I have to say that i feel it is not me, but one of the mods at RAT who is in the wrong. This guy gives the impression that he is the "wise one" at thier rocket forum and always has an answer that he pushes as the gospel, no matter how well it is proven wrong. man o man does this pi$$ me off! let me explain the scenario. First let it be know that it is NOT my opinion, but fact that in the 3 R3 forums i know of there are far more posts about issues with the R3 than there are for an6y other triumph i have noticed, certainly when it comes to the twins. anyways, everytime someone posts at RAT's R3 forum asking about reliability of the R3 in order to make a decision whether to buy or not, All the R3 owners come out to tell him the bike has no more issues than any other bike. This is thier answer to why there are so many issues posted....
"the reason is that people tend to use internet forums to complain about their bikes. So there is an inordinate number of people with problems posting, therefore you don't get a true reading as to how many people have issues with them".
Thats not verbatim, but essentially what he always says. Now read my answer to him and tell me whether he's full of it or i am.
"It IS indeed a good representation not necessarily of what percentage of R3's have problems, but a good representation of how problematic they are COMPARED TO OTHER MODELS. In other words, there are forums for the twins and all the other models. If what you say is true then why do i not even see a fraction of the serious issues i see on the R3 forums in the forums for the other triumph models? And to further prove the R3 is indeed problematic RELITIVE TO OTHER MODELS, there are probably 50 or 100 twins on the street as there R3's !!! Therefore the issues we see on the twins forums should far far outnumber the R3 issues if as you say the R3 has no more issues than other models."
Now please enlighten me as to where i was so wrong that he deleted my post? My opinion....he knew i was right but would not admit it to himself or anyone else and because irritated and deleted me.
There are entire threads that are huge devoted to catastrophic issues the R3 has has at some forums. I once went to the RAT one and saw something like 7 or 8 threads on the first page alone at once that were about serious issues people were having. At the RAT twins forum over 3.5 years, and i am not exaggerating, i have seen maybe 2 or 3 serious issues ! And this from a forum who's model outnumbers the R3 by a huge margin. Somebody explain why i am the one full of $heet and i will gladly admit fault if it makes sense.
And by the way, my response was to a poster who really wanted to know if all the negitive things he's read are true. I NEVER told him they were. I only said heres the ammunition you need to find out for yourself. review what i said and decide for yourself instead of listening to any yes or no biased answers anyone give you !
"the reason is that people tend to use internet forums to complain about their bikes. So there is an inordinate number of people with problems posting, therefore you don't get a true reading as to how many people have issues with them".
Thats not verbatim, but essentially what he always says. Now read my answer to him and tell me whether he's full of it or i am.
"It IS indeed a good representation not necessarily of what percentage of R3's have problems, but a good representation of how problematic they are COMPARED TO OTHER MODELS. In other words, there are forums for the twins and all the other models. If what you say is true then why do i not even see a fraction of the serious issues i see on the R3 forums in the forums for the other triumph models? And to further prove the R3 is indeed problematic RELITIVE TO OTHER MODELS, there are probably 50 or 100 twins on the street as there R3's !!! Therefore the issues we see on the twins forums should far far outnumber the R3 issues if as you say the R3 has no more issues than other models."
Now please enlighten me as to where i was so wrong that he deleted my post? My opinion....he knew i was right but would not admit it to himself or anyone else and because irritated and deleted me.
There are entire threads that are huge devoted to catastrophic issues the R3 has has at some forums. I once went to the RAT one and saw something like 7 or 8 threads on the first page alone at once that were about serious issues people were having. At the RAT twins forum over 3.5 years, and i am not exaggerating, i have seen maybe 2 or 3 serious issues ! And this from a forum who's model outnumbers the R3 by a huge margin. Somebody explain why i am the one full of $heet and i will gladly admit fault if it makes sense.
And by the way, my response was to a poster who really wanted to know if all the negitive things he's read are true. I NEVER told him they were. I only said heres the ammunition you need to find out for yourself. review what i said and decide for yourself instead of listening to any yes or no biased answers anyone give you !
Good one Paul
