More Classic Photos and Some '06 Model Info

[Pig9r]

Here are a few in the daylight, one after the Rivco exhaust flanges were installed. Another little tid bit my dealer told me about the '06's is that the wheels are not longer clear coated. They need to be polished every so often. I remember seeing past posts regarding the finish peeling off of the them. I guess Triumph solved that.

One other thing the dealer mentioned was the importance of filling out the survey Triumph sends out. Apparently the dealer's cut ($$$) is affected by how they score on the surveys. Perhaps Triumph trying to help shape up the dealer network.

Thanks for the comments on the last thread. The more I ride the more I like.

[Ugarte]

Nize! I don't know how anyone can think the Rocket looks bad...its a beautiful bike and the two tone paint makes it even more so.

[Toystoretom]

Hey....

How come you don't have any big oil stains in your driveway???

Nice pics.... I'll bet it even smells new....

[vonbonds]

I love the black engine. Beautiful bike! Tomo, go over his house and spill some oil for him please...make him a true captain :-D

[Pig9r]

How come you don't have any big oil stains in your driveway???

That's how I check the oil in the '70 Bonneville, by how much is on the garage floor.

[Aussiebikerdave]

A truely beautiful motorcycle. Someone correct me if I am wrong, but the rider floorboards appear to have a shallower inclination that the Triumph accessory item. If this is so, so much the better as the geniune Triumph rider boards have always looked too steep for my liking.

Although I've always imagined that my Rocket will see me out I can see that I could easily be swayed by the charms of the new two tone red and blackie. (Lets see, assuming I live and ride until I'm 90, thats another 34 years on the road. Currently doing around 25,000km per year but in all likelihood, by the time the big nine ohh rolls around might only be averaging 5000km per year therefore an average of 10,000km per year over 34 years realistically means 340,000km by 2040. Plenty of small car motors will do this before rebores etc are required so the Rocket should shoot it in).

Ahhh, ain't life good?! Davo

[mikev]

Davo,
The floorboards are definitely different than the optional ones for the standard R3. And the brake pedal is much wider. They are also closer to the ground. According to the factory rep, Triumph has no plans to offer this newer set to us standard owners...

:-D :-D :-D