GSX-R1000 v Rocket III

[Silver]

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/nav?page=motorcyclenews.articles.articleCategory.article&resourceId=2526012&articleCategory=MCN-EXTRA_VIDEO

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Would be interesting to see what would happen if you put 100kg of weight on the front of the GSXR .... to make it up to the Trumpet to some degree.

Suspect neither of them have a problem with power or torque, but the GSXR has a definite problem with the front coming up.

[BLOFLY 636]

mmmmm that looks like a fun bike to have a blast on but I heard that after about 3 launches like that the clutch is shagged on the rocket III
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[kawashima]

I thought Rocket 3 be like Goldwing. What a rocket start.(it may be the reason of naming)

[lilredmachine]

140HP and 147ft/lb of torque are NOT statistics to be sniffed at.
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[mchaggis]

[BLOFLY 636]

I wonder if they would ever go with a turbo diesel in that design of bike immagine what a 1.9 VW Golf TDI would feel like under the seat! 250nm of torque would be so much fun on an open winding hilly road and still have enough top end power for some crazy speeds and tyre frying fun in 3rd gear
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[lilredmachine]

[Gazdaman]

Even with the wheelie problem on the gixxer. (if you can call it a problem)

It just looks like the rocket straight out-drags it over the first 10-20 meters.

Then it looks like the gixxer catches up towards the end, not the best quality vid though.

Gaz

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[mchaggis]

[BLOFLY 636]

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That's the thing - the Rocket can accelerate harder without the front lifting, so in this case it is the 'problem' .[/quote]

plus the triumph also has one of the biggest sectioned tyres on the market too and more torque than my family car to dig into that pavement and rip it off the line, I think it would spin the rear up first before it did pull a wheelie though
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[cbrbiker]

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[BLOFLY 636]

unless you dropped the pressure and sat on the bars
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Have a look at the mercan stunters do high chair wheelies - and that's with no extra tuning .

[ApriliaRs125]

they were fast, looks like the gsxr was gonner be faster .


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