ndag7

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Mar 16, 2015
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Location
Iowa, United States
Ride
2005 Triumph Rocket III
My apologies, all. Should have introduced myself before I started asking questions.

My name is Nick. I have owned one other Triumph, a Daytona sport bike, but that was years ago when I was younger and more spry. My dad had an old Bonneville back in "the day" too, so I suppose you can say I've liked Triumphs most of my life. I bought a 2005 Rocket III about 6 months ago and I love it. I have wanted an R3 for about 10-12 years now, ever since I saw the first prototype in a magazine. I'm not a crazy risk-taking kind of rider, I like to cruise by myself or with a couple other trusted riders. Don't get me wrong though, the amount of power and torque the R3 possesses is a welcome asset.

I also own an '03 HD Sportster 1200cc. I've never been one for fighting over loyalties for specific makes and models. I figure, you like what you like, and unless someone's paying me to be a spokesman for a specific brand... (yeah, right) I will continue to live by that philosophy. So in a nutshell, I am to the point now where I'm trying to get my R3 the way I want it. For my birthday this year I ordered a nice custom saddle from the good folks at Corbin in California so I should have that within the next couple weeks. Been reading a lot on fly screens versus other types of windshields so that's the next thing I want. Any suggestions, feel free to hit me up. Good to "meet" you all, even if it's only virtually.

Ride safe,
-Nick
Ames, IA U.S. of A.
 
Welcome from Mississippi! Good choice on the seat. Screens are a very personal preference thing. That said, I love my angry screen. Just enough redirection of wind (for me). Plenty of options for you out there from fly to feeing like you're behind a car windshield ;)
 
Hello Nick and welcome from VA. Lots of good long rides around Iowa, I was stationed in Omaha for a spell and really enjoyed riding the river roads.
For windshields, I have the OEM on my touring model and find that I hardly ever take it off. Most of the riding I do is a tad over the speed limit and a constant blast of air at certain speeds makes this fellow tired after an hour or two. The bug screens go a long way to fix that too and look really nice when you match them to your bikes color or go with a specialty screen with a face on it like several folks have done here.
Good luck and enjoy your make over.
 
Welcome. I like Iowa. They build Visions there and Slipknot hails from there too.
 
Hey Nick, welcome from Australia. I've had my R3 for a couple of months now, hope you love yours as much as I love mine.
 
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