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Triumph rocket 3

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  • 18-09-2017 11:12pm
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    flatty
    Registered Users Posts: 1,091 ✭✭✭


    Has anyone any experience of these? I'm contemplating trading my bike in for one. I've a Harley 1200 sportster, but it's physically a bit cramped, and I don't trust it in the wet at all anymore.
    I could hang onto this, and get a vfr for the winter, but was wondering whether a rocket 3 would be an all year round option (I commute suburban/country/ motorway about 25 miles each way most days).
    Any thoughts?


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    D3V!L
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    I've had 2 of them. A Classic and a Roadster. Have you ever driven one ?

    They require a lot of physical input to turn and the engine is like a big turbine, they pull and pull and pull and dont let down until red line. You'll get a shock moving from a 1200 Harley.

    They also drink fuel like they're trying to help with the dispatch of combustion engines.


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    flatty
    Registered Users Posts: 1,091 ✭✭✭flatty


    Did you run it all year round?
    It sounds like you got rid of them. May I ask why?
    Thanks for replying.


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    galwaytt
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    I run a Road King a year round : commuting, bicycle race marshaling, etc

    Much better than a Sportster I imagine. If the Sportster has been good so far maybe just go up the range?

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