The Yamaha Road Star Warrior Forum

Holy $#!+! I would not race a stock Rocket let alone that monster.

Seriously fellows. Like the look or not, I think the Cadman is doing you a big "heads up" if you run into that thing. I occasionally ride with a guy who rides a Rocket, I personally kinda like the look but regardless, him and I are both riding stock bikes. Maybe it's my *** throttle or the constant reminder of 2 kids to come home and feed either way, he out runs me.

I ride with a guy who just bought a rocket III and holy cow that bike is a monster!  He let me ride it the first day he had it and man-oh-man what a ferocious bike!  Now I have owned and ridden the crap out of a ZZR1200 (3rd fastest production bike) and the Rocket III is not that fast but it is really weird to be on a bike with my feet forward and sitting up straight and actually being afraid of giving it full throttle.  According to an article I just read (again) in Road Runner magazine, the Triumph Rocket III does the quarter mile in 11.85 seconds.  Any idea how a stock Warrior fares?  One thing I noticed about theRocket III immediately is that the power just keeps coming and coming with absolutely no sign of letting up.  I think the redline was 7K and it was pulling my arms off the whole time.  Now, with all of that being said (written), I kept asking my wife what she thouyght and she kept giving me the "eye" which I assumed meant that "no, you are not buying ANOTHER motorcycle!" but when my friend left, she said that the reason she gave me the "eye" was that she wanted me to stop asking her what she thought because "it was the most hideous motorcycle she had ever laid her eyes on".  I also hated the very high sitting position.  I guess I will be spending some bucks this summer improving the performance of my Warrior so I can be top dog in my riding group again!

I don't care what anybody says, that thing is pretty sweet.  I would love to ride it.  As for the looks of the thing, not everyone has the same taste-not my style but i would take it in a heartbeat.  (most people probably wouldn't like the looks of my old cafe racers, but I love them like i love the warrior)

I think it looks freaking cool!!!

But to challenge Busa's, and R1's is in my opinion a bad comparisson since it has 1 liter more than a Busa and 1.3 (or more than 2 the displacement) of an R1!!!

That compasisson makes no sense to me...

Put a compressor or turbo on a Busa or a ZX14 and they will leave it in the dust!

Hey Davidd, what Cafe racers do you have?

Love'em too... CB750's? or the original brit bikes?

I really do not care what the bike has for hp and or torque. It has got to be one of the ugliest bikes I have seen in a while.

Kinda like you strapped a set of forks on a Yanmar tractor engine and stuck a wheel on the back of it

TiltedHorizon:

Holy $#!+! I would not race a stock Rocket let alone that monster.

I would race him thru the Gap. No way that dump truck beats me.

I like it. It is one of a kind and the guy made it his own. The paint looks great, never seen the flames on carbon before. I like big and fast. I'm more impressed with a f350 doing 10 sec. 1/4 mile then a vette. I doing know if he can take a zx14 or a r1, only he knows for sure and the other riders. But take something big and make it go even faster is great in my book. More power to him.

Chris:

Too bad it's ugly as sin.  Looks like a 64 Beetle.

HEY!  I heard that!  Don't be talkin' trash about my car!

My cafe racers/old bikes (projects) include but are not limited to: 1973 Yamaha RD350, 1975 Yamaha RD350, Yamaha RD60, Honda CB550, HondaCB450, Kawasaki KH400-2 stroke three cylinders are cool, Yamaha SR500-single cylinder.  If I could focus on one of them I could maybe get one done.  I just sold a 1977 Kawasaki KZ750 two cylinder that was done, but like an idiot I didn't even get a picture of it after it was done.  Most of my money goes to the warrior and the 75 RD350 that i just bought this week, because it actually doesn't need a rebuild like most of my bikes.  Most of these bikes have been local barn finds and need alot of TLC-not worthy of pics yet.

I would like to ride it just to feel how it pulls.

That is 1 butt-ugly bike though.

Just the carbon fiber work alone, makes it sweet IMO. 

Well guys here are m thoughts for what they are worth.

1.  I like it.

2.  I would love to ride it.

3.  If the guy is a good rider he might just pull a win over the busa and kaw from a dead stop. But not on top end.