What bike do you want today?

[HYPERR]

I want to ride this again.

The styling of Japanese cruisers back then were very unique and they looked great! Nothing like the cookie cutter chopper wannabes being produced by Harley and other manufacturers today.

[BRUMBEAR]

That there machine was my only transportation when I first got home from the Army back in the old days ya know when phones had cords. I had an 84 V-45 Magna Andromeda Red LOVED THAT BIKE!!!!!

[sapaul]

I want to ride this again, just sooo suits my riding style

[totalmotorcycle]

I want to ride this again.



And, of course, I'm trusting after that beautiful V7 Stone.

I really loved the looks of the Magna series myself as well and owned a V30 Magna for a very short time. Now I own a V7 Stone and love it to bits. Go Guzzi

Mike

[Wrider]

It's snowing here... So yeah I want a Ural today! Preferably one with a M240B mounted on the sidecar.

[BRUMBEAR]

http://www.chang-jiang.com/bmw/motor.html
have a look at this W

[JackoftheGreen]

So it's amazing the way seeing a bike in person can change your feelings about it COMPLETELY.

I went through a six month love affair with the V-Max, then I saw one in person and realized just how small they are. I've been over them ever since.

And the flip-side of that -- Carrie and I both have seen the Triumph Rocket III here on TMW and never really took an interest...



Then we saw one of these in the parking lot of a local grocery store yesterday and we're HOOKED.

[totalmotorcycle]

So it's amazing the way seeing a bike in person can change your feelings about it COMPLETELY.

I went through a six month love affair with the V-Max, then I saw one in person and realized just how small they are. I've been over them ever since.

And the flip-side of that -- Carrie and I both have seen the Triumph Rocket III here on TMW and never really took an interest...

Then we saw one of these in the parking lot of a local grocery store yesterday and we're HOOKED.

I know exactly what you are going through. I also fell in love with the V-Max (gen 1, not Gen 2) and still look at them very fondly, but they are just too small to fit me (and so is Gen 2 to my disappointment). The Rocket III is a very underappreciated roadster, it's excessiveness it what defines it... it's too much in engine, too much weight, too wide, too bulky but somehow it just works... unfortunately for me, I may have the height and space to ride it, but I the bulk of the bike makes me look like a toothpick on it. But it's hard for me to not love a naked bike full of engine.

I've read a great review about it in the UK and I remember the line (I'm paraphrasing here) "Every motorcyclist needs to experience riding a Rocket III in their lives, even if it's on their bucket list, as there is nothing else like it on two wheels".

Mike

Mike

[NorthernPete]

Hey mike, just noticed that the bike you wanted was the bike you gotted. Lol

[JackoftheGreen]

The Rocket III is a very underappreciated roadster, it's excessiveness it what defines it... it's too much in engine, too much weight, too wide, too bulky but somehow it just works...

I feel you on the excessiveness part, Carrie and I have a tough time because the only bike we've found that fits nicely in the in-between zone is the Shadow 1100, the next nearest is the Boulevards with their 90s and we consider that just a tad too big. But now here we are looking at a 2.3, LoL...

Anyone know what kind of fuel mileage those Rocket IIIs get?