BMW F 900 R versus Triumph Rocket 3 GT
BMW F 900 R
Triumph Rocket 3 GT
Year of construction / RRP / Test report
Competitors
- Engine
- Basic price
- Comfort
- Achievement
- Details
- Comfort
- precise chassis
- Windbreak
- Pillion comfort
- Lean-angle freedom
Dimensions & Weight
Length : 2.140 mm Height : 1.130 mm
Seat : 815 mm
Weight : 211 (max: 430 ) kg
Seat : 750 mm
Weight : 294 kg
Engine
Displacement: 895 ccm
Hub: 77 mm
Hole: 86 mm
Cooling: flüssig
Drive: O-Ring Kette
Aisles: 6
Displacement: 2.458 ccm
Hub: 86 mm
Hole: 110 mm
Cooling: flüssig
Drive: Kardan
Aisles: 6
Performance
Performance: 105 HP at 8.500 U/Min
Torque: 92 NM bei 6.500 U/Min Tank contents: 13 Litre
Consumption: 4 l
Reach: 310 km
Performance: 167 HP at 6.000 U/Min
Torque: 221 NM bei 4.000 U/Min Tank contents: 18 Litre
Chassis
Bridge frame in shell construction (steel) Front suspension:
Upside-down fork, Ø 43 mm (travel 135 mm) Rear suspension:
Directly hinged central strut, spring base hydraulically adjustable, rebound damping adjustable (travel 142 mm)
Rear suspension:
Aluminum two-arm swingarm Tyres at the front: 120/70 ZR 17
Rear tyres: 180/55 ZR 17
Aluminium frame (aluminium) Front suspension:
Showa 47 mm upside-down fork (travel 120 mm) Rear suspension:
Showa Monoshock (travel 107 mm)
Rear suspension:
Aluminum cast single-arm swingarm Tyres at the front: 150/80 R17 V
Rear tyres: 240/50 R16 V
Brakes
Double disc brake, floating brake discs, 4-piston radial caliper (∅ 320 mm) Rear brake
Single disc brake, 1-piston floating caliper (∅ 265 mm)
Double brake discs, Brembo M4.30 Stylema® radial four-piston monobloc calipers (∅ 320 mm) Rear brake
Single disc, Brembo M4.32 four-piston monobloc caliper (∅ 300 mm)
Ideal for a sporty short trip
If things go the way they did with their predecessor, BMW has a potential bestseller in its range with the F 900 R. Why not: The machine is quite cheap for BMW ratios and at the same time quite good.
You just have to know what you want. This bike is ideal for a sporty excursion without great travel ambitions. Whose wish this was always: Test drive please!
The test bike was provided to us by Bergmann and Söhne in Pinneberg near Hamburg.
Conclusion - what gets stuck
Cruisers there are many, all the Harleys, Indians and even the Gold Wing can not go unnamed. The Rocket is a very peculiar reinterpretation of the class. It is modern and at the same time stuck to old values, delivering records without offensively putting them in the shop window.
It's just there. Like single malt whisky – it could be without, but what?
The test bike was provided to us by Q-Bike in Hamburg.
