Yes I have still got the 2005 Rocket, 20 odd thousand miles on it now, and its still going strong.It has never missed a beat and I have serviced it myself with the help of the Triumph manual and local Motorcycle shop. I wrote a review back in 2008 and thought I would just update it. This bike puts a very big smile on my face, it has lots of character, it is by no means perfect but my last bike that I traded in for it was a Kawasaki GTR 1400 and it was too perfect. This bike has loads of power everywhere in the rev range and is a real monster but has a very low centre of gravity so you can throw it around a bit. There are no hazard lights or flash and the horn is pathetic, one of the worst I have heard on any bike ever. The gearbox is not very smooth you just have to be precise and matched the revs with a blip of the throttle. The clutch is quite heavy but you get used to it, this bike prefers the open road. The seating position is great for a cruiser but I wanted to sit slightly forward so it wasn't quite so much of a stretch so I put a gel pad on the back seat and that did the trick and pushed me forward very slightly. Once you get used to the bike which takes a few hundred miles you can throw it around with ease, just take it easy when you first get on it or you might not get around the first bend. I can tell you that this bike handles incredibly well and goes around corners with ease if you show it who is the boss, I haven't managed to scrape the pegs yet and I have had it over pretty low (my other bike is a hyabusa so I like twisting roads). I have 600 miles on this bike now with no problems.
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