Triumphrat

02-14-2006, 02:18 PM

Hi fellow rocket riders. I ride with about 10 harley riders here in Las Vegas. Everywhere we go I seem to catch all the attention on my red rocket 3. Sunday one if my friends bought the turbo rocket 3 that was for sale on e bay. I had the pleasure to ride that BEAST, something I will never forget. The gentlemen who sold it said it has 229HP on the dyno.

trash · 02-14-2006, 07:27 PM

How much longer are your arms?????

Aussiekeeper · 02-14-2006, 07:41 PM

How much browner are your pants?

Ron

LukeSkyWalker · 02-15-2006, 08:55 AM

Is the increased performance worth the 5k?
I'm sure off the line it is really noticable...
Just curious about the mid to upper end range.

Ugarte · 02-15-2006, 09:26 AM

Details rvwalt...details...how can you leave us hanging like that eh? :wink: :-D

Why did the guy sell that beast?

TallRocket · 02-15-2006, 11:08 AM

Triumph dealer off 309 in PA has a 2005 tribal orange turbo on the floor - 200 plus HP. Nice installation, barely notice the tubo where the cat box was.

dougl · 02-15-2006, 02:22 PM

I don't understand how the bike is tuned with a turbo. Does the turbo change the A/F? If so, don't you need to remap the ECU?

bigern2300 · 02-15-2006, 07:52 PM

The only thing that bugs me about a turbo on a Rocket is that the air intake for the turbo sits just in front of the rear tire. True, it has a filter on it, but that seems like unsanitary place to be sucking in air or even water.

02-16-2006, 02:38 PM

Quote:

On 2006-02-15 07:26, Ugarte wrote:
Details rvwalt...details...how can you leave us hanging like that eh? :wink: :-D

Why did the guy sell that beast?

the person that sold the bike has a health related balance problem. I rode the bike very easy in first,second the hit half throttle in third and the wheel broke loose so I let off.

His bike feels in third like mine in first. It starts kicking around 2500rpm. If you have the ba--s to ride it its well worth the extra $.

:-D

02-16-2006, 02:42 PM

[quote]
On 2006-02-14 17:41, Aussiekeeper wrote:
How much browner are your pants?

Ron
[/quot Mine are the same but my friends will never be the same. He is used to riding a sportster, he had to stop and have acouple of beers just to calm down and he was just idling along. :-D