Faster and Faster (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
A V12-engined Honda CBX is just the thing you need to show those Yamaha VMax and Triumph Rocket III guys a thing or two... We’ve said this often in the past and we’ll say it again – we absolutely love the Honda CBX 1000. With its elegant lines and screaming six-cylinder engine, the CBX was, and remains to this day, an incredibly special machine. We suppose it would take incredible...
Bullet Machismo 500 |Bikes (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
UK based Triumph Motorcycles is learnt to foray in Indian bike market. The company is believed to introduce its Rocket III Touring which was displayed in Auto Expo 2008 . The bike is powered by awesome 2300cc power mill. Rocket III Touring is believed to belts out a peak torque of 200Nm torque @ 2500rpm. However, there is no official word so far but the virtual world is-internet. In addition, the company...
Faster and Faster (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
475kg dry weight, 350bhp V8 engine, four wheels and hub-centre steering: The Cosmos 4RWF can't be for the faint of heart Brazilian motorcycle nut Amadeu Ferreira Junior probably isn’t the kind of man who’d be happy with a stock Yamaha VMax or Triumph Rocket III – he’d want a bigger motor, with a bit more power. So, of course, he’s built his own V8-engined bikes, one of...
Motorcycle Blog: The Sidecar (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
2010 Triumph Rocket III Roadster [video] Over the past few model years Triumph strove to create some sense of how the Rocket can be used, eventually creating a touring-friendly model with windscreen and saddlebags as standard, called the Rocket III Touring. Then came the Rocket III Classic. More pulled back handlebars, floorboards rather than pegs, and two-tone paint helped define the [...] more
Autoblog (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Filed under: Motorcycle 2010 Triumph Rocket III Roadster - Click above for high-res image gallery Just in case the original Triumph Rocket III and its 2.3-liter inline triple engine wasn't quite bonkers enough for you, the British motorcycle manufacturer has just announced it's upping the power of its awe-inspiring mill for the 2010 model year. The 165 lb-ft of torque represents a 15% improvement...
Motorcycle Blog: The Sidecar (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
2010 Triumph Rocket III Roadster Announced When Triumph launched the monstrously torquey behemoth of a motorcycle that is the Rocket some four-odd years ago, the big guy, powered by a 2,294cc (101.6 x94.3mm), liquid-cooled, DOHC, inline Triple mounted lengthwise in the frame, was something of an anomaly. But not just due to its massive engine. Was the brute used for cruising the [...] more
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
The Triumph Rocket III is a motorcycle with an engine bigger than some mid-size cars, but in this "documentary" we get a rare look at the manufacturing process. This explains so much about British bikes.
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