What motivates you?

[Fingers]

The power!!!

 

[mouka]

The power!!!

That one is easy!

 

[leatal]

Just because there's nuthin' else like it!

Hurumph, Hurumph, Hurumph!

 

[mexican]

I bought it because i knew it was the only bike Art would aprove

 

[D04011]

Because it is seriously *****in' and there's nothing else like it. I am fortunate to currently have some other great bikes but the R3R is in a class by itself.

I started riding bikes right after high school and in college and all my first bikes were Triumphs: 650 Bonneville 750 Bonneville and a 750 Trident so the Brit bikes still stir my soul in a much different way than other brands. My R3R is like my old Trident but on industrial quantities of steroids!

 

[sonny]

I looked at several bikes and manufactures for a long time. Did not see anything worth getting excited about. All ready own a V-twin so buying a second one did not make sense to me. While looking at Triumphs on their website I played the vid they had for the Rocket X and the rest is HISTORY.

 

[rocketjohn]

For me well, lemme think. When the R3T came out, I knew I wanted it. Especially after I read about the overall Rocket 3 development. I can look at any bike and mentally add panniers, floorboards and a windshield. That's how I ride, and that's how I've equipped what I've ridden so far, being as they heretofore came to me plain jane style....

One could psychoanalyze me and say I just wanted a big hefty bike with plenty of ooomph. Well that would not be wrong, but I like having what few others have. I recognized the development process that Triumph undertook to be doggone romantic and evocative of what British engineering has always claimed to be able to do. And they did. It's just plain badass! Neither the roadster nor the touring are strong sellers in the States, but they keep staying available and that says something about Triumph in general. They know there's a certain kind of people who will want these, and they keep them out there just for us!

 

[R3Rboy]

You did list almost EVERY reason why we have made the choice of buying our R3s. I would add that I don't look like Snoopy when I hop on it. It commands respect because it's such a huge bike. No one can dare to disrespect you. Especially not the Harley owners. Although my neighbors have both Road Kings and are the nicest folks you can ever meet. Some Harley owners are simply ass holes because they are on a machine that costs $30,000 or more. The price of your ride should not define how you look at others that share the same passion for bikes. At least that's how I feel.
Some ****** rocket ass holes are also exactly like that. They feel superior because their bikes are fast. I have news to most of them: The R3 can toast the vast majority of them.

Funny.. I don't think of respect when I ride my R3 or any bike. To me that almost goes more to the question of why do you ride at all. No doubt there are some who ride as a status symbol or to look tough or be part of a group or whatever. I get that but I don't really relate to it. But that passion you note- that I do. On a bike I experience the things around me, not just watch it pass by in a box with windows (of course some cars allow you to experience more than others too). But I can get that experience whether I'm riding my mouse of bike- a 1980 Honda CM200 (what I learned to ride on- top speed maybe 75 on a slight downhill ), or my 1980 Yamaha XS1100 or my R3R. Obviously the experience is best on the R3, but anyone that wants to disrespect me because of whatever I choose to ride can pound sand. I'm riding for me anyway.

 

[R-III-R Turbo]

It's a beast. That's why

 

[DJ]

Her looks. Very sexy in a function over form kind of way.
And, the performance on top of that sealed the deal.

It simply looks proud of what she can do, and makes no excuses.