KingOfFleece
Rated 5 STRAS June 2012 MCN
- Joined
- Dec 26, 2007
- Messages
- 319
- Location
- Western New York
- Ride
- Tiger 1050, Street 3, Thunderbird 1600, waiting on next R3
No flaming ,and agreed the Valk is a fine machine but I spent way too much time with bike machanics and cannot agree on the R3 statement.
As for the R3T, it's a fine bike and will do whatever you want with style and grace. The HP issue is not, but Triumph TORS add back 17 hp the easy way. The bike comes stock with 99 rwhp to meet Euro regs and it's very easy to add plenty of the HP back, as mentioned.
As for 250,000 miles on a motor-IMO that's not a given on ANY bike. There are way too many variables to say ANY motor will go that long. And at what price? There was a story in the AMA mag a while back about a guy who put 1,000,000 on a H-D-something like 13 rebuilds and all kinds of other stuff- but that's to be expected.
I have 2 years on a Rocket in all kinds of riding and it does everything well and some things outstanding-just like any machine. It does nothing poor-tire wear being the most common issue-but what do you expect with all that torque? as every engineer will tell you, there is no free lunch and everything is a trade-off. It just depends on what area(s) you want to favor.
Ask Wayne at Power-Tripp about the R3 motor as he is up to speed on the entire thing.
They also install blowers on the R3 in germany, get over 200 HP, and don't blow them up.
As for the R3T, it's a fine bike and will do whatever you want with style and grace. The HP issue is not, but Triumph TORS add back 17 hp the easy way. The bike comes stock with 99 rwhp to meet Euro regs and it's very easy to add plenty of the HP back, as mentioned.
As for 250,000 miles on a motor-IMO that's not a given on ANY bike. There are way too many variables to say ANY motor will go that long. And at what price? There was a story in the AMA mag a while back about a guy who put 1,000,000 on a H-D-something like 13 rebuilds and all kinds of other stuff- but that's to be expected.
I have 2 years on a Rocket in all kinds of riding and it does everything well and some things outstanding-just like any machine. It does nothing poor-tire wear being the most common issue-but what do you expect with all that torque? as every engineer will tell you, there is no free lunch and everything is a trade-off. It just depends on what area(s) you want to favor.
Ask Wayne at Power-Tripp about the R3 motor as he is up to speed on the entire thing.
They also install blowers on the R3 in germany, get over 200 HP, and don't blow them up.