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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 เม.ย. 2017
- please note we have done a much more detailed video on this bike
• Best sounding bike eve...
No commentary on this one......concentrating too hard on right foot gearchange, 45 year old suspension and drum brakes, but what a fantastic and glorious bike.
And an engine note from the gods - ตลก
Never again will motorcycles like this be built, pure fun ..
What a beautiful bike and sound from the Rocket 3!
The most beautiful bikes where still built at that time(60’s-70’s)!
Greetings from the Netherlands!
I’m not a motorcyclist but I found myself enjoying this as much as the rider 😂
Those three cylinders were all the commentary I wanted to hear.
Biggerbadwolf I will be forever ashamed of the bad word I called it when I stalled it ..... I will go to hell for that 👹
@@mikefry6765 You're forgiven for riding it right.
In September of 1968, the Rocket 3 went on sale, along with the Triumph Trident, Honda 750, Norton Commando and Kawasaki 500. Every one of these bikes was quicker and faster than any mass production bike for sale the year before. Never had there been such a jump in performance across the board in everyday production bikes. What a year!
And the Rocket 3 was the fastest clocking 131.8 mph during speed distance tests at Daytona, if I remember correctly it covered over 100 miles at that speed before they ran out of time.It stood till 1972 and the Z900
The BSA ROCKET 3 was my first bike when I was in the Airforce in 1976 in South Africa. I wish I never sold it. Today you just can not get it in South Africa. It sounded beautiful with those exhaust pipes and was a crowd puller.
Such great memories thank so much for sharing, us older riders love to hear this, it reminds us
My pleasure I will be doing more this summer
Wonderful video. I had one in 1977 and it's the one bike I wish I had back. The induction howl is intoxicating.
That’s a sweet running Rocket. Always wanted a 1972 Rocket 3.
What a peach of a bike had a commando but always wanted one of these
Thanks for the ride and thanks for letting us hear the motor. Ronn
Can tell all the people looking at this the Triple BSA -- Trident were a faster bike than the CB 750 four and so was the Commando. Z900 was fast but no match for even a 650 Triumph on tight bendy roads, If there ever was a nut case Motorcycle it would have to be the Kawasaki 500 mac something. Two stroke madness , no brakes.I wobbled in corners like it had a flat tire but if you had the skill to ride one they were fast for there time.. Yes I am sixty six and still ride often. 72 Commando. 70 Tiger .BSA 69 Firebird..
I remember sitting at the top of Sutton Bank, and watching a Triumph Trident and Suzuki GT750 going down. When they reached the bottom, they both opened it up - and the Trident left the GT for dead.
When will that have been ? About 1979.
Kawasaki H1 500cc triple , I had the baby 250S1 , ported to madness , didnt stop or do corners very well .
@@vinm300 not bad eh! the waterbottle with a set of pipes used to go good as i remember them
What an absolutely lovely sound. Gee.
Thanks for watching we have done a full review of the bike here th-cam.com/video/u3wUnv53QdI/w-d-xo.html
Great view-Cant beat a chrome headlight
Can't forget the beautiful chrome fuel tank ..That burgundy color is absolutely stunning..
Pure class sounds so sweet well done to the mechanic
Got 1 of these rockets mk2 and a T160 both 1000 Hydes and both sound great.
I only rode a triple once and I had the impression it was really smooth it wasn't my thing but I can appreciate it and this one has a bit of a exhaust note to it. seems very nice I hope the rest of it is sorted out
look at that chromed fuel tank.. gorgeous
Lovely sound
That was one bad ass ride👍
wow! she sounds lovely!
First virtual ride on a vintage rocket 3. What a treat.
You might like the classic bike channel we created and we have done a proper test on this bike and many others
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Thanks for the ride. 🍻
Thanks for watching you may enjoy this as well
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Mike Fry - I'm in the US. When I was a kid my Uncle was stationed in Vietnam Nam as a Merchant Marine. Over there he was only allowed to ride a 90cc bike. But when he came home on break he stayed at my parents (my) house. All he ever talked about was when he was done over there he was going to buy a BSA Rocket 3. He called all his nephews 'brother'. He'd say to me "Brother, when I get back I'm buying a Beeza Rocket 3". We were excited because he said he would let us ride it when we were old enough.
Long story short. He never bought one because he kept shipping out and I think my mother (his sister) told him that if he brought a motorcycle home she wouldn't let him stay there. LOL. He bought a big Cadillac instead.
Anyways, I never forget my Uncle Gerald and the BEEZA Rocket 3. If I were to buy an old classic it would be that one. It's why I watched your video.
Cheers, ride well.
A nice bike that is for sure
bloody marvellous
That bike has such nice low down pulling power
Nagyon király!!!! Szuper nagyon!!!!
I went to see the Triumph 3 slippery Sam's beat it out with the Yamaha FZ 1000s at Oulton Park what a day that was !
I like it👍
Mine was a 1969 model, Red.
Plenty of power for those winding Shropshire roads.
I believe that’s actually a 1972 Rocket 3 judging by the color of the tank and the black frame. Same bike as a 1971 mechanically, just better looking.
richard casey I will check with Dave the owner and get back to you
richard casey ..
