Introduce myself

[HeR3tic]

Welcome to the forum Captain Ward.

Cruise control or throttle lock? The ThrottleMeister, http://www.throttlemeister.com/ ,is one route; though it's not a true cruise control. I use both a CrampBuster, http://www.crampbuster.com/ ,plus the ThrottleMeister. There are several true cruise control approaches discussed on the site, including recycled Caddy parts. The CrampBuster(s) really makes for comfortable riding and greatly lessens cold finger syndrome on my rides to and from work in 35 degree weather, these days.

 

[Gunshots]

I have the Kaoko from http://www.adventurersworkshop.com/ not an electrionic cruise but a decent option.........
Welcome to the watering hole!!!

 

[Sidecar Flip]

I have the Kaoko from http://www.adventurersworkshop.com/ not an electrionic cruise but a decent option.........
Welcome to the watering hole!!!

I always thought Kayro was corn suryp.........................My 50 cent throttle lock is much cheaper and looks better as in you can't see it.

 

[RoadVenture]

I would like to purchase some additional items the dealer says that Triumph does not make. And since I have seen pictures I would like any information on the following items :

Front Fairing
Cruise Control
Hard Bags
Seats
Highway bars

Any or all information and/or direction to the right people or places would be appreciated.

Thanks

Bret Ward

Hi Brett,

I am somewhat new here myself. I bought an '05 RIII in November and am currently working on making it comfortable for me. I too have asked here and on the other two sites for help with experience with hard bags. From what I have seen here, if you are not looking for performance enhancements the knowledge base is pretty slim and you are going to be on your own. Yeah, you will be steered towards Corbin, which is a "no-brainer". An expensive "no-brainer" though. To date, I have not had anyone come forward with experience on mounting hard bags that do not have made-to-fit mounting brackets.

For fairings you could take a look at the Hoppe Quadzilla. Once again, not made to fit the RIII, but can be adapted if you are willing to create your own mounting bracket.

Cruise control? You bought the wrong bike. Should have bought a Royal Star Tour Deluxe, Venture, Gold Wing, Vision or LT. The BRAKE-A-WAY throttle lock is one of the better throttle lock devices on the market and can fit the RIII. It may be worth a look and without going through major redsign is the closest you will get to true cruise control.

Try the stock seat for a while. You might find that it workd for you. If after a few thousand miles you still think you need a change Triumph makes an assortment of accessory seats. You can also go the route of altering your stock seat or having a custom one built by Russell, Sargent or any number of other aftermarket seat manufacturers.

For highway bars it seems there are two choices. The Triumph Dresser Bars for the 2008 TOURING ROCKET III or RIVCO makes a bar that bolts on. The RIVCO bar is good for nothing more than attaching highway pegs. It does absolutely nothing to protect your bike from damage in the even of a tip-over. The Triumph bar would do betterfor that. The RIVCO bar is a 1" O.D. and the Triumph bar is a 1.25" O.D. One diameter is no better than the other, just different. If you decide to get the Triumph bars, make sure you order the ones for the 2008 Rocket III Touring model. They are much better made than the previous version.

 

[bkrbil]

Welcome aboard!

 

[Glenn W]

Dave, Ward- Hi, I work for Hoppe Industries and designed the Quadzilla fairings. A friend of mine passed on this thread to me so I registered to drop in. I'm afraid none of our Quadzilla versions will be a good match-up for the original twin headlamp R3s When the Rocket first came out, I went and checket it as a potential candidate for both mysef and a fairing project. The ign. and speedo/tach placement pretty much killed it since we use Single DIN-sized radios w/ DIN & a half outside sized weather doors. The gauges take up the real estate need for our radio setup. I realize the ign can be relocated but to do a ground-up new twin headlamp inner-outer mold design for a relatively low production bike and then expect folks to do "something" with their gauges...................oh well. At least it saved me $$$ not replacing my Valkyrie with an R3 since I'm too spoiled to give up my fairing & tunes Sorry for the bad news, I'd just hate to see someone spen big bucks on a Quadzilla just to find out it's hopeless-I really did try to make it work 2 years ago! By comparison the new single-headlamp Touring version is perfect (for me) relocated gauges, ign. single headlamp, etc. I should be test riding one with a prototype fairing next week. Then I have to hide my checkbook and convince myself an 11 yo Valk is all I need