Recent content by Travelinguy

  1. Newest Member

    Welcome aboard! You'll have to think a little differently riding an R3 (esp' one of those red ones)...asI have to slow down at times just to let the paint catch up):eek:

  2. Hey everybody

    Welcome aboard from all over...I'm a rocketeer who lives on the road. Right now suffering through Spring Break in Corpus Christi, Tx...tomorrow...80 degrees and girls who can't afford much in the way of beach clothes! Sufffering I tell ya!:p

  3. Is it comfortable for the passenger?

    The trick...double seat If I understood you correctly, there's a question about ridability (endurance) for passengers on the Touring, I solved the problem using the standard gel seat and put another sheepskin covered gel pad on top. I bought one for myself too...each costs about $80.00 to...

  4. Brand new to Rocket 3 ownership having just defected from Harley Davidson

    What? You mean there's other motorcycles besides the Rocket 3 out there??? Nobody tells me anything...I've heard about other bikes out there but haven't seen "em unless that's what those pokey things I see when I come down out of the sound barrier !:D Welcome aboard! This is a great place to...

  5. Quirky things we do!

    Ah!!...French Press verses drip filter...love "em both but prefer the clarity of the filter cone....and with my press (yes I do have one) I could never seem to get the strength down and acid out like I do with the filter but...when I'm going for it and want kick-butt coffee (like if I'm sailing...

  6. Quirky things we do!

    I've never had a jam and cheese sandwich...that's got to have something to do with you guys being upside down on the globe :D. Let's see....I buy my coffee directly from a farm family in Nicaragua. I help pay for their school supplies plus pay them for the coffee...its "Fair Trade" so...

  7. Greetings from Montana

    Welcome from.... ...let's see...where the hell am I?...Oh yeah...Mulberry, Arkansas!...Just went down through Montana this last summer...definitely will go back...loved it...well, all but the bears trying to eat me in my sleep! :eek: Got a red and black Tourer with extra wax so it will go...

  8. To bike or not to bike, this is the question

    What???? You mean there are other bikes out there besides these Rocket III's??? So when did that start?

  9. Avon VS Meztler

    Travelinguy here....30,000 miles, all around the US...deserts of Texas, NM., AZ, and California...mountains in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah an Colorado....wet riding in the Northwest (Washington an Oregon), heavy traffic in all major cities...lots of dirt and gravel roads looking for BLM...

  10. Top speed on your Touring?

    Defective? Travelinguy here....11 months non-stop, on the road around the the US....currently in Mulberry, Arkansas....(just West of Fort Smith)...anyway...Mine must be defective...I have a 2008 Touring I got from Baxter's out in Iowa...120mph+ (easy)...several times in fact. Dealer and mech...

  11. New to Forum R3T

    Welcome aboard! Good to have you come in and join us. This is a great group with lots of combined knowledge....Just left Louisania...almost got ate up by alligators while camping there...they told me they were "asleep" for the winter...way wrong...I want to tell everybody...alligators DO NO...

  12. They DO exist!

    Been out here on the road now seven months, looking for BBQ and bluegrass...left Washington State did the loop...I've seen one other R3 and it was here in Prescott, AZ where they have bike rally's about every week. Otherwise...Nada..I go down the road singing..."All alone am I...." I'm sure...

  13. Smiling Newbie

    Welcome aboard!...you'll find this a great place with tons of information and good people who share stuff.

  14. Seeing spots! (on my engine block and plastic)

    spots You didn't say what color etc. or what size of spots. I got hit with something that looked like tiny white paint spots on the plastic parts...some very very very tiny spots that were actually little circles around a black center. Nothing would take them off...not cleaners or waxes or...
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