GRAND Slam!
Jul 20, 2022
4 minutes
WORDS & PHOTOGRAPHY JOHN ROOTH
Honestly? I’d read the reports, talked to the testers, heard all the good guff and still, to me, the Rocket 3 looked like something Pixar drew up for Buzz Lightyear Does Drugs. That big rear wheel floating on the end of a bar, a front-end like a boxer’s nose, the solid trunk, hard on the eyes for someone who’s been riding since bikes had sprung seats.
And they call this one a GT? Hah! Grand Tourer? As in long days, big miles, comfort and luggage capacity. Flying backwards on a wheelbarrow really wasn’t going to crack the GT thing.
Maybe I mouthed too much because Triumph pulled out a demo and said ‘go find
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