Featured Rocket 3r First Ride

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  1. dilligaf

    dilligaf Guest

    :) First proper ride out today with my new bike CERBERUS :imp:
    I have to admit I was a little bit apprehensive o_O
    First picture is CERBERUS waiting patiently for @TEZ217 to arrive so we could get going :)
    Setting off there’s no doubt this is a colossal motorbike :eek:
    I was pretty tensed up to start with as I hadn’t done a test ride on one :confused:
    Once under way though I quickly settled into it and it helped that the first part of our journey was about 12miles of dual carriageway
    This was followed by a 30mph zone through Ponteland just past the airport :)
    I can report that CERBERUS is very easy in slow moving traffic with the clutch easy to control and feather up behind bimbling car drivers :confused:
    Along with the fly by wire throttle which is fantastic to use I managed to get through the town with roundabouts and traffic lights without putting my feet down once :grinning:
    So a very confident bike in slow moving stop/start situation’s:cool:
    Once through Ponteland we were now rolling through the Northumberland countryside and were able to get a bit of a wriggle on once the traffic started to thin out :)
    I have never consciously gave much thought to counter steering in the past as it tends to come naturally to us bikers :p
    But as the twisties got a bit more twisty I found myself pushing on the bars to see what it was capable of :)
    :eek: WOW :eek: I couldn’t believe that a bike this HEAVY could respond so well to steering input :grinning:
    Dunno what Triumph have done...Feckin witchcraft or something :imp: but I am amazed at how well this bike handles :heart_eyes:
    I FECKIN LOVE IT :heart:

    9E92EFFC-848E-4C1B-B1C5-E03711B87FBC.jpeg Forget the name of this place but Tez pulled over as he’d been there before for a family wedding and thought I could do with a ciggy :skull:
    After going over the border :poop: there’s a series of pretty tight left and right bends which can catch you out if you’re not ready for them :eek: but my confidence in CERBERUS was increasing with every mile :)
    This part of the ride I had mentally prepared for and after watching YouTube videos of people praising the back brake I took some of these bends with a bit more gusto than maybe I should of :eek:
    Absolutely gobsmacked at how good this back brake is at scrubbing off speed mid corner :grinning: the bike staying on line and steering so true that I struggle to get my head round it :eek:
    I simply can’t believe how well this bike handles it is beyond me how this can be :confused:
    WELL DONE TRIUMPH :kissing_heart:


    60DAA9B9-CBA8-404A-B238-A3609ED8AC3C.jpeg 2BCD6F2E-811B-4A66-9162-184A5AE84C59.jpeg Pit stop at Jedburgh (again):p
    How to describe the engine :confused:
    I’m struggling for the words :confused:
    MONUMENTAL :imp:
    STAGGERING :imp:
    UNBELIEVABLE :imp:
    That’ll do for starters
    I can honestly say I’ve never experienced anything like it...it’s beyond powerful it defies belief :eek:
    The TORQUE and I mean TORQUE has to be experienced to be believed :eek:
    Greet BIG gobs of it everywhere throughout the range :grinning:
    Once past the ridiculous acceleration of first and second gear the engine finds strength like you wouldn’t believe :imp:
    No wonder people laugh on those YouTube videos :joy: it’s absolutely stunning :grinning:
    Triumph have pinched Scotty’s Dilithium Crystal’s or the Flux capacitor from Back To The Future :imp:
    The gearbox is like gravy it’s an absolute delight to use both up and down the box :cool:
    On the down shifts I like to blip the throttle and you can feel the bike rock ever so lightly when you do it :)
    The burbling from the engine when changing down or on the overrun is better than any rock band you can name :p
    The Avon Chrome tyres fitted to this bike are worthy of praise for just being able to forget about them and concentrate on everything else :grinning:
    They’re so confidence inspiring :)
    It was pissing down with rain and when it wasn’t the roads were still wet with hardly a dry line anywhere until we got closer to home :)
    They never tracked once :cool: just went where I pointed them :)
    Was worried about the fatness of them with regards to feeling sluggish or difficult to turn in and making the steering feel heavy :confused:
    Nope nothing to worry about :cool:
    They’re awesome :cool:
    Well done Avon :kissing_heart: 78B96F53-9C20-4500-A41B-2E587354BF16.jpeg
    I should mention that because of today’s weather I put CERBERUS into rain mode and left it all day :)
    I’m almost scared to think what this bike will be like in road mode or :imp: :imp: SPORTS MODE:imp::imp:
    How to sum up in one word :confused:

    FECKIN PHENOMENAL :cool:

    ok that’s two words but I don’t believe that one word could describe this bike it’s simply in a class of its own :cool:

    I’ve definitely made the right choice :grinning::cool::p
     
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  2. Wishbone

    Wishbone First Class Member

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    Great first write up Dilli. I can almost see your grin in my head:grinning:
    Guess it is a similar step up to what I experienced going from the 865 Speedmaster to the T120.
    Like you first ride was in Rain mode which was a bit underwhelming, but the torque available in Road, although a good bit less than Cerberus, sure put a smile on my face.
     
