way
your md takes
you -
though cruiring
in
the
fast lafle at
a chilled-out 80
mph in top
gear with the tach needle stuck
on
the 3000-rpm mark
is
the bike's
natural habitat.
Brill,andy conceived,
completey unique, outrageously
engineered, and buEing
with bling, this
hopped-up triple is
a sure-fire
hit that's fun to ride, and
will be satisrying
to
own
-
and,
iust
as with the
Bonneville, what we're seeing
here is
the start of a family
of Rocket lll
models, with a sfeet draS-
ster liket to b€ next on the
horizon.
Cll
the
large tore size in maximazin8 .ombustion
and enhancine
Aride from the long
l0,00Gmile servi.e intervdls for what
is a comparatjvely low-stressed
engine, the
Rocket lll is also
surprisinSl),
fruSal, deliverinS a
plus-200
mile
rdnge from the
6.2-gallon
{uel tank
-
thank to th€
emcient combunion of d)e
twin-plu8 cylinders, and the
optimized mixture
flow and fuel
mapping ob6ined
via $e Keihin EFI'S twin butterflies
in each
throttle My. One
of those is operated
normally by the light-
action
throttle, the other by the ECU accordan8
to
ge-ar
sele
