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Triumph's Rocket III mega-cruiser is supposed to be electronically limited to 140 mph, but it sure doesn't seem that way right now. As I glance down at the speedo and watch the needle blow past the 140-mph mark and into the off-the-scale white zone beyond, the open-pipe, turbocharged triple just keeps howling and accelerating as I tuck behind its flyscreen to keep from being blown off the thing.
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Triumph's Rocket III mega-cruiser is supposed to be electronically limited to 140 mph, but it sure doesn't seem that way right now. As I glance down at the speedo and watch the needle blow past the 140-mph mark and into the off-the-scale white zone beyond, the open-pipe, turbocharged triple just keeps howling and accelerating as I tuck behind its flyscreen to keep from being blown off the thing.  View Related Article
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