Triumph Rocket 3 R/GT 2020: Xe máy nhưng có động cơ ôtô? | Đường 2 Chiều

Hello everyone, welcome back to the street of Hai Trieu. Right now, I'm at the showroom of Triumph Hanoi. And standing right next to me is a car that is a bit out of date due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It's the Triumph Rocket 3. And I don't think I need to explain much more. This is an extremely hot car, so today we decided to bring back the previous format of the street of Hai Trieu. It's the two of us making a car together. Please welcome Duc Thao Dai to join us. Hello everyone. Today, we are at the showroom of Triumph Hanoi. And there are two cars here. We will introduce to you the Triumph Rocket 3 R and the Triumph Rocket 3 GT. And let's talk about the price of these two cars. The Rocket 3 R is priced at 869 million VND. And the Rocket 3 GT is priced at 899 million VND. And let's see if these two cars are worth the money we spent on them. Let's get started. Here I have the Rocket 3 R 2020 version. It was launched in August 2019. A few months after the Rocket 3 TFC Limited version. This morning, there was also a TFC version here. Unfortunately, I arrived a bit late. Some of the guests were already here. So today, I will only make the R version and the GT version. This version is a version that can be called a refresh after almost 10 years. Triumph forgot the name of this Rocket 3. Let's go back in time a bit. The first Triumph Rocket 3 was launched in 2004. And it created a brand. And until now, this car can still be maintained. It is a commercial motorcycle with the largest engine capacity in the world. Almost 2,500 cc. At the time of 2004, it won a lot of other competitors. For example, Honda VTX 1,800 or Kawasaki Vulcan 2,000. The name Rocket 3 was named after a car of a British car manufacturer. It is the BSA Rocket 3. And you may ask why the name of another car manufacturer. In fact, the BSA Rocket 3 is the Triumph Trident. It was also produced at the same time. It's just a different brand. So that's the history. Is there anything interesting about this car? Let's find out. And the first thing I want to go to is the design. The Triumph Rocket 3 is a series called Power Cruiser. Just by hearing this, you can imagine an extremely aggressive car, right? And obviously, the design of the Rocket 3 is the same. We can see the inspiration from the super huge design. To the smaller details. For example, the headlights look very cool. The lines near the wheels on the gas tank. And especially, the engine block is almost 2,500 cc. It's extremely big here. Extremely eye-catching. As a car model with such a violent engine block, obviously, when you look at the car, the engine block will be the first thing that will hit people's eyes. So the difficulty here is how to design the engine to harmonize with the overall design of the car. And obviously, the Triumph Rocket 3 on the R side has done a great job. You can see that the engine is really a part of the car. It doesn't look messy. It doesn't look too rough compared to the overall design of the car. There is a rather interesting piece of information. This machine is a trailer. That is, the engine will also be part of the frame. So we can see that, obviously, the design, the engine and the overall design of the car are in harmony. And one more detail in the design of the Triumph Rocket 3 that I also pay attention to is the rear bumper. It looks very sporty, very modern. In general, in terms of overall design, I think this Triumph Rocket 3 is big, rough, but not too rough. It looks very eye-catching. I really want to buy it. But the price is not very good, so I can't buy it. And now we will go deeper into the equipment, the details of this engine block. Let's see what's inside. Right from the front of the car, we can see the headlight right here. And to talk about the headlight system on the Triumph Rocket 3, all of them are equipped with LEDs. I want to talk a little more about the design of this headlight. It is quite similar to the Rocket that was produced before. However, it is different in that the other Rocket only has a halogen light inside. As for the new version of the Rocket 3, we have LEDs, then we have the design of the lights around with the letter T logo in the middle. It is much more careful and beautiful. In addition to that, we definitely see a very large and large beam here. And both the front and rear beam of the Triumph Rocket 3 are used by SOWA. The front will be upside down with a 47mm mirror, and the rear will be monoshock. Both of these beams can be adjusted. Next is the front and rear fenders are all equipped with Brembo fenders. Especially the front fenders, we can see that we have