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New Rocket!

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#4 ·
https://www.triumphmotorcycles.co.uk/motorcycles/rocket-3/rocket-3

I think it looks great but I'm not sure I'll be swapping the Commander just yet. It will be interesting to see how they price it. At the moment it's POA.
My 2007 Classic had 152 hp/162 ft lbs rear wheel with just a Jardine exhaust, pod filters and dyno tune. Triumph could easily have gotten over 200 hp rear wheel. I’m not seeing a giant naked sport bike. I was hoping for a real cruiser with a lot more power.
 
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Please, please Triumph, DO NOT build a real touring version of this bike with roomy seating, generously-sized panniers, and a matching top box. I cannot have a ninth bike!
 
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Being in the twilight years of riding I am over sucking bugs off my teeth and I do require some storage for some gear. Wind and rain protection and a reasonable pillion set up.

I prefer the set up like the above bike mcather has there.

I just cant connect with the Bobber look.

Ok I guess for a short ride to a coffee shop, a larger extended trip, no way.
 
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My deposit is down (paperwork signed) for a TFC Rocket...due States-side in December. I'll be trading in my Bonnie (unless my wife caves and lets me keep both). I've been drooling over Rockets for years and, while I'm more of a cruiser guy, the style of this beauty, the power, and the (supposed) added agility over the prior model IIIs nailed it for me. I was able to see the Thruxton TFC in the shop a couple of weeks back and the fit/finish is the best I've ever seen on a motorbike. I'm hoping this has the adrenaline rush of the current Rockets without having to work so hard around turns (in my Rocket test ride, I always felt like I was one wrong-line-in-a-turn away from disaster...why I settled for the Bonnie).

The drawback to the TFC (if there is one), is my wife is going to really want that backrest offered on the GT. The pillion looks tiny on this thing. Maybe my best negotiation approach is to fit a backrest on the Bonnie as a way to keep that too??? (low probability...she's an attorney ;) )
 
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The compression is 10.8 versus 8.7 on the Rocket III yet both are rated at 163 ft lb max torque at the crank. We know they wcould get over 240 hp and 200 ft lbs out of these things. If I had known that I would wind up hunched over on a Bonneville, I might have bought a VMax 2 bikes ago. Now they’re going to Dodo land.
 
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Triumph and journos alike seem to be making a big deal of the 221Nm of torque. Impressive for sure, but isn’t that the same as the current model? And at higher revs too. 20 more hp seems to be the main gain from the extra 150cc. 40kg lighter. And 2.79 secs 0-100km/h is quicker than a Street Triple RS. Bet I know which one stops quicker! Haha. Tip is the price will be $35,000 AUD + ORCs here.
Comments that you buy a V-Max or Diavel instead and have the same or more power completely miss the point of why people buy Rockets.
I had a twinge if interest but gave myself an upper cut. A small part of me still wants one but .....
 
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Two bikes ago, not counting the one I have now, I still would have had had a Rocket for 8 years and enjoyed it’s great bulk and torque and its Roger Rabbit ridiculousness. If I had gotten a VMax in 2012, I could have saved a crapload on 2 more Triumphs including a Rocket and the mods done to make them faster. But then it would have been a Yamazukisaki, my first, not a Triumph, which is probably why I didn’t do it.
 
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