Could strip 100lbs if you peeled all the stickers off it.

[dougl]

How does it do 9's? It took 240hp+ to get an R3 to break 9.

 

[sonny]

We will try it one more time. The t-143 is a high performance engine. High performance V-twins are not built like your standard 96 cubic inch or 103 cubic inch. They are designed and built for speed. To gain that much horse power some thing has to give. The added stress on engine bearings ,primary components, and transmission leads to premature failure. There is no way around this. You accept this fact anytime you make a extreme build. If you believe that engine will last as many miles as a standard 103 good luck with that. Hell look at the warranty that comes with that engine it is a joke. almost forgot my car has a radio and windshield but my bike does not. No cupholders either wow i must really live in the dark ages??????

 

[sleeves]

I think the mistake everyone's making here is referring to this as an HD, look at the parts build, the only HD parts left of the donor bike are the frame and the dog ugly front fairing by the looks.

Not my cup of tea but someone will love it.

 

[Oldschool]

50k!

For a bike that looks and sounds like nearly every other bike on the road and only offers a few more horses than my stock Rocket I paid 16k for?

P.T Barnum was right, there is one born every minute........

Well thats one way to look at it. Saying a harley looks and sounds like every other bike on the road is like saying every muscle car sounds and looks like a mustang. Technically the mustang was first and all others copied its appeal. Harley's street glide and road glide are the only real hard baggers out there (in my opinion) that get things right. I am not a fan of the shark nose on the road glide (as pictured in the SS bike), the street glide batwing is better. Triumph doesn't make a bike that competes completely with the street glide/road glide. The touring r3 doesn't have a fairing/radio, is a much bigger bike that is harder for smaller people to ride. There is 0 aftermarket parts for the bike, minimal paint options, etc. The r3 touring is a great bike but I would buy a street glide over it due to better looks, but then again I would still have my roadster to play with.

I am all for harley bashing but my issue with harley is how they became a corporate sell out union busting money grubbing company. The bikes they make for the category they compete in are very nice, and are often above the competition in everything but the power end of things. However the power end of things is really a moot point since overall they produce power comparable to most other v-twins. I used to bash harley like what goes on here, but after riding a few touring bikes I came to realize they actually are quite nice. They are a bit overpriced but if I took a stock rocket at 16K and had the dealer put on 1,400$ wheels (which don't exist for a r3) , 2K for a custom paint job, 1,000$ hard bags, 1,600$ radio/speakers/front fairing, etc so the bike is more similar to a street glide, I am on the neighborhood of exactly what a street glide costs.

Personally I don't care what a guy spends his money on. 50K in a street glide is beyond anything I would ever do, but at the same time he has a bad ass bike that nobody else in the area has. Thats saying a lot since there are **** near a million harleys in town here every 5 years for the anniversary. He loves it, women love it, guys drool at it, and it sounds like a mean SOAB. I would ride the bike all day, and let people hate on it. I am not so stupid to spend that kind of money on any bike anyway, but its pretty bad ass for what it is.

We will try it one more time. The t-143 is a high performance engine. High performance V-twins are not built like your standard 96 cubic inch or 103 cubic inch. They are designed and built for speed. To gain that much horse power some thing has to give. The added stress on engine bearings ,primary components, and transmission leads to premature failure. There is no way around this. You accept this fact anytime you make a extreme build. If you believe that engine will last as many miles as a standard 103 good luck with that. Hell look at the warranty that comes with that engine it is a joke. almost forgot my car has a radio and windshield but my bike does not. No cupholders either wow i must really live in the dark ages??????

That can be said of any engine built over stock. V-twins are not designed for high HP and longevity, you can have one or the other. However the guy has 10K miles on the motor and it seems to be holding up just fine. A lot of big cube v-twins have a bad rap because of the idiots putting them together. Atleast 3 130+ cube motors amoung my coworkers have been scragged in the last 3 years. Idiot builder + some good some junk parts = blown up engine. Warranty is a joke on performance parts period. Talk with even carpenter and see what he has to say about replacing a engine for free on a r3 when a guy blows up from drag racing it. Like it or not v-twin engines cost big dollars to build. They will never make massive power like you can with inline motors, but they are fun in their own right.

 

[Oldschool]

How does it do 9's? It took 240hp+ to get an R3 to break 9.

The bike weighs probably 100 pounds less than a r3, and has around 165 to 170 whp. I believe they claim it ran mostly low 10s, which is believeable with 165hp to 170whp. The r3 at mostly stock weight with carp parts did 8.99, thats a whole different ball game than a occasional 9.998 that the bagger this thread is about did. The r3 was surely around 100 pounds heavier which that alone will negate 20whp from the motor. Makes me wish I weighed 170 and not 270, my bike would be a lot faster

 

[sonny]

I agree with what you said old school. We have built a few bikes are self. Even if you take your time and beef up the primary and transmission to match the high performance engine you can not expect it to last as long as a stock engine, Reading the review they made it sound as if the bike was really reliable. We know better than that. Yes riding a built harley is fun.

