2020 Triumph Rocket 3 R Review 

DrKampfpudding it’s not hard to beat the car’s, mine is a 1800cc and my Raider is bigger.

Yup. So cool...

So how is it ?

@munchkin42 163 pounds feet !!

@@CaliMotoTV Boss Hoss?

🤣 HD hasn’t been boss or king of the streets for 60+ years.

HD has to wake up. They are in the doldrums for several years already. They cant seem to put out the right bikes yet for the current generation of buyers. There are still a lot of HD fans but it is not large enough. The best HD thatvi wanted was the bike in collaboration with Porsche. They can do another one with another maker!!!.

Chalk and cheese. The old one is a wheelbarrow compared to this real bike.

@@CaliMotoTV wish I could, I'm out in alabama for work currently and wont be back for a long time! Keep up the great reviews!

How awesome is it. Massive and sounds so good. Also that /5 is my favourite R nine T. Great vid...........again.

I also think you should have the Rocket 3 for at least a week.

The problem with the new Harleys , is , all the character has been engineered out of them. I had a Road King for 20yrs , loved it. I've just ordered a Rocket 3 GT

@@CaliMotoTV They say it sounds like a small bike. 🙄

@@CaliMotoTV Thank you very much! I live in Thailand and will be doing a lot of city ride so I'm quite concerned.

@@CaliMotoTV Thank you very much

I would prefer the Rocket R mainly I don't ride "Harley style", feet forward. I would also like the pillion back rest and a rack fitted for luggage. Accessories seem fairly limited from my research.

@@CaliMotoTV Good Morning, Treat yourself with an Experience of a Lifetime. Do Test-ride the KTM 1290-GT (any year) and you won't be disappointed. With over 40+ years of experience from over 20+ bikes, this one is definitely a Keeper... You'll see. Cheers from Costa Rica ;-)

@@CaliMotoTV yes

Waiting for the dealer to call with my invoice. I'm really trying to get some in depth info about the TFC's. How many to which country? How many to which states? Living in the frozen tundra....it's a little bittersweet that it's coming NOW. lol

@@hueydevoted only thing I know is 750 total and 225 for North America

@@CrusaderGeneral I'm going to keep digging. Try to get contact info for the Triumph rep that my dealer deals with. Told my salesman I wanted him to see if the other two buyers at his dealership wanted to show up together when the first bike arrives for a little champagne toast.

@@hueydevoted this rocket 3 release seems to be the biggest event in MC history..Being a TFC owner will definitely have a unique significance. I was thinking about organizing a convention for TFC owners in the US..

@@CrusaderGeneral You would almost have to contact each dealership to ask them to contact each buyer. I'm doubtful they would give out personal information. But it to think it's only 225 people....it's pretty amazing.

i know it is, i bought it in october and wHIle riding it i gives me a huge smile. i hardly can wait for the good weather again. ill subscribe right now to your channel! btw: no slipper clutch so be carefull 😏

@@CaliMotoTV no problem, you know what would be good??, as l think you do an amazing review.. Anyhow this new 2020 rocket is a outstanding bike, as i tested one yesterday (OMG) but NO one has done a comparison between the latest of the old one to the new ( now that would be a great story) there are a lot of old rocket owners trying to work out if they should upgrade? i think you would do a honest story that’s all.. it will need to be a 2016 R3 roadster or later version versus the new 2020. Keeping in mind by changing the pipes you will lose 12kg and gain 10hp these are just slip-ons.. Anyhow it would be a great story, without the hype..

Wont start in the cold ...then ?

Short gear 1: 1-130

@@CaliMotoTV I don't doubt it's fun! I wonder who will step up and make an even bigger bike.

@@CaliMotoTV Heck I can not claim it brilliant... but looking at that gorgeous torque monster of an engine it just seems to make sense somehow and could seriously compete in that class. Look at the lines space between the tank and the centerline of the rear wheel. I can visualize a real comfy passenger seat and a tour/luggage package hiding that dead air space look above the rear tire. As for the front fairing it should not be difficult to alter design of the radiator to be a part of a frame mounted fairing... probably preferable to one attached to the front forks. From all of the reviews I have read those machines have one helluva giggle factor that comes with the riding experience... so theoretically my sweet lil wifey and I could giggle the miles away together. The present design they have on both models for an optional passenger... well, her hiney would not endure that for long. It would go a long way to getting her "yes" vote on the purchase of this machine if she could enjoy it too. Granted I have not looked in to aftermarket options for seats on this model. I'm just now again looking for another serious touring bike. O well.. just 2 cents from a hagged out ole biker here in the USA.. Yall ride safe!

@@CaliMotoTV A turbo is not a replacement for displacement. Turbo engine does not give same experience. The saying stands.

@@CaliMotoTV you can throw boost at this all day and still be dependable. 8 lbs on E85 🤣🤣. Rename it the triumph reaper and call it a day.

