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Gurren Ridin'
United States
Приєднався 24 лип 2016
Motorcycles! High speeds! Dumb ideas!
Based out of Austin, TX
My choice of 2 wheeled toys:
2011 Daytona 675R
2016 KTM Duke 390
2017 Ducati Supersport S
2014 Triumph Rocket III Roadster
2006 Suzuki DR650
2008 Triumph Sprint ST 1050 (Sold)
2003 Suzuki SV650S (Sold)
And for the days when it's too damn cold/rainy:
2008 Volkswagen GTI w/DSG
Cameras:
GoPro Hero 5
GoPro Hero 2
Sena Prism
Canon 70D
Microphones:
Sena 20S with boom mic
Rode NT-1
Software:
Final Cut Pro X
Motion
Audacity
Helmets:
Shoei RF-1200
Fox V2
HJC CL-17
Bell Star Carbon (retired)
Scorpion EXO-1000 (retired)
Based out of Austin, TX
My choice of 2 wheeled toys:
2011 Daytona 675R
2016 KTM Duke 390
2017 Ducati Supersport S
2014 Triumph Rocket III Roadster
2006 Suzuki DR650
2008 Triumph Sprint ST 1050 (Sold)
2003 Suzuki SV650S (Sold)
And for the days when it's too damn cold/rainy:
2008 Volkswagen GTI w/DSG
Cameras:
GoPro Hero 5
GoPro Hero 2
Sena Prism
Canon 70D
Microphones:
Sena 20S with boom mic
Rode NT-1
Software:
Final Cut Pro X
Motion
Audacity
Helmets:
Shoei RF-1200
Fox V2
HJC CL-17
Bell Star Carbon (retired)
Scorpion EXO-1000 (retired)
You know you’re stuff dude!! I could watch many more of these 👍🏻👍🏻
Now if I can just get the time and money to make them... 🤔
@@gurrenridin never say never mate!
Great review! I just bought a 2014 two weeks ago and I'm lovin' it. Came off of a '00 Bandit 1200s that I had for 18 years, but at 63 years old with arthritis and two knee replacement surgeries (same knee) I just couldn't handle the riding position any more. The R3 Roaster (Pun intended - that freaking pipe cooks my right leg!) with highway pegs is perfect. I do much of the maintenance on my bikes myself, so tire changes won't be costing me more than the price of the tires + mounting. I plan on installing Progressive 444's on the rear, new fork springs and the RAMAIR initake for starters. Looking forward to a long, meaningful relationship with it!
It’s basically a parade lap!!
I mean... it's basically the size of a parade float.
@@gurrenridin DONT YOU DARE TALK ABOUT YOUR MOTHER LIKE THAT!
Shared on BrotoGP. 😂😂😂
#incomingshitshow lol
This is crazy. On MotoGP... you guys on Xbox are 3 seconds faster than I am in the GP class. 1:56s to y'all's 1:53s.
I can volunteer my PS4 as the race director mule
Not sure how we'll work it but we definitely need race directors for both groups.
Gurren Ridin' might have to do it at your place since you’re broadcasting the stream
@@nickgost I'm good with that. Got a gig connection and a capture card I could run straight off the back in to OBS.
Gurren Ridin' yeah..... I don’t have either 😂 we’ll figure out the details this week
Mine is boring to watch - almost has a spectacular highside 😂
this is of course by far the best BIKE in the world !! it has everything a bike needs : power, beauty, torque, sound, quality ... etc etc ! I know what it this to have one, I did have one from 2012 till 2015 but being 70 and my wife not being ok with me riding it any longer ( had a accident with a stupid wife in a car not stopping at a STOP sign !! ) so I did sell it .... This is a bike man !! this is awesome !! thanks for your video, always so good to see testimonies and joy on the riders faces when viewing !!! One more ? here is mine yeah yeah : ua-cam.com/video/vbx7CPxgjNk/v-deo.html I had 8-10 liters per 100 km. but that is just the good price for joy and happyness !!!
Used to be a term they used "flickable".
No, no. Not with that bike.
