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Goat_Herder

October 01, 2009, 12:01:41 PM
Not sure if this is a Derby... 

2.4L Inline 3 / 146HP / 165 ft/lb.  This thing is powerful enough to pull a boat!   :o

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/01/triumph-updates-2010-rocket-iii-now-makes-165-lb-ft-of-torque/

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zarn02

#1
October 01, 2009, 12:26:05 PM
No need for a pickup to tow your bikes.

Just pull 'em with another bike.

(I'd do it just for the looks and confused questions.)
"If it weren't for our gallows humor, we'd have nothing to hang our hopes on."

Howie

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October 01, 2009, 01:46:00 PM
Quote from: Goat_Herder on October 01, 2009, 12:01:41 PM
Not sure if this is a Derby... 

2.4L Inline 3 / 146HP / 165 ft/lb.  This thing is powerful enough to pull a boat!   :o

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/01/triumph-updates-2010-rocket-iii-now-makes-165-lb-ft-of-torque/



It also makes 34 HP and 8 ft-lbs less than my 1.8 liter car.

zarn02

#3
October 01, 2009, 02:20:28 PM
Quote from: howie on October 01, 2009, 01:46:00 PM
It also makes 34 HP and 8 ft-lbs less than my 1.8 liter car.

You shut your whore mouth!

;D
"If it weren't for our gallows humor, we'd have nothing to hang our hopes on."

roy-nexus-6

#4
October 01, 2009, 02:57:11 PM Last Edit: October 01, 2009, 03:18:39 PM by roy-nexus-6
Quote from: Goat_Herder on October 01, 2009, 12:01:41 PM
2.4L Inline 3 / 146HP / 165 ft/lb.  This thing is powerful enough to pull a boat!   :o

It's a torque monster for sure.... but 800lbs, 146hp,.. and teeny front disks!

Mind you, in the hands of a capable rider, even a goldwing can fly....

deals gap on a goldwing/gl1800 by yellow wolf dragons tail

Monsterlover

#5
October 03, 2009, 07:48:36 AM
I demo'd a R3 a couple years ago.

While it is a cool bike, it was not as brutal as I had hoped.  They limit power in the first few gears.

That being said, if you want to cruise at 140 mph, you can.

It also needs more ground clearance.  In my first corner on the demo ride I proceeded to plant the foot board and skate it through the entire corner ;D

Cool bike, but not my style.
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ducpainter

#6
October 03, 2009, 05:39:34 PM
Quote from: Monsterlover on October 03, 2009, 07:48:36 AM
I demo'd a R3 a couple years ago.

While it is a cool bike, it was not as brutal as I had hoped.  They limit power in the first few gears.

That being said, if you want to cruise at 140 mph, you can.

It also needs more ground clearance.  In my first corner on the demo ride I proceeded to plant the foot board and skate it through the entire corner ;D

Cool bike, but not my style.
Somehow I can't picture you on a bike with foot boards.
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motoboy

#7
October 04, 2009, 07:40:53 AM
Quote from: roy-nexus-6 on October 01, 2009, 02:57:11 PM
Mind you, in the hands of a capable rider, even a goldwing can fly....


goldwings haul-in ass...............pretty funny and cool at the same time !    [bow_down]

all the riders on the side of the road had to be saying WTF !
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Monsterlover

#8
October 04, 2009, 07:58:15 AM
Quote from: ducpainter on October 03, 2009, 05:39:34 PM
Somehow I can't picture you on a bike with foot boards.

Sometimes you have to try new things to realize you were good where you were ;D
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

Popeye the Sailor

#9
October 04, 2009, 12:21:11 PM
Quote from: Monsterlover on October 04, 2009, 07:58:15 AM
Sometimes you have to try new things to realize you were good where you were ;D

That doesn't work with wives, btw.
If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.

Monsterlover

#10
October 04, 2009, 02:49:05 PM
I think it might in Utah.

"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

Popeye the Sailor

#11
October 04, 2009, 03:06:43 PM
Quote from: Monsterlover on October 04, 2009, 02:49:05 PM
I think it might in Utah.




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Wait, there's no scotch there-make the beast with two backs that.
If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.

Monsterlover

#12
October 04, 2009, 03:10:29 PM
UPS goes there though [thumbsup]
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**
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