"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
06/21/2019 at 16:54 • Filed to: Triumph Rocket 3
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"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
06/21/2019 at 16:54 • Filed to: Triumph Rocket 3 | 0
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This is a Triumph Rocket 3 which I saw a couple of years ago.
It’s got a 2.3 l triple which is just about three times the size of the one in my car and is considerably bigger than what you’d find in the average car here.
There are however those for whom too much is still not enough.
Meet the Rocket TFC. It’s a Rocket, just rather more so with a (nearly) 2.5 engine and 179 bhp. If you’re in the UK it would have cost you £25,000 if you had got your name in on time. If not, it’s too late and you’ll have to wait for the regular production model but as that’ll be just as big and just as quick.
duurtlang
> Cé hé sin
06/21/2019 at 17:19 |
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Not being a motorcycle rider, I wonder where you’d buy on e of these for, given their size and weight. Not for canyon carving, not for commuting, not for off-road purposes. Cruising, like a Harley?
Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
> Cé hé sin
06/21/2019 at 17:21 |
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2.5 l - 182 HP
2.5l - 157 HP.
Chariotoflove
> Cé hé sin
06/21/2019 at 17:21 |
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Shit, that looks like something the Ghost Rider would use. I love the look.
Pickup_man
> duurtlang
06/21/2019 at 17:33 |
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It’s for cruising and being really F’in fast in a straight line. It’s a muscle car in motorcycle form. Also, all things considered most modern bikes handle pretty well, you’re obviously not going to keep up with sport bikes and supermotos but canyon carving is probably still a riot on this thing. Plus when you’re done this’ll get you home in comfort, and fast.
Other bikes with a similar philosophy, Yamaha V-Max, Ducati Diavel, Yamaha Warrior, Suzuki M109r, Harley V-Rod, Honda VTX.
On another note, I really wish there were more muscle/sport cruisers on the market, they were hot in the mid aughts, but kinda died off. They’re the ideal bike for me, competent enough in the curves to have loads of fun, but big enough and comfortable enough for the 6 hours of 80+mph interstate it takes me to get to the fun stuff.
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Pickup_man
> Cé hé sin
06/21/2019 at 17:39 |
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I love it, but the lack of a good passenger seat makes me dis app ointed and likely an automatic no for potential purchase . I love muscle/sport cruisers, but there’s not really a lot of new options out there any more. They seemed to be hot in the aughts but kinda died off, and t he few that are still around seem to more geared toward solo riding than two up cruising.
SiennaMan
> Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
06/21/2019 at 19:19 |
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This a good graphic for just how much engine we’re talking about. My Sienna has a larger engine, but it’s hauling a fairly large van with up to 7 people and some of their junk..
Decay buys too many beaters
> Cé hé sin
06/21/2019 at 19:22 |
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Ever since owning my VTX1800 I’ve been shopping for one of these, there is something about mountains of torque (The VTX had 120ft lbs) and third gear rolling burnouts that makes an otherwise too heavy bike absolutely hilarious to ride.
BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
> Pickup_man
06/21/2019 at 22:26 |
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previous Diavel was an oddity, XDiavel is a feet-forward cruiser that can somehow still turn....
But Diavel 1260, that has lost the oddity of the original, and is even more capable than XDiavel, and while not as drastically over-powered as the Rocket 3, can probably outperform it in every other aspect.
However, I would love to see the Rocket 3 engine in a Morgan 3-wheeler, under a hot-rod style hood and radiator grille.
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> Cé hé sin
06/21/2019 at 23:18 |
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