 

[RKTNMYPKT]

Well thats one way to look at it. Saying a harley looks and sounds like every other bike on the road is like saying every muscle car sounds and looks like a mustang. Technically the mustang was first and all others copied its appeal. Harley's street glide and road glide are the only real hard baggers out there (in my opinion) that get things right. I am not a fan of the shark nose on the road glide (as pictured in the SS bike), the street glide batwing is better. Triumph doesn't make a bike that competes completely with the street glide/road glide. The touring r3 doesn't have a fairing/radio, is a much bigger bike that is harder for smaller people to ride. There is 0 aftermarket parts for the bike, minimal paint options, etc. The r3 touring is a great bike but I would buy a street glide over it due to better looks, but then again I would still have my roadster to play with.

I am all for harley bashing but my issue with harley is how they became a corporate sell out union busting money grubbing company. The bikes they make for the category they compete in are very nice, and are often above the competition in everything but the power end of things. However the power end of things is really a moot point since overall they produce power comparable to most other v-twins. I used to bash harley like what goes on here, but after riding a few touring bikes I came to realize they actually are quite nice. They are a bit overpriced but if I took a stock rocket at 16K and had the dealer put on 1,400$ wheels (which don't exist for a r3) , 2K for a custom paint job, 1,000$ hard bags, 1,600$ radio/speakers/front fairing, etc so the bike is more similar to a street glide, I am on the neighborhood of exactly what a street glide costs.

Personally I don't care what a guy spends his money on. 50K in a street glide is beyond anything I would ever do, but at the same time he has a bad ass bike that nobody else in the area has. Thats saying a lot since there are **** near a million harleys in town here every 5 years for the anniversary. He loves it, women love it, guys drool at it, and it sounds like a mean SOAB. I would ride the bike all day, and let people hate on it. I am not so stupid to spend that kind of money on any bike anyway, but its pretty bad ass for what it is.

We will try it one more time. The t-143 is a high performance engine. High performance V-twins are not built like your standard 96 cubic inch or 103 cubic inch. They are designed and built for speed. To gain that much horse power some thing has to give. The added stress on engine bearings ,primary components, and transmission leads to premature failure. There is no way around this. You accept this fact anytime you make a extreme build. If you believe that engine will last as many miles as a standard 103 good luck with that. Hell look at the warranty that comes with that engine it is a joke. almost forgot my car has a radio and windshield but my bike does not. No cupholders either wow i must really live in the dark ages??????

That can be said of any engine built over stock. V-twins are not designed for high HP and longevity, you can have one or the other. However the guy has 10K miles on the motor and it seems to be holding up just fine. A lot of big cube v-twins have a bad rap because of the idiots putting them together. Atleast 3 130+ cube motors amoung my coworkers have been scragged in the last 3 years. Idiot builder + some good some junk parts = blown up engine. Warranty is a joke on performance parts period. Talk with even carpenter and see what he has to say about replacing a engine for free on a r3 when a guy blows up from drag racing it. Like it or not v-twin engines cost big dollars to build. They will never make massive power like you can with inline motors, but they are fun in their own right.

Wow! Your a long winded fellow aren't you

Perhaps I should've clarified my statement what I meant was most of the motorcycles on the road at least where I live are all Harleys they all look the same they all sound the same to me, I choose to be different

That is all

 

[Oldschool]

I agree with what you said old school. We have built a few bikes are self. Even if you take your time and beef up the primary and transmission to match the high performance engine you can not expect it to last as long as a stock engine, Reading the review they made it sound as if the bike was really reliable. We know better than that. Yes riding a built harley is fun.

I would hope its more reliable than the 130ci+ hodge podge motors guys around here seem to be running. They would get 3 to 5K miles and the thing would blow up. Since the 143 is more than just a bunch of aftermarket performance parts thrown on a stock harley bottom end, it has to be a longer living motor. **** for 10K it better cook me dinner once a week besides not blowing up. I would love to have a CVO with 160whp but I am not buying that 50K ticket. I would buy a couple duplexes and rent them out to actually make money if I had that kind change to blow, but I guess I can't ride a house around .



Wow! Your a long winded fellow aren't you
Perhaps I should've clarified my statement what I meant was most of the motorcycles on the road at least where I live are all Harleys they all look the same they all sound the same to me, I choose to be different
That is all

Yeah I hear that. I just wish the first question I get asked when out riding wasn't either "Which harley is that?" or "I didn't know triumph was making harley clones". It is too bad harley doesn't make the R3 because it would be nice to represent milwaukee with a bike made here. My money is loyal for whats best for me, and unfortunately for harley they haven't got any money from me yet.

 

[Wrecka]

Yeah I hear that. I just wish the first question I get asked when out riding wasn't either "Which harley is that?" or "I didn't know triumph was making harley clones".

I got asked yesterday what size was the V6 engine in my bike , stupid humans never fail to amaze me lol

 

[Idaho Red Rocket 3]

I like the Brembo sticker.