To buy or not to buy? that is the question.

[Binnsy]

OK guys, I am from the Speedy forum and have recently seen the Roadster video...... freakin awesome....

Please please talk me out of it.......

[tbsrider2000]

If you need convincing to move from a good looking but very whimpy little bike to an awesome power house with accelaration that has been described as "being pushed by the hand of God", then you should wuss out and stay with what you have...

Just trying to talk you out of it...

[TallRocket]

My friend, if you got the bug now and I guess the bike won't be available for awhile, your gonna be nuts for the next couple of months... My suggestion take a test drive on which ever rocket version the dealer will let you test ride and then imagine having even more horsepower....bet they will take that speedy in trade. Looks like a great bike no way you will be disappointed.

[Apollo_18]

O/K,,,don't buy it !!! There, is that what you wanted to see ??

Cheers !!!

[Binnsy]

You guys ain't helping!

Going this weekend to see the dealer and the bank man to see if my account will endure the damage. They have offered me A$8,500.00 trade in and are asking a A$500.00 deposit on the Roadster, due in February 2010. Still no price on the Roadster but I am tipping around A$27,000.00 as it is a new model and has ABS standard?

Oh the pain .... the pain .. Will Robinson.

[KingOfFleece]

Take the 8500! Make the deposit. Period.

[Captain Jack]

look, when talking "Rocket" then whatever question you ask the answer is always "awesome". If you don't like awsome then don't buy it, if however you have at least 1/2 a brain & a modicum of passion then you will make the right decision & pay the "awsome" price & enjoy "awsome" pleasure from the most "awesome" piece of engineering on the road & from this time onward live in "awsome" poverty due to the fact that you can't aford it, or the "awsome" fuel bill that you will inevitably run up. Of course you could live with your ermmm! well whatever it is that you have now & keep dreaming of what you could have had. Oh & by the way it is pushed by the hand of God, he exists & lives at Hinkley.

[TRIIICK]

Originally Posted by Binnsy

Still no price on the Roadster but I am tipping around A$27,000.00 as it is a new model and has ABS standard?

Oh the pain .... the pain .. Will Robinson.

$27,000.00!!!!!!!! WHAT ARE TRYING TO DO TALK ME OUT OF IT

[ST]

Binnsey,
I recently bought a new 09 r3.
I traded my 08 1050tiger in for it as I didnt get on with tiger after 1000miles and wanted something totally different.
I have had 2 st1050 sprints, a new zzr1400 and riden honda blackbirds, cbr600rr, r6, 675 daytona z1000 1050 speed triple and the list goes on and on.
I find the R3 something special, where ever you park it or stop at the lights it gains admiring glances, a recent european tour on it caused a number of broken english conversations with admiring germans and the like.A 1200 mile trip was brilliant with 50+mpg anda lazy ride position.
Riding it gets easier as the miles rack up, initially it felt heavy, instilled panic entering corners and a wonder of 'will it stop in time'.
I can now ride it quite quick on twisty roads and enjoy its awesome grunt and instant power everywhere. Its no sportsbike but in a straight line it makes them very nervous. Its the only bike that makes me smilewhen i ride it and ive had many.
My advice would be to take out a basic r3 on a long demo ride and see if it grabs you and if its something you want toride day after day, some guys have r3's as 2nd bikes..... Personally the new roadster doesnt grab me as I wanted a cruiser and not a twiddled with wannabe that triumph have built up due to the dwindling rocket 3 sales.
I certainly wouldnt leave a deposit on something i have never sat on.
Sit on a basic r3 and try putting your feet at the rear point of the footpeg rails which will give you a feel for the tucked in position of the roadster.... feels weird to me.

Just my 2p.......

[Diego]

I certainly wouldnt leave a deposit on something i have never sat on.

Me either. I waited until somebody else forfeited their deposit and thereby lost their place in line, then plunked down the full purchase price. And THEN sat on my Rocket for the first time!

Seriously. I trusted Triumph's design prowess enough to commit after merely seeing it the first time, standing beside it, and feeling the balance as I lifted it off the sidestand. I hadn't sat on it yet. Sure hadn't test ridden it! I'm not by nature a cruiser fan in the first place, and utterly didn't like any of the pictures I'd seen of the Rocket up to that point, either. It's absolutely the last bike in the product range I would have shopped for. I was at the dealer to buy something completely different (a Speed Four), but seeing the Rocket in person was all it took to change my mind.

Moral of the story: never say never!

Triumph proved they knew what they were doing when they made the Rocket, even though they had never set out to make a power cruiser before. Yet, it's the real deal. I bet there won't be anything "wannabe" about the roadster, either!