Yes Richard Casey, quite correct, it's a '72. Some of the '71s had black frames, often done at dealers, but the burgundy paint job is 72 specific. It was one of the last 110 to leave the factory (in March 72) before production finished. None of the last batch went to the states (this one went to Melbourne!) as sales were so poor by then.
Bloke on our street had one and he took me on the back aged 8....fuck me I thought we were off to see Neil fucking Armstrong 😁
Great comment 👍👍
Yes it is true the speedo usually has 5-10 mph higher than your real speed on old bikes. This was a trick to make rider think they were going faster than they really were.
Where is this filmed? Nice view
South Shropshire
Buy you also an old one 👍
There is a full review on this bike here th-cam.com/video/u3wUnv53QdI/w-d-xo.html
A better bike than the Honda 4 in many ways . . .
Lots of bikes had the gear-shift on the right, USA legislation caused the big shift to the left!
John Hall yes I grew up being gearchange ambidextrous in the 70s but first time I had ridden one in about 20 years funny how you keep the muscle memory once moving it was fine :-)
John, today my wife and myself had a enjoyable two hour ride on a 70 650 Tiger, I'm 66 the old girl on the back is a couple of years younger and is still telling me what to do, But the leader of the not just Australia but the world said " you can still ride a motorcycle like when you were nineteen" I said very nicely thank but I would have been more fun for me if you were not on the back!!!
Weather here shocking, Kent England! Almost nothing compares to a good motorcycle ride, even with the wife on the back! Does it have the 8" TLS full width front brake and if so how does it perform?
Have you seen this?
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I had a Honda and a BSA @ the same time and used to jump from one to the other. However I personally preferred the right gear-shift as a more balanced option when riding, in particular when braking! This system was worked out over many years of TT racing and if you look at the natural motion of the body, the legs and arms balance in opposition!
But politicians and legislators many of which probably have never ridden a motorcycle know best! So dead against EU bureaucrats and their meddling especially the enforced Type Approval crap! ABS on mopeds... I ask you!
No mirrors ?
Colin Thomasson the tank is so shiny you look down and see all behind revealed
What do you need mirrors for? You’re going to remember everything you passed and very few things will be coming up fast behind you on a Rocket III.
Seriously, 5 dislikes? How? Who?
Dick Johnson probably because I swore 😀
Not even one image of the bike!
G. Ferraro Battantier seeing as how you asked so nicely 😀
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When you asked “is it 1 down the rest up?” then I knew you’re not a British bike fan.
Aside that, the road is very narrow. Scary a bit.
I have been riding brit bikes since 1971 but I havnt ridden one for a while the reason I asked is he has a Norton with a reverse shift and I didnt want to damage his gearbox, I have owned all sorts of bikes with different shifts but always best to ask if you are being trusted with a precious piece of engineering
Those are typical british B roads and not at all scary if you are used to them
Thanks for your comment
Mike Fry I agree totally with your point of view.
Better ask before then regret after...
@@JRondeauYUL Exactly I had to concentrate at first but its amazing how the muscle memory kicks in thankfully I returned it intact
Needs bigger jets the ones in it are burning the pipes up
what makes you say that ? Dave the owner is v experienced setting up Triumphs and it carburated beautifully
I rode a ‘66 Lightning for 10 years.
Well, OK, I OWNED a ‘66 Lightning for 10 years. I rode it about five years. BSA= Bastard Stopped Again!
My dad used to say Bloody Sore Arse
He said 5.5 revs not 9
llew virtue if I had taken it to 9 I would have been eating conrods
Okay maybe I did not have my glasses on maybe it was 8.5
Ohh all right 6
llew virtue what is your point ?
Go to 1m 23s take it to AT LEAST 5 and a half you won't kill it, I had been following him all day riding it very briskly without any issues
Mike lighten up son just having a bit of fun with you
BSA Rockets were great looking bikes in the day but you had to know about engines and be prepared to work on them. They had a bad reputation for reliability compared to Japanese bikes.
Japanese bikes may not have had the same charisma but they just went hard no matter what.
Doesn't even sound like British bike , if that's good or bad wouldn't like to say nice or want
What an inept inexperienced demonstration
I beg your pardon ?
Rob I don’t understand your comment why was it inept ? Was it my riding my editing lack of commentary ... keen to take any constructive criticism
What a fool comment - Mike has just borrowed it from a mate, rode it perfectly well esp. for a guy who hadnt ridden an R3 before. Good lines, kept the revs up, didnt crash it. Well done Mike
Are you kidding ? Not one shot of the bike ? Big thumbs down !!!
Seeing as how It is Christmas maybe you can do a BIG THUMBs UP for this video where I do a complete review of the bike where we have not just one but lots of shots of the bike
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Outdated when they were first hewn. Slow, stupid looking and fragile. It's like a Carry on film on two wheels. Let's be honest, I'd fucking have one too! But they were worse than shite. Gimmee a good 750 four anyday. Oilstains!!!
Haha I am in the lucky position where I get to ride it and not maintain it :-)
You have no soul bud