Bike is a bit "floppy" whilst driving

[gldean]

We are leaning toward a vmax still.

Funny you mention the VMax GL . . . I'm considering a good used one to toy around with myself.

Keep us updated when you find one. :twisted:

 

[ruzzle]

Rocketandrollit, contact Ruzzle about the supercharger. I doubt he will have any use for it.

Geek, you being of the legal persuasion, could I perhaps tactfully suggest a means by which you could occupy the immediate few moments of your future career??????? :lol:

 

[warp9.9]

Ok Geek new ride to toy with why not anther SCR3 so you can get used to using the raw power. Its important to thrash the pavement with one and maybe yours was complaining do to carrying the side car around to much. If your forgetting the kick stand then whats the beast forgetting? get out there and rip some more road up.

 

[NativeOne]

What air pressure you running?
At 35 mine wanted to go straight no matter how much I fought it.
At 30 its a different machine.
Handles like a dream.

Skip, I run with 30 in the 245/50/16 rear tire and love it. I was just joking around ... well ... sort of ... it did actually feel a bit squishy until I got me motorcycle legs back again.

My wife is encouraging me to get another bike that a I can have fun with without having to take off the hack. We are leaning toward a vmax still.

I wish the hell my wife would encourage me to buy a new VMAX! With the new house, that's out of the question for the time being! :cry:

Native One

 

[warp9.9]

Don't Sweat it N1 work on the Man/Rocket Cave. I thought of getting another bike to play with and my Rocket said no play with me harder so I did and man she whistle's for me everywhere I go

 

[atomsplitter]

See what happens when you go out riding and miss the important posts! I missed my opportunity to get that cheesey blower from Geek_Law at a decent price (or maybe free). I should have told him that supercharger adds a negative mass-balance to the right side and makes the handling "wobbley" during cornering manuevers. I have a self-correcting cantelever-counterbalance solenoid operated weight-redistribution and mass vector slide ready to try, I just need someone to donate their blower for some testing. This will sort those "wobbly" issues with supercharged Rockets world-wide. (A "good" cause eh?)

 

[warp9.9]

Atomsplitter Geek must still have money. When I lightend my pocket up to pay for the blower the bike straightend right up And with sending Travel guy money for the pipes I find it leaning the other way thank God I have no more money I wouldn't want the bike to fall over

 

[Geek_Law]

These posts are hilarious. Thanks for all the advice regarding the "floppiness" issue, and for the heart felt offers to protect my safety by getting rid of the supercharger. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Ok, so I've thought about a second SC'd rocket for some time. It's not out of the question, but I'm wanting a light and nimble bike for playing around on. As much fun as the R3 is (and was on my two-wheeled commute just this morning) I wouldn't describe it as "light and nimble."

The Vmax apparently has some pretty serious upgrades available that will give it a real kick in the pants. Here's one that I'm going to take a peak at early this week:

http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/mcy/1294477868.html

Like I say, I have not ruled out the Rocket. But the vmax had my fancy before I got the rocket, but I knew it would never look right with bags, boards, trunk, etc. etc. None of that junk would end up on my play-thing bike.

 

[atomsplitter]

V-Max "Light and nimble." :shock: :shock: :shock:

For the money:

Triumph Thruxton with an turbo/supercharger.

From speed week at Bonneville:

Riding alongside Capri was renowned British freelance journalist Alan Cathcart, who rode a normally aspirated Triumph at the event and will write about their adventures for magazines worldwide. He said: “We succeeded in our objective of setting a new officially recognized AMA speed record. I rode a non-supercharged Thruxton at 149.50 mph - not bad for a street-legal Triumph twin - and Matt set two new 1000cc Blown Fuel records, at 162.470 mph for the kilo and 161.188 mph for the mile. The bike ran for the first time only four days before leaving for the Salt Flats, and so although Matt did a one-way run at over 169 mph. It is almost certainly a 200 mph motorcycle, giving me something to aim at when I ride the bike next year and try to join the 200 mph club!â€Â

 

[Geek_Law]

V-Max "Light and nimble." :shock: :shock: :shock:

For the money:

Triumph Thruxton with an turbo/supercharger.

The Thruxton is a cool looking bike too. Hadn't really considered it. Never have ridden one. I'll have to check them out. I was thinking about a HD sportster that I could put a turbo on, but I think I've ruled that out.

As for "light and nimble" ... let's just remember that my bike with all the junk, even on just two wheels, weighs just about 1000 pounds. So my comments are relative. I suspect that just about anything will feel "light and nimble."

My wife's bike weighs 450 pounds and when I jump on that thing I almost lay it down on the pavement going around the first couple of corners because it is so light.