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New Mon 28 Apr 25 11:33 
 Triumph Rocket - Bobby
Saw a neighbour bringing his new ish motorbike out the garage. A big beast of a thing.
A quick check with the number plates tells me it’s. Triumph Rocket III R.
A look on auto trader suggests a 2.5l engine but only 179bhp.

I know nowt about bikes but is this calculated in same way as a car engine cc and bhp?

Seems a huge size of engine to have on a motorbike. What is the point / benefit of that?
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New Mon 28 Apr 25 11:49 
 Triumph Rocket - zippy
Huge low down grunt / torque.

It probably doesn't have to work as hard as those souped up / highly tuned smaller engines and will sound much less "buzzy".

Last edited by: zippy on Mon 28 Apr 25 at 11:50
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New Mon 28 Apr 25 14:00 
 Triumph Rocket - Robin O'Reliant
Generally, the bigger the engine the more relaxing they are to ride. A 125 will do sixty, but your fillings will be in danger of ejecting.
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New Mon 28 Apr 25 14:36 
 Triumph Rocket - bathtub tom
>> Seems a huge size of engine to have on a motorbike. What is the point
>> / benefit of that?

Willy waving. I bet they can't pick it up if they drop it.
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New Mon 28 Apr 25 15:33 
 Triumph Rocket - smokie
When I used to go to Florida for the first American Le Mans series race of the season at Sebring mid March, we'd often stay in Daytona for a few days before going to the track, and some years the leftovers from Daytona Bike Week were still kicking around.

So one day my bike-mad Canadian mate and I walked past this parked-up thing called a Boss Hogg - a bike with a huge V8 engine. Massive intake of breath of his part - "Wow, you'll never see another one of those" he said.

Minutes later a pair of them obligingly chugged past us... :-)


Like this... 2 speed semi auto gearbox, plus reverse. This one is 8128 cc apparently!!

bosshoss.com/motorbike/limited-super-sport-big-block-bike/
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