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And Brian...sorry, but I don't see the problem with "Retuning for Torque"???




Dwight, I think you just like giving me a hard time.




Well, don't take it so personally there, Brian ol' boy!

If you've been payin' any attention at all, then you'll know that I give EVERYBODY a hard time 'round here, my friend.

(...especially when they're "wrong")

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Go back and read all the tests of the original RIII.
Ask everyone you know who rode one....




...which I have...ridden, that is...

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...None of them will say, "The Rocket III is a nice bike, but it's lacking in torque. The bottom end and mid-range is flat, only opening up at the top end."




Never implied that. Basically my point was: How much power(horsepower, that is) does one really need, especially in a "touring-type" motorcycle???

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Now why is it that you won't find the above description in any test or hear it from any tester?
Because....

they....

Did it right the first time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




EXCEPT for that "unfortunate" little matter of a TOO FAT rear tire on the "original", for IF you recall, Mr.Egan(the writer of this comparo) especially points to that as why HE wasn't especially looking forward to riding the R3T because he remembered how the wider rear tire on the original R3 made the bike "plow" through turns, BUT was impressed with how the narrower rear tire made the touring version handle MUCH better.

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You know how every time you work on your bike it seems there is one nut, screw, or bolt that is stubborn and uncooperative, is determined to cross-thread, strip, roll under your workbench, and generally cause you headaches?
I'm thinking of calling that fastener a Dwight.




Why, thank you! I like that!!! I'd be honored to have my name live on in perpituity once I shed this mortal coil of mine!!!

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)