Thinking of buying a Roadster

[mr hunt]

Thanks mate, yeh, still trying to make my mind up over a 2008 or a 2012 models. I like the triple pipes on the 08 and the 12's foot pegs have been moved back about three inches I think. I'm 6 foot, so I think the 08 might be best.

G'day Pancho, I've got a '12, I'm a bees *****over 6" tall and I want the pegs moved about 3 or 4 inches forward. Ground clearance becomes a complication though. I find the pegs scrape a lot as it is and moving them forward puts them closer to the corning radius and therefore shortens the distance between the ground and the pegs. It won't be by much but the bottom engine rail tapers down to the front amplifying the potential problem. 2 solutions are to shift pegs up and forward, or maybe (more expensively) raise the rear suspension a little.

 

[bruce aussie]

G'day Pancho, I've got a '12, I'm a bees *****over 6" tall and I want the pegs moved about 3 or 4 inches forward. Ground clearance becomes a complication though. I find the pegs scrape a lot as it is and moving them forward puts them closer to the corning radius and therefore shortens the distance between the ground and the pegs. It won't be by much but the bottom engine rail tapers down to the front amplifying the potential problem. 2 solutions are to shift pegs up and forward, or maybe (more expensively) raise the rear suspension a little.

Be carefull mr hunt I used to scrape mine alot had the left peg ground to a sharpe point down to the rubber but the peg rail started scraping on the right angle bend up the front and it don't fold up like the footpegs. Long story short I kept ignoring it accelerating hard through corners with the footpeg folded up to the stop and the peg rail grinding away. One Sunday morning while doing this up a mountian range north of Brisbane I hit the apex of a corner left elbow and shoulder just clearing the white posts I got on the throttle hard and layed it over a bit more. This lifted the front wheel of the road and down we went. Lesson learned.

 

[mr hunt]

Be carefull mr hunt I used to scrape mine alot had the left peg ground to a sharpe point down to the rubber but the peg rail started scraping on the right angle bend up the front and it don't fold up like the footpegs. Long story short I kept ignoring it accelerating hard through corners with the footpeg folded up to the stop and the peg rail grinding away. One Sunday morning while doing this up a mountian range north of Brisbane I hit the apex of a corner left elbow and shoulder just clearing the white posts I got on the throttle hard and layed it over a bit more. This lifted the front wheel of the road and down we went. Lesson learned.

Righto - a real world example of what I suspected would happen!

.......as for the lesson.......I guess you're implying I should remove the peg rail altogether

 

[mully95]

Go ahead and try for the 2010 or newer Roadster. The mods that Triumph has done compared to the elder bikes was for a reason.... out with the old in with the new.

 

[CanberraR3]

Is that right? They moved the footpegs because........????
Just because Triumph did something doesn't make it better or even good - except maybe the ABS.

 

[TOMCAT]

Hunty a set of Standard rails is what you need by the sound of it , that'll move your pegs forward and lift them up. Just happen to have a set downstairs .. let me know if you are interested.

 

[mully95]

Is that right? They moved the footpegs because........????

So the bike can be placed in the corners better without dragging the **** floor boards! Also so the rider has more "feel" for the bike instead of feet placed to far forward.
Explained in plain English around 0:52 of the video.

Triumph Rocket III Roadster - YouTube

Triumph most likely saw the problem that they had a great handling motorcycle that had a potential to go lower but couldn't because of the floor boards. They changed that for the better on the Roadster. To far forward is a position that's for touring bikes and laid back cruisers. In some magazines I have seen they put the Roadster in the "naked bike" category rather than the "cruiser" category. Even though Triumph calls it a cruiser it does look like a naked bike.

Just because Triumph did something doesn't make it better or even good - except maybe the ABS.

It's really according who you ask. You like floor boards so it's not going to be "better" or "good" for you. I don't like floor boards so I think it's perfect. So Triumph......in fact.... did something that made it better.

 

[zimtuff]

It's really according who you ask. You like floor boards so it's not going to be "better" or "good" for you. I don't like floor boards so I think it's perfect. So Triumph......in fact.... did something that made it better.

I think most of us would have preferred both postions as optional

 

[bruce aussie]

So the bike can be placed in the corners better without dragging the **** floor boards! Also so the rider has more "feel" for the bike instead of feet placed to far forward.
Explained in plain English around 0:52 of the video.

Triumph Rocket III Roadster - YouTube

Triumph most likely saw the problem that they had a great handling motorcycle that had a potential to go lower but couldn't because of the floor boards. They changed that for the better on the Roadster. To far forward is a position that's for touring bikes and laid back cruisers. In some magazines I have seen they put the Roadster in the "naked bike" category rather than the "cruiser" category. Even though Triumph calls it a cruiser it does look like a naked bik.


It's really according who you ask. You like floor boards so it's not going to be "better" or "good" for you. I don't like floor boards so I think it's perfect. So Triumph......in fact.... did something that made it better.

In the Triumph press release from when the R3R was released the blurb say's that the pegs have been moved back 6 inches and down 2 inches. I don't think they did that to improve ground clearence. I have checked my R3R against a standard and the rails and pegs are 2 inches lower.

 

[bruce aussie]

Righto - a real world example of what I suspected would happen!

.......as for the lesson.......I guess you're implying I should remove the peg rail altogether

Have looked at engineering a new set of rails alltogether tucked up close to the engine at the front and about 2 inches higher right through. Mabey one day untill then I've restricted myself to just having a feel with the pegs and not putting them on the ground and leaning on them.