a double plate with a 320mm mirror. And this Brembo fender is Brembo M430 Stylema. And this fender is usually used on high-performance cars, such as Panigale V4. You can see how good this fender is. And there is one more special thing, we have Cornering ABS technology at the front and rear to make us safer when cornering. Let's talk about the front and rear fenders. They are both using Avon Cobra Chrome. And here we notice that there are tiger-shaped patterns on it. The front and rear fenders are 150mm and 240mm in size. The frame of the car is also made of very light alloy, with the front and rear sizes of 17 and 16 inches. Let's talk about the top part. We will talk about the watch, but the most important thing is that it is already activated. There is no need to disassemble the mechanism, it's very cool. Here we have a full electronic watch with the lights around it. And if you notice, this watch is quite similar to Triumph Scrambler 1200. Here it shows quite a lot of necessary information, such as the number of laps, speed, and gear. The number is here. In addition, around here, there are buttons to adjust the car. This is certainly not too strange. This is the cruise control button. This is the button to adjust the menu above. And for convenience, there are four driving modes in the display menu. The first is the rain mode. The second is the road mode. The third is the sport mode. And we will have a mode for the rider, that is, the driver customizes the traction control or ABS. You can adjust it yourself in this mode. In addition, one of the most outstanding features on this Triumph Rocket 3 is the U-Hold. It is a system that helps us stop and park on the slope. Below, we will have a tank designed with a lot of sharp lines. A very large tank, somewhere around 20 liters. I think this is quite reasonable because our car has a 2.5-liter engine. If it was a big tank, it would definitely be like that. Next, we will go to the cabin. However, I want to show you a little bit below, the rear compartment. This is a very special thing. This car is not powered by a chain or a Cora cable, but it uses a clutch and gear system. This is a transmission system that we often see on cars. And this can be considered the best transmission system on motorcycles now. You can see that it is very tight. So when we use and operate it, we will not have a case of being stuck, it will protect our transmission better. However, the disadvantage of this transmission system is that it is very expensive, it is very heavy, and when you say that you need to replace it, it will definitely be expensive, and the price is not easy to afford. However, it will bring us a much higher level of stability, and at the same time, it will be very suitable for cars with large cylinder blocks like this. Finally, I want to talk about the chassis. Here we will have a chassis with a height of 773 mm. It sounds like it will be suitable for Vietnamese body type. However, I will not say that part quickly. I want to introduce this part first. This part is made of very soft leather. It is really very soft, and the grooves on this part are very well made. The part of the back seat may be a little hard, but it will not be as comfortable as the front seat. Now I will try to sit on it. Let's see how it looks when sitting on this bike with a height of 1.70m like me. Here, it will look like this, guys. I'm sure the bike will swallow me. I'm quite small for a bike like this. And you can see that I have to stand like this, although the height is only about 780 mm. In fact, due to the design of the saddle which makes us have a more comfortable sitting area, it means that we have to spread our legs like this. For someone with a body like me, this bike is very difficult to ride. Right from the beginning, Triumph Rocket 3 is aimed at the US market. For those who have a tall, big, and stylish body, this bike is very suitable. For those who are as small as me, it may not be very suitable. Sometimes it is quite difficult to control the bike. This bike has a dry weight. It's just dry, guys. It's almost 300 kg. It's about 290 kg. I don't remember exactly. This R version is lighter than the GT version, which is 3 kg. Although it sounds like that, if compared to the previous version, the new materials on the bike have made the total weight of this bike 40 kg lighter than the previous version. Can you imagine? The previous version, if you put everything in it, it must weigh about 360 kg. It's extremely terrible. This bike is much lighter. However, it also needs a person who is 1.8 meters tall like Duc Toc Giai and a little fatter to ride this bike. That's about the design and equipment. As for the details of the engine