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Guys & Gals I have sinned! I went down to my local Triumph dealer today & I now have a brand new Rocket!  which I pick up next Saturday  Can I still come on the forum? I don't know what happened, one minute I was on a Speedmaster, the next I was testing a rocket  & he gave me £4000 part ex on a new rocket & I only paid £5250 for the speedie 2 years ago! Please say I can stil play in your garden  It is a Triumph & it is a cruiser!! P.S I can't stop grinning!!!
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SURE you can, Martyn!
Now...if I were you, I'd check out that new OTHER website(www.rocket3.com) right away. But I hear those fellas over there are a pretty quiet and secretive bunch.
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Dwight
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Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Hi Greg I hope not as I have signed the paperwork & got my registration number!
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It's O.K. Martyn, I too, have been dealing with the same temptation for a while now (ever since I test rode one last fall) . It's only a matter of time 'til I succumb to the irresitable draw of all that torque.
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Guys & Gals I have sinned! I went down to my local Triumph dealer today & I now have a brand new Rocket!
At least you will now be able to (just) keep up with Adey & me on the fast blue America's (if he still rides his!)
Congrats on your new ride! Come on, tell us what colour it is, does it have the blacked out engine, off road pipes etc!
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Come on, tell us what colour it is, does it have the blacked out engine, off road pipes etc!
Hey Shaun, it's the grey one ...
Lovely looking bike.
I hope Martyn gets the off-road pirpes - they sound great!
I'm not telling him about the tyre life though ...
I doubt he'll be doing many baltic trips
Truth be told, if, 6 months ago, I had got a more favourable responce from my insurers, it would be a Rocket parked next to the America right now, not a Scrambler ..
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Hi Nobby It's the Graphite colour, with the silver engine & chrome camcovers, 2005 model. Looks better with the silver engine in that colour. I promise I won't go to fast when we go out! but I can't promise as I did have the faster bike before.. the Speedmaster I am just looking at all the goodies you can get!!
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Bollox now I haven't got the fastest one anymore (again...)
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Congrats. I love to get one, but I wonder what the MPG is.
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Congratulations Martyn! I hope you're still going to Asendorf this summer? I mean, you can have some extra half hour coffee brakes now and then while waiting for the rest of us to catch up...
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Hi Bengt Wouldn't miss the meet in Germany for anything, ferry tickets already booked & I am also coming to Sweden in August with Jackie, it should only take me a day to get to the bridges this time
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I don't know what happened, one minute I was on a Speedmaster
The things people do, cos there bike aint as fast as an America Nice choice though Martyn, more spending money needed 
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Hi Jan It looks like it will be you & me camping on our own in Germany! On the bright side.. we will get to the bar first!!
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I heard that Ray!.. you better make sure that Rocket3 badge on your sissy pad is stuck on well or it just might find itself on a Graphite coloured bike!!!
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I'm waiting for the full dresser Rocket. I would keep the America though. She'll always have a place in the garage.
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Sorry Martyn,
I thought this was some kind'a April Fools joke or somethin', earlier.
Congrats on the new bike. Those babies are great for long distance cruising, especially two-up.
About a week ago as I was pulling into a restaurant's parking lot on my BA in Hermosa Beach CA and ran across a guy by the name of Al who was riding a red RocketIII. We of course started talking Triumph and I told him about this website.
Ironically, he also(like Yours Truly)lives and works in SoCal(Santa Ana) and has just bought a new house to retire to shortly in northern Arizona(Williams AZ, in his case...the railhead for the Grand Canyon Railway) and said he's ridden three or four times between his SoCal house here and his other place in AZ on the RocketIII(about 400 miles each way), and reported it perfect for that kind of high-speed Interstate riding.
Enjoy! And as always....rubber-side down Dude,
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Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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No Problem Dwight, thats what the wife thought, when I sat down to sign the paperwork for the bike!
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Sorry to chirp in
I am from Irvine So Cal and always looking for good guys to ride with.
What long rides do you do on Sundays ?
Occasionaly we ride up to Hells Kitchen on Ortega Freeway but am looking for different rides
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Clive,
Welcome to the site.
I actually live in the South Bay, but often ride up to the Rock Store or up Angeles Crest to Newcomes for a Sunday scoot. Been a while since I've ridden Ortega Hwy, but if you'd like to get together soon for a ride, send me a private message here one day, and I'll see what we can cook up.
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Dwight
(it seems with all the new SoCal people arriving everyday, I think it just may be a good idea for me to set up some kind of gathering and ride around here pretty soon)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Cool, that blacked out engine sure is an improvement! Be careful with all that HP.
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And how long has it been since your last confession? For your penance say 30 hail marys and carry all of shaun's gear for the next year. 
