Old Bike Australasia

The Humungulator

ow, after a life of 16 years and over 2,200 sales in Australia, there’s a brand new Rocket, in fact, two brand new Rockets. And these are no longer named Rocket III, but Rocket 3, just to get things straight. The new bikes are 40kg lighter than the old, and between your legs sits an all-new engine of no less than 2,458cc which is 18kg lighter than the old mill. With 167 horsepower and an incredible 221Nm of torque on tap, this power plant has no equal in the world of production motorcycles. Theconsiderable weight saving

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