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Originally Posted by krothnbrg
All in all it's a nice bike but if I wanted a Road King I would have bought a Road King.
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"if I wanted a Road King I would have bought a Road King". Yep, me too. But I didn't. I wanted a Triumph Rocket Touring, so I bought that instead.
Why though? Well, ride a Road King and then ride an R3T, as I did, and that is all the explanation you need. Actually sit the two bikes side by side and then trying anyone with half decent vision that they look similar and you'll look a tad silly.
Yes, they both have hard luggage, and yes, they both have a single headlamp and tank consul and, erm, well that's it really.
It's a bit like sayinmg the QE2 looks like the Lucitania because they have the same number of funnels and are a similar shape (Actually dont know if that's true, but you get the picture).
There was no point in Triumph building another Standard or Classic clone, because they already exist. The full dress tourer is a design in the pipeline - and not what I would want. The R3T sits nicely in between and fulfills a requirement that clearly exists, judging by sales.
Why anyone would buy any HD in preference to a Triumph is beyond me. In terms of engineering, power, performance etc there just is no comparrisson. So to say, 'If I'd wanted a Road King, I'd have bought one' is over simplistic and ignores too many factors.