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Truth be told, if, 6 months ago, I had got a more favourable responce from my insurers, it would be a Rocket parked next to the America right now, not a Scrambler ..
I know EXACTLY what you mean, Adey!!! This lament o' yours(and MINE) just goes to show ya that...LIFE AIN'T FAIR!!! 
Ya remember back when these Rockets first appeared on the market, and those "bright boys of Hinckley" GAVE ONE AWAY to that little freakin' Scientologist TOM CRUISE??? 
Well...DO YA, HUH???!!! 
Yeah...like HE COULDN'T AFFORD to buy his own!!!!!
Well...I'M better lookin' AND taller than THAT little twit(no problem HERE with gettin' BOTH FEET down on ground at stop-lights), so WHERE the HELL is MY FREE ROCKET III...HUH, MR. BLOOR???!!! 
Cheers,
Dwight
(and EVEN THOUGH I haven't appeared on the stage since playing Macbeth in high school back some 38 years ago in that stupid Drama Class, I THINK I could STILL probably act better than that clueless jerk does, TOO)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Was getting confused, thinking why didn't Martyn go up north on rocket, then realised, date on site is a year behind!!!!
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Clive, First, welcome. I used to live somewhat near you, in El Toro... about 25 years ago! Moved to Montana in '81. Second, you'll probably get a better response if you start a new thread with your question. I can't move your post into a new thread without moving every response after yours.
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Thinking ahead - something I try not to do too much of because it makes my brain hurt - suppose next year that Triumph bring out the speculated mid-range cruiser, and suppose some of us decide that we want one: if we start one-by-one to migrate to Rocket IIIs and "Baby Rocket" (or whatever the mid-range is called) how long do we, at what point do we, as a group, become more triumphcruiser.com as opposed to bonnevilleamerica.com? And does it even matter?
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That's a very good question, Sigmund. I think that one has to go all the way to the top office. Technically speaking the name of this site became obsolete in 2003 with the addition of Speedmasters and the dropping of "Bonneville" from the Americas. The short answer is that all of them are welcome. The long answer is a bit more complicated. I think we'd only start adding forums for Rocket IIIs and the Baby Rocket as they were needed.
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Yeah - don't forget - I'm getting the 1st round in...
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A really nice ride is up I5 to 126 and west to Fillmore. Nice little town with a great open air restaruant (Fillmore Cafe) and a very interesting switching yard full of vintage railroad equipment. They do excursions on weekends. http://www.fwry.com/
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For your penance say 30 hail marys and carry all of shaun's gear for the next year.
Don't know about the hail mary's, but if Martyn & Jan (Beamer23??) carry everyone's tents over to Germany, they could be setting them up while the rest of us make our way sedately down!
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Truth be told, if, 6 months ago, I had got a more favourable responce from my insurers, it would be a Rocket parked next to the America right now, not a Scrambler ..
I know EXACTLY what you mean, Adey!!! This lament o' yours(and MINE) just goes to show ya that...LIFE AIN'T FAIR!!!
Or is it that I'm tight?
I heard of a guy who was in a similar position to me (not enough no claims discount) but he got insurance by paying £600 ($1050) per year.
I'm currently paying half that for two bikes.
I wanted the Rocket after the first pics and even changed to the America after reading the Rocket was a cruiser.
I managed to test ride it the day after they had it at the dealer's and they even loaned me one for a day while my America was having the 10,000 miles service.
I hate the way insurance companies know they have you by the short and curlys and charge what they want.
When Martyn called me, I said I'd keep the America but would consider trading the Scrambler for the new mid-sized cruiser when it comes out.
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Thinking ahead - something I try not to do too much of because it makes my brain hurt - suppose next year that Triumph bring out the speculated mid-range cruiser, and suppose some of us decide that we want one: if we start one-by-one to migrate to Rocket IIIs and "Baby Rocket" (or whatever the mid-range is called) how long do we, at what point do we, as a group, become more triumphcruiser.com as opposed to bonnevilleamerica.com? And does it even matter?
Just a thought
Yeah but Siggy, this site is called bonnevilleamerica.com
We have Speedmasters in abundance here.
Should they go start their own bonnevillespeedmaster.com site too?
It's a minefield aint it?
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Sinned? Getting a HD would have ben a sin....you still remain in everyones good graces.
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oh no martyn, does that mean the speedmaster v america banter between you adey and nobby at rallies is going to stop now  Well done mate, enjoy your new ride.
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No Dave, I will still back you on the Speedie banter! but now they won't be able to argue about the Rocket/America even when carrying all of Nobby's rubish (sorry I meant kit)
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No Dave, I will still back you on the Speedie banter!
Dave, that makes two of us, at least on the Germany rally.
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