Just got home with a freshly imported 2015 Rocket 3 Roadster ABS. :)

[1olbull]

WELCOME to ya from Tacoma, WA - sorta neighbor!

 

[EasTexRIII]

Howdy Mike! Welcome from East Texas

 

[Blackthou]

A warm welcome to you from the UK. I'm pleased to see that not only did you buy the best bike but the fastest colour too.

PS.
I hadn't realised there were so many vertically challenged Rocketeers. I'd imagined they were all about 6' 5" and 260lbs

 

[Gavin]

Hello all! Mike here, reporting from Leduc, AB, Canada. I found a steal of a deal on a 2015 R3 Roadster in Mount Vernon, WA, and had to jump on it. I've been humming and hawing over buying it, as it's a huge difference from my current bike, the 5th Gen Honda VFR800 ****** rocket....but every review I've read, every YouTube video I watched just said "do it!". And I'm sick of a ****** rocket position when I'm in slower traffic, which is most of the time. At speed, hard to beat that feeling of dropping a knee into a corner, but that's not real life most days...so, time for a change.

So, when I talked the guy down to a low enough number, I hopped on a plane for Vancouver, buddy whipped me down to test ride and pay the dealership, and then back down a few days later after all the import paperwork fiasco was handled. 3 awesome days across their gorgeous Cascades highway, the 20 Eastbound starting from Sedro-Woolley, WA, all the way to Shelby, MT. Gave me lots of time to get used to the big beast. It is SO different, yet so awesome. It's power reminds me of the brutal acceleration of a sports bike, and yet it actually corners fairly well. I'm the towering 5' 8", so balls-of-my-feet parking lot maneuvering is a bit of a challenge still (would love some input from Corbin seat owners, confirming if they're REALLY 2.5" lower than stock? Seems hard to believe, but sure hope so!), but besides that, it's amazing how this big of a bike just....fits. Now, to get a lower seat, a Kaoko throttle lock, and some removable bags on her, STAT.

Home last night after successfully passing the border, just waiting on the Canadian RIV paperwork, then she's plated and legal. Juuuuuuuuuust in time for the snow to fall. Haha....**** it...

Take care all, and ride safe.

Great to have another one in the neighborhood. I am in southeast Edmonton and have a 2014 Roadster

 

[Gavin]

Great to have another one in the neighborhood. I am in southeast Edmonton and have a 2014 Roadster

And I used to work with your brother!

 

[Bernard Vinet]

Welcome to the crew. Bet you can't get the grin of your face.

 

[motolink]

Welcome from Queensland Australia and onto the rocket ship.

 

[mstraub72]

Great to have another one in the neighborhood. I am in southeast Edmonton and have a 2014 Roadster

Now tell me you have the Corbin seat on so I can come over and sit on it and see how close my feet are to flat-footed! It's stunning how few of these you see on the road eh?

 

[mstraub72]

And I used to work with your brother!

Hell ya you did!! I wanted to pick your brain before I left, but the deal happened so quick, I just had to make a move. Great to see you here, Gavin. Hope all is f'n awesome.

 

[mstraub72]

Man!! Best welcome to a Forum I've ever had. Awesome. Thanks all for the congrats and well wishes! Just finished her first bath and wax, and now I'm just....impatiently...waiting for my Registrar of Imported Vehicles docs to get going on legality!! Camaaaaaaaaaaannnnn already....