What have you done on your bike today?
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It was only a fan for show on the interceptor
she might have been last of the V8s but she wasn't blown 
Superchargers are expensive, higher maintenance, and increase heat and fuel consumption. Plus the Rocket is a relatively low revving engine. Limiter comes in at 7k. With a SC boost comes from revs. With a turbo it comes from throttle opening, so a turbo I think would be better suited to the characteristics of this engine.
A TTS Rotrex is £15 K fitted and I don't really need 340 bhp for a regular road bike. Given the size of the engine, a turbo should be able to achieve 250 bhp and 200 ft/lb from relatively modest pressure. That would be ample for me. I don't want a drag bike.
It was only a fan for show on the interceptor
“You know nothing…….”
You are too short to be the Hoff...I am the night rider... When you look at the night sky think of the night rider...
Not if you give him a piggy back
oh hang on, no that won't work either 
WTF would I want to be the Hoff you already have the cringe leather jacketNot if you give him a piggy back
Why is he wearing a jacket printed with an image of a ruptured scrotum?
Is that fashion? Should we all be wearing one?
That looks like your head Noobs with a stuck on beard popping out of a ruptured scrotum
I meant you as the arse end - not all of himWTF would I want to be the Hoff you already have the cringe leather jacket
Whoa.Nah buddy you are are enough arse for everyone here
He loses time occasionally, sometimes months or even years but that's simply a disability.
Don't be harsh.
That is a hiddeous dog's dinner.
There was a bloke at the Rocket 3 day at Elvington back in the summer who'd turbo'd his. Running a modest 4 PSI on stock injectors he's still getting 200 bhp and recorded the fastest speed on the day. And the system looks really neat. He's used the stock headers. I wouldn't myself because they're very restrictive. So it would mean a custom-built exhaust. But nevertheless a well considered turbo doesn't have to look like a bird's nest and the Rocket's longitudinal configuration is particularly suited to it because the plumbing is short and on the side of the engine to start with, and when the stock end can and its massive cat is removed you get a perfectly positioned hole under the swinging arm pivot where you can tuck away the impellers.
I believe the work was done by JKR Racing.
This bike was sold recently. If it had been available when I bought mine I might have bought this one.
What do they run stock Bhp?
You really didn't like being his arse did youNah buddy you are are enough arse for everyone here
Nah it's horrible I'm not used to it like youYou really didn't like being his arse did you
I suppose it just becomes second nature after 80 years
Would be better with equal length headers
although uneven pulses to the turbo won't be too detrimental.
Went to the storage unit to take off the Supersport fairing ti find the key for the unit, so arranged for the boss to be there ti open it for me.
Before starting I thought I’d have a quick look, and there it was - just reached in and retrieved it. Fucking hell I was an hour looking for it when it happened. Unbelievable.
Anyway, I went to start it but not enough battery, so I’ll have to whip the fairing off anyway to get ti it.
Going to play golf now.
Before starting I thought I’d have a quick look, and there it was - just reached in and retrieved it. Fucking hell I was an hour looking for it when it happened. Unbelievable.
Anyway, I went to start it but not enough battery, so I’ll have to whip the fairing off anyway to get ti it.
Going to play golf now.
167 bhp at the crank. 180 on the 2024 Storm models simply by raising the rev limiter.
There are numerous electronic restrictions built into the stock bike. Custom mapping alone can take them to 170 bhp at the wheel and ditching the highly restricted exhaust system releases even more, but options there are currently very limited. There are various decat end can options but the restriction is in the headers - hence why I thought if you have to custom build an exhaust system you may as well add a turbo.
A naturally aspirated engine with an unrestricted exhaust and a custom map should be good for 200bhp and 170+ ft/lb at the wheel, but you'd probably want to fit forged pistons and bigger injectors.
The TTS supercharger kit makes 340 bhp at the wheel with new pistons and a revised camshaft, but they make no changes to the transmission, clutch or final drive as it has proved to handle it with ease.
But maintenance and running costs are higher with a supercharger and it's a £15K job, ride in/ride out, which is nearly what I paid for the bike.
Cor blimey Guvnor !
I know we all have differing levels of skill and riding styles but for me the sweet spot is somewhere between 90-120 bhp. My old Monster has 90 odd and I can ride that flat out and really enjoy it without feeling out of control but my 150bhp Multi has way more than I need or use on a regular basis.
Yesterday you said 250 bhp would be ample for you on the road, fair enough but I wonder if you should also add a shopping basket to carry your unfeasibly large testicles ? Copyright Buster Gonad obvs.
Oh, hark at tetchy Hoff's Botty Boy - no where near 80 years but I'm that good at it you'd think soNah it's horrible I'm not used to it like you
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Power figures are relative. It depends what kind of bike they're paired with. Coming from 100 bhp you'd have no problems at all with the Rocket. It's a very easy bike to ride. Totally controllable, even the weight. You need to be more positive with counter-steer in slow tight turns but otherwise it flicks around like a bike half it's size. And it feels utterly planted and rock-solid stable, even on loose surfaces believe it or not. Like most Triumphs the suspension is pretty stiff though.
Both an X and V4 Diavel will out accelerate it through the gears because they rev higher, spin up faster and have less weight. But they won't have it 0-60 (2.7 secs) or in top gear roll-ons. What the Rocket gives you like no other bike is a gargantuan sense of shove with just a sniff of throttle. But it's not in any way scary, just immensely pleasing.
250 bhp and 180 odd lbs if torque would be a bit more serious but wouldn't be any more brutal than a 180 bhp supernaked or sports bike. And less flighty and it won't rear up on to the back wheel. If you pin the throttle in the first three gears it won't spit you off the back, it'll just smoke a £300 rear tyre. But so will a Diavel or a big inch Harley with less power.
And a turbo will only give you what you ask for. Don't crack the throttle and you don't get the boost.
Get yourself a Rocket and go and paint some black lines.
Indeed, torque is what shoves you forward, power is just the multiplication of torque and speed and isn't a measure of apples and apples. Think of a tractor with 100 hp and the try pulling a plough with your 600 cc sportsbike
What colour is the tractor?Indeed, torque is what shoves you forward, power is just the multiplication of torque and speed and isn't a measure of apples and apples. Think of a tractor with 100 hp and the try pulling a plough with your 600 cc sportsbike