The Triumph Rocket III

2,300cc (140 cubic inches)

Made in England. Digital ignition via electronic engine management system, multipoint sequential electronic fuel injection with three throttle bodies, shaft drive, dry sump, liquid-cooled, aluminium block, double overhead cams, no congestion charge, emission- and sound-limited to 2007 European standards, one catalyser, one 1.5 kW starter motor, 2 [!] 5-spoke alloy wheels, 3 cylinders in-line, 5 gears, 6 spark plugs, 12 valves, 25 litre tank, 40+ mpg at 70 mph, 43mm upside-down front forks, 140+ foot pounds of torque at 2,500 rpm, 140 brake horsepower at 5,750 rpm, 140 cubic inches (2,298 cc), 140 mph (limited by electronic management system), 200+ mile range on the open road, 240mm rear tyre section, 316mm single disk/2 piston caliper rear brakes, 320mm twin floating disk/4 piston caliper front brakes, 776 cc per cylinder, 800lbs wet, the largest production motorcycle ever made anywhere in the world and yet still does 0-60 mph in under 4 seconds. Actual figures: standing 1/4-mile: 11.21 sec. @ 120.54 mph, 0-60 mph: 3.54 seconds, 0-100 mph: 7.2 seconds, top-gear roll-on 60-80 mph: 3.11 seconds...

But most of all it's comfortable, beautiful, easy to ride and gets me from A to B (often with a quite unnecessary detour via C, just for the fun of it) with a smile on my face whatever the weather.

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