Feeling like a film star
The Triumph Rocket 3 turns heads like a film star – after all, it’s not every day you see a 2500cc motorcycle roll past. It was made special!
Triumph Rocket 3 GT
I have ridden a lot of striking bikes, but never one that has caused more of a stir than the Triumph Rocket 3 GT. It seems to attract attention wherever it goes – I had thumbs up from passers-by, requests to start the engine when I was parked, and at one point a road works crew downed their tools and stared at the bike when I stopped at temporary traffic lights (sorry about the delay caused). Someone even opened their car window to take a picture of the bike while overtaking me on a motorway.
But then again, this really IS a very special bike. It is the largest capacity production motorcycle with a whopping 2500cc triple engine. It produces 165bhp of power and 221Nm of torque. It weighs over 300kg. And it costs £20k. Not many bikes are that extreme in so many ways – and that’s why you don’t see too many on the roads.
Where to go?
To give this Grad Touring Goliath a run for its money, a proper road trip was in order. With the world shuttered up and sheltering from the Covid storm, foreign travel
