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!