I have a 2015 Rocket III Touring and I absolutely love the beast. It really is funny when it's parked next to an HD. The HD, which looked big before, suddenly seems to shrink into a mini-bike. And the power! Holy crap! I never get tired of the effortless power. The Touring actually weighs quite a bit more than the Roadster. In fact, it ways more than the published specs say because they added some things after the original Touring came out - such as running lights, crash bars, etc. The actual wet weight of the Touring is 906 pounds. But my panniers are loaded up with tools, etc., and when I take a trip with luggage and my wife on the back, we're talking 1,400 or 1,500 pounds rolling along. And it rolls along absolutely effortlessly. As for maintenance, changing the oil does require three plugs to be removed but that's no problem. One for the front of the sump, one for the rear of the sump, and one for the oil tank but their all under the bike near each other. I change my own tires which is a pain but it really isn't that hard to get the wheels off at all. Maybe the Roadster is different in that respect with it's larger rear tire. Of course, breaking the bead and actually changing the tires isn't exactly fun - especially since I don't have a tire changing setup. I do jack it up on a motorcycle floor jack that I got from Harbor Freight that works fine and I strap it on both sides with ratchet straps to machinery in my shop. It's solid on that setup that you can't budge the bike no matter how hard you try. Of course, I balance the tires. Great bike! I've travled across the country on it and never seen another one. People don't even know what it is.
The rear end of the bike is where the big differences are between the Touring and Roadster. The Roadster rear is a 240/50R16 that only a few companies make, and it makes the entire rear swing arm wider. Apparently the back end is filled with totally different part numbers from the Touring. Couple that with the fact that it doesn't use the detuned setup from the Touring and you've got a bike that not only is tougher to change tires on but needs all its maintenance more frequently. It's definitely a different beast. Glad you liked the vid!
Sounds like a winner to me
Seems a bit pricey for tires but if youre getting it done at a dealer its probably not out of the question. I just put 2 new tires on mine, $575 for the tires and $80 to change them. I took the wheels off myself so that saved a few bucks. It is a bitch getting the rear tire off and on I will say that. Also i get between 5000-7000 miles out of a rear but i do beat on the bike pretty hard so that certainly is something to consider.
You know it handles pretty well. Ok it's not meant to be a sports bike. That being said it handles pretty good. My worry is that you can never give it full power, Or you just cant slow down enough for the corners and then go to fast into them and your screwed once your past touching down onto tarmac. If sticky out bits and hot exhausts dont kill you. The weight of it will. Your an experianced rider, I wouldnt advise any novices to take the rocket on the track. Takes restraint from using its power for sure.
I've realized that my only option to get faster laptimes on CotA is to learn to take the turns like it's a flat track bike. There's more than enough power to break the rear out at will, lots of run off for going wide since it's a Formula 1 track, and not enough lean angle available since right after the pegs you apparently scrape engine block. I'll be spending as much time as I can in dirt to get used to tail sliding a bike then work on applying those lessons to a Rocket on the street. We'll see if I can do it ultimately.
I had one and it is the most fantastic road bike you can dream of !!! ua-cam.com/video/vbx7CPxgjNk/v-deo.html But yes it is NOT a sports bike so you have to handle it with love and tenderness hahaha ! Power enough, acceleration 1- 100 in 3 seconds, big thunder output ( TOR exhaust pipes ! ) this really is a fascinating bike !!! Thanks for your video, nice !
because it is such a heavy fantastic bike it has a very great INERTIA so yes it cann't ride like a sports bike that can lean in the corners as hell ... just physics !! then of course it is a very very stable bike on the road, kind of a oil tanker bike !! ;-)
Really enjoyed watching this video. Totally agree with the weight and sheer bulk of it, when have sorted mine out will find out for myself.
Oh yeah man it's a handful. Having had it and my Ducati both out on CotA the same day I can tell you it's a monster task to wrestle it through turns vs. a sportbike. Vid of the Rocket on the track is also up on my channel if you're curious what that's like. I had a lot of laughs doing it but lawdy I was tired afterwards.
