has been covered technically. The single sided swingarm gives hope that she will handle well and be a smoother ride. Electronic aids such as ABS, cruise and traction control etc. will surely be a good thing.
Let's wait and see what the new Rocket is like before slagging it off. Someone even mentioned unsightly wires hanging off the bike!!!! It's a ferkin prototype for goodness sake and probably has many sensors to gauge how things are working. I can't wait to test ride one.
In 1994 I took a test ride on a new to Canada Triumph Daytona 1200. 147 hp and slightly quicker and smoother than my trusty beast. After as I rode home on the Norton I was actually laughing at how antiquated the old gal felt and knew I had to get a modern bike to stay in the game. I thought about how things had changed in 20 years. Then I thought about 20 years before the Commando, bikes had only just started to use rear suspension and horsepower had doubled and how inevitable progress is.
First brisk ride on my brand new Rocket III in 2004 was a bit of a disappointment at how awful the Suspension was! My '94 Sprint was far superior. Why did it have to copy the twin shock Harley
It will be 16 years since the introduction of the RIII and I hope that huge ground has been covered technically. The single sided swingarm gives hope that she will handle well and be a smoother ride. Electronic aids such as ABS, cruise and traction control etc. will surely be a good thing.
Let's wait and see what the new Rocket is like before slagging it off. Someone even mentioned unsightly wires hanging off the bike!!!! It's a ferkin prototype for goodness sake and probably has many sensors to gauge how things are working. I can't wait to test ride one.