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  3. Easy Tiger

    Easy Tiger Elite Member

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    Wow! Brilliant write up Dilli, you've really sold it. ........ I WANT ONE :D
     
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  4. Tigcraft

    Tigcraft Unheard of Member

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    So after the honeymoon period let’s see how the buffalo settles down...
     
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  5. Tigcraft

    Tigcraft Unheard of Member

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    What in his tank or gut??
     
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  6. TEZ 217

    TEZ 217 Crème de la Crème

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    Great write up Dilli, I did tell them you was busy creating this masterpiece and that it would contains pics, well now they know :cool::cool:
    Next time you need a guinea pig to take you out on your first ride then gis a shout,:p
    But some advice marra, Take it easy please I'm worried about you even reading that write up o_Oo_O and because I was there,:bomb: and can say as the ride went on YOU PERSONALLY WAS DEFINITELY IN SPORTS MODE :heart:
     
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  7. dilligaf

    dilligaf Guest

    Aye I’m worried CERBERUS is gonna get me into trouble :imp::p
     
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  8. TEZ 217

    TEZ 217 Crème de la Crème

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    YEH ME TOO, IF I'M WITH YOU :heart::heart:
     
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  9. SleepyOwl

    SleepyOwl Crème de la Crème

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    Ok. This is the R3 cool Police here Dilli

    Much as I can relate to your enthusiasm for this fantastic bike , please dont EVER,EVER, EVER take a photo of CERBERUS in front of the Edinburgh Woolen Mill again. :scream::scream:

    You will have to respray your bike " hearing aid beige" if this happens again.

    Glad you enjoyed the rest of your ride :grinning::grinning:
     
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  10. Old phart phred

    Old phart phred Noble Member

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    Waiting on a phone call, when local dealer gets one in.
     
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  11. MadMrB

    MadMrB Elite Member

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    Nice one Dilli, so good to hear CERBERUS is living up to expectation :cool:

    Respect the Beast! :imp::cool:
     
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  12. Dartplayer

    Dartplayer Crème de la Crème

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    So happy for you Dilli, :cool: as others have said please take it easy and build into it. Good you used Rain mode to acclimatise. :party::party::sun: Loved the write up :p
     
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  13. Winglad

    Winglad Crème de la Crème

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    Dilli,

    that sounds like the perfect fit! I am very happy for you and can completely relate to your feeling of being overwhelmed by the sheer thrust, this bike delivers; I was about 25 when a friend lent me he his new Vmax for a spin. It also felt like being from another planet!

    But please take care! It might be riding like heaven, but somewhere in the drive-by-wire circuitry between throttle and fuel injection, the dark side planted a tiny devil... Keep an eye on him, will you?

    Godspeed!
     
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  14. MrOrange

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    Great write up, thanks. Did you have a ghost writer ??? :p

    Glad your lovin the bike:cool:
     
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  15. Callumity

    Callumity Elite Member

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    Shakespeare is alive and well and has traded in his doublet and hose for some leather jeans. We always suspected you had a literary bent. :worried:

    Are you still bedding down nightly in the garage? Cleaned all the little crevices?

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  16. DCS222

    DCS222 Guest

    Does it wheelie?
     
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  17. Adie P

    Adie P Crème de la Crème

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    Great write up Dilli. Man and machine as one - larger than life and full of character!

    Be safe.
     
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  18. dilligaf

    dilligaf Guest

    Not with me on it :scream:
     
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  19. Rspete

    Rspete Elite Member

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    It's the only bike I've ridden that you can feel a difference with the modes, sport mode is like turning it to 11 :laughing:

    Great write up dilli glad you enjoyed the bike and to quote the 44teeth review, there's nothing quite like the new rocket 3.
     
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  20. freck

    freck Elite Member

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    I get the impression that you like your new bike Dilli :p
    Congrats mate, Cerberus is a great looking bike and I hope you have some great times together; I’m sure it’ll only get better :grinning:
    Great write up BTW :cool:
     
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