OldNorthState
"Doc" in a small part of the world.
Thanks for the welcome....
should have read, "Howdy from NC"
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Thanks for the welcome....
JMac
.020 Over
Welcome and glad you love the R3. I empathize 100% with your "backing up" injury. Whether on gravel, a slight incline, or in my case - short legs - it can be a handful. Anybody working on a reverse gear add-on?
hvacnr
Supercharged
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- McDonough, GA.
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- 95 750 Magna, Rocket 3 2005, VTX 1800 2002
welcome from Georgia. You'll love this site almost as much as your ride.
OldNorthState
"Doc" in a small part of the world.
...a reverse basically like some of the G'wings have, that works off the starter motor (I believe I'm correct on that...). I can see a very real usefulness there. Otherwise, yes, I do like this R3T, though it's still in "break in" period. For my tastes it has a lot more personality than a 'Wing, too.
OldNorthState
"Doc" in a small part of the world.
welcome from Georgia. You'll love this site almost as much as your ride.
Thanks.... I'm looking fwd. to "putting" around (lol) on it... though in reality, "putting around" is actually about the way I ride most of the time, anymore. I told the dealership that I'd probably never actually "use" the available power/torque, but it's sorta' "cool" knowing you have it available if needed. I mainly wanted something "different", and that didn't feel like you're running it to death when two-up and 70 or 75 mph. I believe, with care and modest riding, this beast will last a long time. Has this been the experience of many owners?
OldNorthState
"Doc" in a small part of the world.
Boog
Traveling Story Teller
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- Dumfries, Virginia
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- 2014 R3T, RAMAIR, Full Viking Dual exhaust
Hello OldNorthState and welcome from VA. I just noticed 28,000 miles on my 2014 but can still remember its break in run. Took me all day to get the bike back to the dealer to have them do the first oil change...
OldNorthState
"Doc" in a small part of the world.
I see you're up early, like myself (I wake TOO early, usually), though I just got online. Appreciate the holler from up there. Yeah, I just bought this one - a brand new '14... saved me quite a bit over the '15, and is the exact same machine, colors and all. This is hopefully the last machine I'll buy, and I wanted something sturdy, heavy and strong. I've ridden her 4 hundred and some-odd miles since Friday, and am looking fwd to getting the first service "over with". This machine came with one of the Castrol syn's., from factory (they've obviously got a promo collusion going, lol...)... but what oil are you using in yours, currently? Sticking w/Castrol syn, or other?
JoseyR3Wales
Living Legend
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- 2014 Victory Vision Tour
Just put fresh Castrol 4T in mine but I have used the Mobil.
Depends what you mean by "care and modest riding". Mine gets an oil change every 10,000 miles as per the manual, tyres when needed, a squirt with a water hose every now and then, and a quick spray of Lemon Pledge from time to time, and not much more. 124,000 miles of modest
riding so far and all is well.