and how the feeling of running is evaluated, I will leave it to Duc Toc Giai. Now we will come to the part that can be said to be the age of this Rocket 3. In the latest version I have here, this is an engine with a displacement of 2,500 cc, exactly 2,458 cc, and has 3 cylinders, Rocket 3. This number 3 is not just Rocket 3, 3 cylinders, but on this bike it is still Rocket 3, Rocket 3, the 3rd generation. The number 3 has a lot of meaning. And this engine will produce a maximum output of 165 horsepower, as well as the maximum torque on the market now, on commercial bikes, is 221 Nm. To talk about the torque of this bike, I will put a graph dyno somewhere around here. This bike, Torque comes in very early and right from the time of about 2,500 rpm, its torque is over 200 Nm and it will pull up to 5,750 rpm, then it starts to go down. And even at 7,000 rpm, the torque of the Triumph Rocket 3 is still kept at 160 Nm. And because this engine has such a terrible pulling force, so the number box of this Triumph Rocket 3 has been modified a bit to give the rider a softer, smoother feeling, and reduce the feeling of shaking your eyes when driving the bike. As I mentioned earlier, this bike, compared to its previous version, is lighter by 40 kg. And why is it so light? First, we have to mention the new engine. The new engine has a new crank, which is lighter by 11 kg. And in addition, there are new materials or a new frame material, which will make this bike lighter than the previous version up to 40 kg. One thing I forgot to mention about the engine of this Rocket 3 is that a lot of people who have experienced this bike say that the number box of this bike is too fragile because the bike is too strong and we only need to run to the number 1. We don't need to go to the number. Unfortunately, today we can't have a demo bike to try and share the riding experience of this Triumph Rocket 3 with you. And if you follow the brand, they said that by April, we will have a bike. Until then, let's wait and see how this bike rides. And now, let's talk about the differences between the two versions, Rocket 3 R and Rocket 3 GT. What are the differences? The name Rocket 3 R means Roadster. And GT means Grand Touring. Hearing the name, you can tell the difference between these two bikes, right? On the GT version, we will have a handlebar that will be closer to the rider to help us have a more comfortable sitting position when riding long distances. And to have a more comfortable sitting position, the second point is the footrest set in Forward Control style. That is, our feet will be pulled and we will have a little tiring and extremely relaxing journey. The third difference is the fairing. On the Rocket 3 R version, this fairing will not be equipped. However, if you want to install more fairings, it is completely possible. Very easy. And the fourth difference is the backrest that can adjust the height. And this is an equipment that is really necessary for the rider. Obviously, the Rocket 3 GT version is a service bike for long trips, long distances. And the Rocket 3 R Roadster is more suitable for young people like us. Young people only, but there are more than 800 million to buy a bike. The fifth difference, the last difference on these two bikes is the frame design. On the Rocket 3 R, you can see more clearly on the back, because it has a frame. The frame will be painted black. And on the Rocket 3 GT version, the frame will be molded. It will be more eye-catching. We have shared with you the highlights on the Rocket 3 R and Rocket 3 GT models. In terms of design and equipment, I think that the Power Cruiser is really great. And compared to the previous versions, this version is more modern, more youthful, and much more aggressive. The equipment is also very good. I really like the cornering ABS. How about you, Duc? Do you think the engine is good? In general, when it comes to the engine, you have to wait until you touch it and experience this bike on the road to be able to give an accurate assessment. But I can't help but be excited about an engine with such a big engine, especially a 3-cylinder engine. I'm riding a 3-cylinder bike, so I can't help but be excited about this bike. I really look forward to the day when I can test it and share my experience with you. Do you think the Rocket 3 R and Rocket 3 GT are worth the price of 869 million and 899 million or not? Please leave your comments below. If you want us to do something with this bike, please leave a comment below so that we can do it again. Thank you for watching this video. Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe to 2Street. Goodbye for now. See you in the next video. Peace! This is 2Street Indy!