longer range cruising needs...

[Idaho Red Rocket 3]

Try using a real sheep skin on your seat for long distance rides. I have one. Makes a difference for me.

 

[JoseyR3Wales]

After watching all the Rockets rolling in and out of town this weekend, I miss mine a lot but as they say, it was a bike for when I wore a younger man's clothes.

 

[Big boy]

I have a touring Corbin with 100,000 on it and still get through 900 kilometer days, recently did 9000 plus in 14 days. At 6'2" and 180 kilo (390 lbs) I have an arse like a cushion so this may help.
I only have a sports screen so find the back rest very good. Highway pegs are a must (rivco).
Have recently installed a MCcruise this is brilliant.
I ride with full face helmet and find ear protection necessary as the wind noise is too much.
I tried a full screen and found too much turbulence which blurred my vision.
My only regret with the Rocket is the limited range of the tank and the need to to ensure that a tyre is available every 8000 k or so.

 

[Rick Morris]

I wrecked my company car yesterday morning and it was going to take a couple of hours to get a rental car. So I took the Rocket with the Corbin solo seat. I put 374 miles on the bike & about 6 hours of riding, a few long highway runs, a ton of traffic in and around Boston, a stop & go traffic jam on Route 128 and it rained for about 20 minutes. 374 miles on my bike or car? I will take the bike. I was surprised at the level of comfort I experienced with this seat on such a long day of riding. I think I could do a 500 mile ride after this day. To Troy and Cardinal I thank you for your response on the seat issues. I think for solo riding I will keep the Corbin, now I need to dial in a good two up for long rides. I may try to find a standard one piece two up. If anyone has one they want to get rid of let me know. Thanks, Rick

 

[Triple Trouble]

I haven't really felt the need for another gear considering you're only running about 3024 rpm at 75 mph and 3226 rpm at around 80 mph. My Harley use to run that with the 6th gear. Plenty more rpms available even without any ECU mods. I do start to get a little/some vibration in the grips at that speed, but what are you going to do about that. I heard that Triumph could have put a counterbalancer in the engine design, but the focus group wanted to have the feedback feel Of the engine. As for me, I would have taken the counterbalancer.

The Rocket engine does have a counterbalancer.
I just returned from RAA 10.75 in Maggie Valley and put on 3000kms with no problem. I have a Corbin dual tour seat, Roadster windscreen and Standard floorboards and have no problem with 10 hour days though it does get tiring if you do multiple days.

 

[rjkusse]

Until I hit the lottery one bike needs to do more than one thing. I am planning a trip from Cape Cod to Dallas and I am not buying a touring bike for that trip. I bought the R3R because it is a R3R but occasionally we do some long rides and I need to make this bike work for that. Its really that simple.

@Rick Morris Let me know when you get to Dallas!

 

[motolink]

I see on the Aussi Airhawk site there is a new R model cushion out. Anyone used one .?

 

[Boog]

You did it wrong brother.
I agree that the wind on any bike will wear you out. I ride 10 hours from my house in VA to my uncle in TN without any issues. I am on a Touring though. It has an ample windscreen and that is a big plus at my standard cruise speed of 85MPH. I wear a full face helmet on those trips as it cut down the wind noise and I can listen to my music inside of it as I chose to.
That sixth gear would be nice for these long trips but quite frankly, I have never noticed any high RPM vibes of any substance. Maybe you have something going on inside your engine, I hope not but that seems odd to me.
I did add highway pegs and use them and the passenger pegs to move around on my longer trips. Sometimes I have one foot forward and the other back to change it up some.
For the seat, I added a $39 BeadRider. It allows some circulation massage as you move around the seat and most importantly, allow air to blow beneath your bum thereby keeping it dry on those hot days. Worth its weight in gold!
So, before you settle into the Wing lifestyle, (no offense to those who love it) maybe give my ideas a shot and save some money. Of course, swapping your R for a T does involve some cash exchange. Good luck
PS. For any type of physical activity, even sitting on a bike, requires a fair amount of conditioning. You have taken the first step and did a 300 miler; next weekend try another one or a bit further. Baby steps you know, then you are taking down Iron Butts like they are trips to the store…

 

[Robm422]

I'm going to get one of those bead rider seats for sure!

 

[Bedifferent]

Has anybody tried Grip Buddies?

I haven't tried the Grip Buddies, but I did put some Grip Puppies on my grips. I did like them for awhile, very soft, but I ended up taking them off. Although comfortable, I found the additional diameter and size of the grips to be a little too much after awhile. Also, I became a little concerned on the clutch side with the additional diameter causing my clutch not to disengage fully. It seemed to prevent me from shifting into neutral, kind of sticky, at a standstill sometimes. And yes, my clutch is properly adjusted. Real or imagined, that extra thickness does make a difference in my opinion.