High long term costs, really? I find it relatively cheap for what you get, sure tyres and oil are more. But the servicing is a 16000klm interval and the tyres will go close to that. I haven't used too many parts in 9 years, just a water pump, fork seals, valve cover gasket , a throttle grip, a fuse and a broken headlight from a rock thrown up by another bike. Thats all in 90000klms
Perhaps if I never opened the throttle more than a quarter of the way and did mostly high gear gentle miles I'd get the same results, but I bought the Rocket because I wanted a cruiser that wouldn't bore me to tears. I drive it about the same way I drive a sport bike: the throttle is open and the rear tire occasionally decides it's gonna take the scenic route before getting in behind me. No seriously, the guys I ride with have seen me keep up with sport bike packs through hard, fast sweepers as I grind off yet another set of peg feelers. (I've been through 4 pair in two years) Also if you check my most recent video and channel art it's been out on a professional MotoGP track for track day. That was the end of the most recent pair. TL;DR: I bought it to drive it hard, and I drive it hard no different than my other bikes. On that standard it is in fact monstrously expensive. Tires that are more expensive by 50% than even performance sport bike tires that I use for track days since the size is incredibly rare and only 3 manufacturers make them. On top of that I go through a rear every 2-3k miles; 160 lb/ft of torque shreds rubber when you use it. That's less than half the mileage I get out of a rear driving my Ducati. The gas mileage is about half what I get with my Ducati, about 1/3 what I get with the Duke 390 I've been playing with. Oil changes it requires 1.5-2x the oil most any other bike does, and I run it for a little less mileage since the Texas heat is rough on the engine. I burned a clutch pack at about 28k miles. I've never burned a clutch pack out on a bike that fast. Then I had to get the brakes bled and... literally could not get it done anywhere other than at an actual Triumph dealer. In fact it's the only Triumph I've dealt with that everything except an oil change basically has to go to the dealer, so that pushes labor and parts pricing up. In fact at an actual Triumph dealership it requires more specialized tech training and tooling than any other Triumph, and the techs _hate_ it so I've had more trouble with them fucking the job up than any bike I've owned. In fact it's sitting in the garage right now waiting for two tires (that's about $900-$1100 parts and labor alone), more clutch service (because apparently the fuel gauge wasn't the only thing they fucked up during the clutch pack install), and a valve job (another $800-$1000). So yeah... most expensive bike I've owned. Granted, it's fun, but in the only 10k miles I've owned it I've probably put close to half the amount my Sprint cost me in 40k miles of driving.
I get over 320klms (200 miles) + regularly from the tank. If you are going by the gauge, the light comes on when you still have a 1/3 of a tank left. I have checked these figures with a GPS etc and they are consistent over the last 8 years.
As I noted: "Around town" as in commuting in awful stop and go traffic or hooning around with friends on sport bikes. You're likely doing very gentle miles where you can sit in top gear cruising. On a trip to Arkansas I was able to pull 200 miles out of a tank, but then I can do the same on my sport touring Ducati with about 1.3 gallons less fuel. TL;DR: it gets far less mileage per gallon than any bike I've owned no matter how I'm driving it.
$1100. for tire changes? Wrong! Rear tire change is no big deal. If you go to the dealer you will get ripped off. Just put a car tire on the back and it will be 25- 30 thousand miles before it wears out. My last rear tire cost $120.
Gosh, never heard that suggestion before. Except for, you know, the last time it happened in these same comments. 🙄
@@gurrenridin Golly gee. Been on my Rocket for 10 years so yeah. Golly.
So your way of opening conversation with somebody that doesn't know you from Adam is to act like an asshole while bragging that you haven't been able to afford proper tires for your motorcycle for 10 years? Consider me underwhelmed.
Compared to other bikes in the same weight range, the R3 is king. No HD , no Goldwing or Yamaha interstate will come close in handling
you got that right, i luv my 2009 R3, guy on this one on vid not a good rider.....the R3 is not a docile bike...hates it if you treat it like that
@@candymintz lol k bro. Get out there and do better.
I think that 2nd gear needs some attention. Maybe the detent spring? Good effort
Yeah the first session earlier in the day it was perfect. It's only during that second session second gear started to foul up. Wouldn't be surprised if the Austin dealer managed to foul up installing the new clutch package bad enough that it's having issues already. It's gonna get some love in the next month or two along with a valve job and two new tires.
Hahaha awesome!
Hahah, thanks man! You'll have to come out for a track day some time. Maybe even drive on one. 😉
@@gurrenridin If I do, it won't be the Rocket 🤣 My balls aren't that big.
What clamp are you using for the helmet cam? It's not using adhesive correct?
Correct. It's a super sturdy clamp with soft sticky rubber teeth made by Dango Design. Took me a long time to find somebody who made what I wanted. It ain't cheap, but it works great. www.dango-design.com/
Awesome vid - really hope to see more from you soon! You can hustle that thing round pretty well. Makes me think I should take my Rocket 3 round a track.
