Triumphrat

Allyj · 10-12-2009, 11:30 AM

OK dont know if any of you have seen this yet...I dont think its a great vid due to the sound, it is a bit muffly in parts...but anyway mcn doing a rating...

Vmax
Tbird
HD iron
HD rocker c

check it out

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/Ne...cruisers-2009/

No surprises on the winner of course

dazco · 10-12-2009, 01:32 PM

With that radio going on in the shop i literally understood about 2 or 3 sentences they said. The rest i couldn't make out. Crazy ! Why bother with that section.
I guess yamaha was so desperite to put thier V max ahead of the rocket they didn't bother to perfect the rest of the bike, just the engine. And now with the roadster they're back where they were probably.
As to the Tbird winning, they didn't really seem to give a reason why the rocker wasn't as good other then the hugely subjective "looked too chopped out of the box". But they seemed to like it a lot otherwise. So i wonder how it would have fared against the Tbird had they not felt it looked too custom out of the box. Then again i'm sure if they had discussed the details in length it would have come out that they realized the tbird handles a lot better and has better power. but they never really seem to discuss the details in these sorta video comparisons for some reason.

Allyj · 10-12-2009, 05:44 PM

agreed Daz. I did warn its not the best video

but anyway always nice to see a mags review topping the bird in yet another poll

Birdy68 · 10-13-2009, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by dazco

...As to the Tbird winning, they didn't really seem to give a reason why the rocker wasn't as good other then the hugely subjective "looked too chopped out of the box"...

I think they also said the stupidly high price of over £17'000.00!

17'000.....
Thats a Bird with nearly every accessory!
I know what I'd go for if I had 17'000 floating around...
- Black Bird
- Custom Airbrush Paint
- BB Kit
- BC Pipes
- High Flow Air Filter
- Chrome Front Forks
- Chrome wheels
- Chrome Pulley wheel
- and... and... and...

Oh well - we are allowed to dream (aren't we?)

DruAde · 10-13-2009, 06:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Birdy68

I think they also said the stupidly high price of over £17'000.00!

17'000.....
Thats a Bird with nearly every accessory!
I know what I'd go for if I had 17'000 floating around...
- Black Bird
- Custom Airbrush Paint
- BB Kit
- BC Pipes
- High Flow Air Filter
- Chrome Front Forks
- Chrome wheels
- Chrome Pulley wheel
- and... and... and...

Oh well - we are allowed to dream (aren't we?)

You silly Swiss man heheheh, he was pointing at the VMax.

Birdy68 · 10-13-2009, 07:24 AM

Oops!
Did he really....

So what DOES the HD Rocker cost?
Hang-on - forget that! I'm not really interested in knowing

Anyway - I fink the Thunderbird wins, simply because - because!
And my mum says so too

Ohhh... I'm going mad!
Must be all this Swiss cheese and cow-pat filled mountain sides that are doin mi'ead in!

DruAde · 10-13-2009, 07:50 AM

He said the rocker was 15 grand or soemthing so still not cheap.