Now owing Rocket 3, how do you tolerate other bikes? What would your next bike be?
A1A Rider said:
So, your rocket 3 has no use? You described every other bike but what you use rocker for.
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I didn't exclude it, the question was "what will be your next bike?" I assumed you wanted bikes that were good for something other than what the Rocket does best. The Rocket is for when I want to enjoy some heavy torque and general hooliganism on the back roads. It handles great and really sheds its weight when hustled. It's just not the end all bike for me, each bike has it's forte and the Rocket's is pulling like a freight train with arm yanking power.
 
That's exactly where I am with my R3. I have three bikes - the R3, a Ducati 1098 Streetfighter and a KTM 1190 Adv. Reluctantly, I need to slim down to one bike as I have a big medical bill to pay.
The Rocket does for me exactly what you describe. The Streetfighter (mine has been blue-printed and tuned and makes substantially more power than stock - 180 bhp at the crank) is a classic analogue supernaked. Small, light, agile with a brute of an engine.
The KTM is a superb all-rounder. It'll hustle sports bikes, it quick and you can load it up with luggage and ride it all day in comfort the length of the country.

The Diavel (I hope) will offer a little of all these things. They're seeringly quick but more comfortable than a sports bike or supernaked, and it has a good dose of the R3's bruiser-cruiser qualities. It won't have the outright torque of course, but it's actually faster because it's so much lighter and the engine is monster that never runs out of revs.
The only thing it won't do is carry luggage across contients like a pack mule. But you can fit bags and it'll do enough for my solo needs.
 
I mean, accounting for my moderately fat ass, the Rocket with the Penner tune has a virtually identical power:weight ratio to my Tiger 1200 GT Pro. The torque that matters is at the rear wheel, and "zoomier" bikes that lack crank torque but have high RPM limits use gearing to increase it. So, from an acceleration standpoint, I'm not missing out.
 
Since I have two Rockets, one first Gen and the other a TFC you know I love them and having three Indians I was fully satisfied. Until I save the new new Challenger Elite. I saw it and decided to buy it in 90 seconds. I had to wait a few days till it was released.
It was too gorgeous to pass up. It runs pretty good for a big bagger.
 
Was always curious about the Indian Challengers. How is it in comparison to the Rocket? Finish and performance?
 
Rocket is good enough, check all boxes for me,
- diy friendly
- parts not too costly
- minimum amount of special tools required
- minimum amount of plastic
- park it anywhere and people will look and talk about it
- low rev engine will last forever
- shaft, very less maintenance as compare to chain and sprockets

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- can ride with supersports bike on curvy roads because of torque
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Rocket 3 for life, don’t need anything else… This bike has no other purpose than putting a smile on my face every day.
It has no other purpose. It’s not a cruiser, it’s not a tourer, it’s not a sportsbike, its none of that. Its a 1500hp Hellcat on 2 wheels…
It’s a smile generator making huge and instant amounts of torque in all gear everywhere in the rev range and very easy too use.
if I had budget and a real need, would love to also own a Goldwing…
 
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