Top Gear - Triumph Rocket R review: does a crazy 2,500cc bike work?

[R3RM]

Faster, faster, FASTER! If I could only make it FASTER!
I disagree with a couple of points. Hard to slow manuver? Coming from a vrx 1800 this is easy.
Bad gas mileage? Checked twice, 1st 45 mpg. 2nd 47, mostly hwy but hitting it hard several times each. 90 mph a good amt. Sounds great to me.

Not surprising to me

Would need more miles to confirm the average of my R. So far on rather small and curvy roads and riding it rather strong (but on road mode), I see between max 42 mpg and mini 37 (= in liters/kms : 5.6 l/100 and 6.3 l/100) which is much better than what the magazines report (thus much better than what I expected)

One rider told me that on his different japanese bikes, he noticed that his bikes had a better gas mileage when selecting the sport mode than with the road mode (?). Any explanation and more important, have you noticed the same with our R3 2020 ?

 

[maurice]

Not surprising to me

Would need more miles to confirm the average of my R. So far on rather small and curvy roads and riding it rather strong (but on road mode), I see between max 42 mpg and mini 37 (= in liters/kms : 5.6 l/100 and 6.3 l/100).

One rider told me that on his different japanese bikes, he noticed that his bikes had a better gas mileage when selecting the sport mode than with the road mode (?). Any explanation and more important, have you noticed the same with our R3 2020 ?

Gt but in sport mode reserve light went on about 20 miles sooner.