Thanks! I'd recommend getting familiar with whatever track you intend to drive on a smaller bike first. Piloting the Titanic around a racetrack blind is not exactly a sport high on my list of preferred ways to wreck.
Good video Chris.... Audio was good and clear and your voice is easy to understand!!
awesome review man, just letting you know, I have had my rear tyre replaced here in Oz, it cost me $600.00 fitted, I have a 2016 R3 roadster same as yours i think, not sure whats going on there?. price of fuel well lets face it, its 2.3 litre .. Lol this bike is amazing, HD dont have anything that will come close.. LOL
In the video I was talking about two tires actually, probably shoulda clarified that. Derp. A rear alone runs me at least $500-600 USD installed at most shops I've talked to though as they seem to have trouble getting the damn things off if they're not used to them. Guess awesome has a price, right?
Cost about 800 for tires at my shop I average 200 to 225 out of a tank of gas valve adjustment every 20000 is expensive at about 7 to 800 best cruiser I've ever owned maintenance is a bit pricey but you get what you pay for
Thank you for your review that was excellent I get mine out of the shop Monday
Got a 2005 classic for 4500 coming out of the shop with that much in modifications
Glad you liked it. Working on getting set up to start making a bunch more of them.
Brillant vid. I have a 16 reg and come off the 1050 GT like yourself. Had sprint 4 years, Loved it and miss it. But compromised with partner. She,s small and wanted to be lower. But boy the power shocks. Open her up and hang on tight. Winter has kept me off her for now. Salt on roads. But soon be pounding those miles again. What you said i agree. Ive put plastic on throttle because my wrists ache. But cant wait to get out. Safe riding.
Haha, well the ST is a bit of a different beast from the GT. I tried the GT and didn't like it at all. Same engine with about 60-80lbs more weight. But yeah the Rocket makes the girls squeal along with being comfy, particularly now that I threw a Corbin saddle on it. It definitely gets a lot of attention across the board.
Awesome
Thanks, man! Now that I'm feeling more settled in to my new digs (and this video is my first to hit 1000 views) I need to start dropping more videos again. Keep your eyes open for more!
This is by far the best bike review of all time. Of any bike. Informative, funny, consistent, and fresh. I wish we could make this man review every bike on the market. PERIOD.
Load my pockets with enough money to _buy_ every bike on the market and your wish will be my command. ;-)
Great video! Wish I had one.
All it takes is money. Earn it and burn it!
I have a 2007 Triumph Rocket III Classic tour. I was terrified to ride it at first because the size and weight. After a few trips I realized this bike has incredible balance, except at slow speed.It feels a bit top heavy when slowing or stopping. I always get that left foot out quick when stopping. I find when I get up to speed now I do not notice the size. It does not feel big and heavy. Cracking open that throttle never ever gets old. I love this bike and will replace it with a newer one.
There's been rumors of a pretty big Rocket 3 revamp coming for 2018, so here's to hoping!
you should look at getting a new shop my last bike was a custom vtx1800 with a 285 rear tire. i could get both tires bought and installed at m shop for 600.
Well I don't have much of a choice in the matter _but_ to get a new one now seeing as I've moved to Austin. However, there's a total of like... 2 or 3 tire options available for the Rocket, so tires alone push 500-600 for a pair no matter where I look. I'm not expecting any miracles in that department. It's just an expensive bike to own, unfortunately!
Gurren Ridin' have you tried running a car tire? i did on the vtx for two years. got about 20,000 miles out of it. it was a little harder to push into curves and wouldnt carve as well but still ran great and never had an issue at speed through a turn. i only ran it on the rear
Nah. My solution is just to not use it as a daily driver since I have two other cheaper to run bikes. It's officially relegated to Friday and Saturday nights picking up chicks. 😁
I'll say it again...fuck.
Way to watch for those -kite- drone eating trees before flying, Charlie Brown. 👍🏻
Great vid. Nice review. I have a '13 R3T with the hopped-up downloadable (free) tune and pipes. Even two up is a thrill every time!
Yeah, I still need to get the tune done. #DatIntakeBackfire Just haven't had time recently with all the work on my Sprint and getting ready for my Austin move. Soon though... soon!
The tunes for a roadster require different parts, i.e. exhaust pieces or intake mods. The touring is detuned from the factory. The derestricting tune just brings it up to around the same power as the roadster.
Your commentary is absolutely brilliant,, well done sir!!
I work hard to bring you infotainment at its -worst- finest! 😄