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    Tyre pressures

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    Tyre pressures

    Will just share that have run 39/39 solo, 40/40 w/ pillion/luggage and got just over 10k out of the rear, just shy of wear bar. Front doing better. New tires on Friday, woo! This is with a lot of highway commutes, so flat centered, and a countryside full of twisties and have scrubbed off my...
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    2021 R3 GT touring options

    First season on R3GT, just crossed 10k mi, lot of cross-state travel and weekending. Can vouch for the medium powerbronze screen being modest in footprint but really effective, though being 5’8” to your 6’3”, results may vary. Also, while my Corbin experience was… convoluted and protracted...
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    Rocket 3 Upgrades - Queensland, Australia

    Corbin. I can tell you this: Beautiful seat, firm, horse saddle-like. However…. Ordered mine in early March ‘25, and still do not have the saddle I ordered. Utterly ridiculous. Awaiting their shipping of their FOURTH attempt to deliver the seat spec’d plainly on the receipt. Surreal...
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    Prospective Rocket 3 R owner

    It’s both nimble for it’s size, and gentlemanly enough in throttle, to be a quiet country lane stroll-about, and a snarling, voracious a devourer of distance and highway pavement with a flick of the wrist. The mountainous torque makes it either forgiving, or viscous - but you can choose, it’s...
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    I did electronics measurement and battery drain calculation for rocket3R 2022 - Battery, Turn signals

    Interesting post; learned some things. Edit: dumbaz flipppn key fobs….
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    2025 rocket 3 prolonged occasional starting.

    Noticed the same. Always starts, but maybe 1:10 it’s a 2-, almost 3-sec chugga-chugga and a puzzled look. Seems to be on cool mornings (40’s, 50’s), so i chalked it up to running 15w50. Maybe that’s not the cause; don’t know. New bike, 8800mi.
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    What do you think about the riding modes? Do you find them useful?

    Am at 8400mi now since early May, first “big” bike, only third year riding. Appreciate the “Rider” mode, set to tc/road, throttle map/sport, abs/on. Should be called “custom,” not “rider”. Yes, 1st, 2nd, sorta 3rd gears feel a tad muted, less as ascend. By 4th, roars like the devil unfiltered...
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    How Long Have You Owned Your Rocket

    11 weeks. 7200mi thus far. What a bike - whew….
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    Aftermarket Brake Levers - Experiences?

    Atomsplitter, Granted on differing bikes, but what did you like/not among the brands you tried?
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    Aftermarket Brake Levers - Experiences?

    The factory levers are a tad too far out for me. Any experiences with the Voigt-mt levers? Have read the boards helpful content on Probrakes and the ebay AVDB levers. Am aware of the Wunderkinds. Other suggestions before pull the trigger?
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    Looking for Triumph Pannier

    FWIW, while await backordered replacement pannier. 1.) Trying the ViaTerra Claw Mini, 48L saddle bag. $100-ish on Amazon. Nice design, well made if modest zippers/material; not cheap, but not heavy duty. Granted you lose the pillion seat soace, but for a weekend solo trips it has worked...
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    I hate key fobs

    Harder to lose? Please. Forget in the ignition? Dementia, or? I knowingly leave my key in vehicles quite purposely, and often, living by choice in not-a-crap-hole, low crime area. I don’t even want a “key”; a switch would be fine with me. Shrug. I can just “hop on and ride, no mechanism to...
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    I hate key fobs

    For the life of me, have yet to see an upside to fob’s. Consistently a PITA, yes. Upside, no. They accomplish nothing of added value, just cause problems. Truly, hate them. I want a simple, small, key, with a spare or two.
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