@@CaliMotoTV and here in NY state, she gets cold. I would empty the tank at the end of the season and run a little 93 through to clear it out.

triumh is lil more agile because have shorter wheelbase 167 vs 170 cm seat high similar high to rocket 3 r version rocket also have more agressive rake 28 vs 31 degreees in gymkhana i put money on rocket 3 ;) both bike also weight the same according to some net site so 310 vs 310 kg so very close spec the bigest diffrenc which im seen is in engine department rocket have more displacement 2,5 vs 1,7 litres r3 vs v4 in vmax ., vmax have shorter piston jump to bore ratio so its engine twist higher rpm and troque and power have at higher rpm comapre to characteristic of rocket rocket pump at crank 165 bhpat 6 k rpm and 221 nm at 4 k rpm of torq vs vmax 200 bhp at 9 k rpm and 165 nm of torq at 6,5 k rpm so low end rocket have much better if ypou put both bike at the same velocity at the same low rpm level let say 3 k rpm the rocket 3 ride away in such rolling test its due to biger displacement and biger piston jump …. however vmax have stronger its hardest punch ;) and when driver reduce gear at optimal for specified velocity rocket be unable to hold one the same acceleration as vmax .,vmax at 9 k rpm pull 20% harder than rocket at 6 k rpm both at peak power its due to fdiffrenc in peak power offcorse so on quarter mille vmax smoked rocket 3 vmax is on diavel 1260 level in terms of straight acceleration performance so yea at staright vmax win be like 20 % but im gymkhana like im wirte im put me money on rocket 3 this new one offcorse beacusethis old one was afffoul in gymkhana ;) vmax ride away at stright from rocket 3 when rpmmeter on vmax show magic nbumber = 7 k rpm i go if im must joice one bike in me garage from this two ...rocket 3 due lil more agile dimension ups i forget that it have much wider tire ok so about gymkhana im not so sure hear;) rake and wheeelbase for rocket but tire wide also impact alot how bike behave :x so ok gymkhana draw straight for vmax ;) but im still go with rocket it looks better and twist lower rpm what im like and its not heavier so those 20-% weaker punch force in rocket comapre to vmax i can live with that ;) now im riding cb 500 and its enough for me so rocket 3 powa is in diffrent elague ;) but yea i go woth rocket hear i only more prefer diavel because it have punch like vmax and its alot lighter so its me favourite bike in this class well diavel isint 100% the same class bike but often comapre to those bike so in this meaning i more prefer diavel in this class than both rocket and vmax .i must also wrote that oin vmax cutlimiter come fast into play so such it isint best power characteristioc for racing =vmax dont have flat peak pwoer curve 200 bhp if it have let say flat from like 9 to 11 k rpm than it will gp lil better but still for sure it pull like 15 % harder than new rocket in rocket i dont see dyno yet thay may dfo similar thing like in vmax so cut power fast above peak power so peak also can be not so wide :x . anyway like for me 1 diavel 2 rocket 3 vmax 4 harley fxdr and vrod 5 old rocket ;).

@@mociczyczki By the time I read all this I needed TWO ibuprofen

@@fromtheedgeofdarkness i hope it helped ;) gretings .but in short words triumph rocket have lil better dimesnion like for me and this bike looks lil better like for me it have stronger low and mid range power because it have much biger engine = more displacement vmax engine have higher rotational speed and it produce more power at 9 k 15%-20% more around than rocket at peak so at 6 k so when you start to push both really hard and when on vmax you see on rpm meter 7k + it will accelelrate stronger than rocket thats it no big deal no philosophy on typical fast track vmax be lil faster only becasue of more powerfoul engine ., for daily ride i go with triumph all day long .,a nd bigest factor which push me to this in daily riding is that i like just alot pwoer at low and midrange rpm and rocket 3 have stronger power grpah all the way up to 6 k rpm :x but offcorse even powergraph vmax foor daily riding is very strong you can change gear in vmax on like 5 k rpm and yoi stil be doing 100 km/h in like 4-5 sec .hear you have some comaprsision beewten vmqax and first verison rocket 3 www.cycleworld.com/2010/06/14/comparison-vmax-vs-3max/ they write egzacly what im wriet hear vmax on quarter mile smoked rocket 3 but if you look at dyno grph you see that rocket have stronger power graph all the way from iddle rpm up to 6 k rpm and new rocket which have more cc and more power be have even biger advanatge on this rpm level but like im write once on vmax you exceed 7 k rpm rocket be smoked be vmax and not otherwise :) .hear is ssome comparision with first rocket version ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GlxmSRp-D9U.html .

@@CaliMotoTV thank you . yes did watch it . prior and still cant get it to work . will ask dealer to put it into a mode where I know traction control works . the rest is irrelivant . thank you for your reply . john

It's a heavy ass power cruiser you moron🤣🤣 and every other race bike out now will destroy that 99 busa if it makes you feel better!!

Stupid comment!! Busas are history a gsxr1000 will kill a busa and my h2 ...bye bye busa!

@@R3RLEE Obviously a wannabe who has never been to a drag strip

@@CaliMotoTV 2017 BMW K1600GT

@@CaliMotoTV ya ...they should name it after me

Track times, its a road bike!

@@CaliMotoTV I meant the drag strip guys. Come on now 😅😆🤣

Track times, what a waste of tech that would be, it's for riding not just going a quarter mile in a straight line. Wow.

Track times?!!! What the hell are you talking about its aroad bike!