Triumph Rocket III

Just to confirm they do sell them over here.. though they are a bit hard to get hold of as I think most go to the States. I think there is a 3 month waiting list.
I would love one for those slow lazy days on the road, nice long journey mabe to the South of France. With that insane ablity to Pi$$ over any one who anoy's you and burn rubber in every gear change.
Plus I've been told that are not 'full power' they've been carmed down! I think normaly they produce 168 foot of torque! rather than the 140 ish..

[northwind]

They've got one in the window of 2 Wheels in Edinburgh, in case anyone's suffering through the waiting list

It recieved the highest score they've ever had on bikefile on men and motors..

very nice.

if i thought i could ever pick it up afer dropping it then i might have been interested..

[northwind]

Though from what I've been reading from soem reviews and user reports, you might want to use some of that massive power to carry around a spare clutch...

Originally Posted by Grinch

Just to confirm they do sell them over here.. though they are a bit hard to get hold of as I think most go to the States. I think there is a 3 month waiting list.
I would love one for those slow lazy days on the road, nice long journey mabe to the South of France. With that insane ablity to Pi$$ over any one who anoy's you and burn rubber in every gear change.
Plus I've been told that are not 'full power' they've been carmed down! I think normaly they produce 168 foot of torque! rather than the 140 ish..

Metzeler makes the 150/80 V 17 front and 240/50 V 16 rear tires. Metzeler will only warrant the V rated tires to 140mph. Therefore Triumph has restricted the top speed of the 2.3 Litre engine to 140mph.
So I guess Triumph Research and Developement are the only ones who know for sure what this bad AZZ bike will do flat out.

Originally Posted by a1a

Metzeler makes the 150/80 V 17 front and 240/50 V 16 rear tires. Metzeler will only warrant the V rated tires to 140mph. Therefore Triumph has restricted the top speed of the 2.3 Litre engine to 140mph.
So I guess Triumph Research and Developement are the only ones who know for sure what this bad AZZ bike will do flat out.

I dunno why they need bother with V-rated tyres. After all, the speed limit in the UK is 70 mph max, so you're not allowed to go any faster. Hence no need for V rated tyres.

Originally Posted by a1a

Triumph has restricted the top speed of the 2.3 Litre engine to 140mph.
So I guess Triumph Research and Developement are the only ones who know for sure what this bad AZZ bike will do flat out.

Not for long, I expect!

Originally Posted by Jabba-the-Hutt

I'm sure they'll sell a bucket-load over there and you're probably right on that score.

Just mention the Yankees to a Red-Socks fan

For whatever reason it seems all the Motorcycle Manufactures are under the impression that big, massive large displacement cruisers is the hot set up for the American Motorcyclist.
Honda started it with the VTX 1800, Yamaha came out with the 1670 RoadStar Warrior, followed by Kawasaki 2000 Vulcan. Than Honda again with the 1832 Rune and Triumph with the 2300 Rocket III. Don't be to surprised when Suzuki comes out with there own version of the big is beautyful motorcycle, sometime in the next couple of years.
I personally think its the big is better syndrome of the manufactures that has carried this way out of proportion. Over here you still don't see that many of these kinds of bikes on the road. Triumph Dealers here didn't get the Rocket III until the end of this summer. I think only 1 or 2 are going to each Triumph Dealer.
They finally tore down and burned Babe Ruth's old house in Boston this year. The Boston Red Sox's haven't won a World Series in baseball since 1918. By the way that was the year, after the World Series that Boston sold the Babe to the Yankees. Which started the curse of Babe Ruth in Boston. The curse that all Red Sox's fans hope has finally been exercised this year. Cheers, Richard

"Babe Ruth" - you have female baseball players?

Originally Posted by wyrdness

"Babe Ruth" - you have female baseball players?

No, women can't play Major League baseball. You have to have a bat and two balls to play.