The Triumph Rocket III is a three cylinder motorcycle made by Triumph Motorcycles Ltd. At 2,294 cc (140.0 cu in) it had the largest displacement engine of any mass production motorcycle, as of September 2010.
The name "Rocket III" is derived from a previous BSA motorcycle, the 1968 Rocket-3, which was a BSA version of the similar Triumph Trident.
Famous quotes containing the words triumph, rocket and/or iii:
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
—Edmund Burke (1729–1797)
“A rocket is a reed that thinks brilliantly.”
—José Bergamín (1895–1983)
“The Empress is Legitimist, my cousin is Republican, Morny is Orleanist, I am a socialist; the only Bonapartist is Persigny, and he is mad.”
—Napoleon Bonaparte III (1808–1873)