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  		   Posted 11/18/2008 8:42 AM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Victory Motorcycles is celebrating ten years in the biz with 15 bikes in its standard lineup, including a limited-edition Vision Tour and three muscle cruisers powered by its new Freedom engine. Check out our first impressions after we spent the day riding the new models in Southern California.
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over priced compared to available models with similar specs imo but pretty though.
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ha have you priced it compared to the competition called harley. I will agree that they are pricey, but I think the victory brand is head and shoulders above the competition. very powerfull engines and not a ton of weight on the cruiser models.

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  		   Posted 11/18/2008 5:15 PM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
That red on the limited edition Vision is flippin gorgeous.

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It does look great Desmo, but the pic is so over saturated and over sharpened you'll have to visit a dealer to see what the thing really looks like.

I really wish Victory all the best - they have improved by leaps and bounds over the last ten years, listening to customer feedback and refining the product endlessly. They are fighting a monolithic factory with a huge brand name and a devoted following, A brand where function has traditionally followed form and, with bikes that average around 1,500 to 2,000 miles a year, no-one was complaining too much.

Victory have upped the ante for American cruisers and I applaud them for taking on Goliath.
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jclax01 said...
ha have you priced it compared to the competition called harley.
 
harley are over priced too.  i have ridden a few but those test rides wasn't enough to convince me to fork out the big bucks for it...again just my own take on it.  haven't test ride a v-rod yet but that may be the only hd model for me to even considered buying given the current msrp. 
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Ever time I see a Victory it "grabs" my attention far more than any Harley, so if I was in the market for that style of bike, it would be Victory for me.

But damn Harley, that hair-do is, um, well, how do I put this, not the most flattering I've ever seen! smilewinkgrin

But nice work.
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Hey Harley....when are they gonna let you try out that 35 K new indian. That is a dream bike.......at a nightmare price however.

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Hey GAJ, thanks for the compliment. I can't help it if I can't escape the '80s. It's hard to take the metal out of an old Metal Head.

jclax01. No word on the Indian, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I know they were at Sturgis and their site has pictures of all their models and specs up, so I would think that their premier press intro should be in the works. Hopefully Mr. Julius will extend us an invite.

Desmo, I agree. That paint, when you see it in person, is fantastic. The Antares Red and black paint scheme pays tribute to the paint on Victory's very first motorcycle, the V92C. In the sun you see metallic flakes in the red. I also like the fact that the 10th Anniversary Edition has reverse, even though I wish they would have mounted it up on the bars. Heated grips and seat are always appreciated as well.

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  		   Posted 11/24/2008 2:15 PM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
"The Hammer thrums to life as dual 45mm throttle bodies are electronically-fed into healthy 101mm cylinders. " Hmmm.

Somehow, Motorcycle Daily had this story about three months ago. I guess it needed to gel a little longer for words like 'thrum' to come into popular usage. "[H]ealthy cylinders." Hmmm.
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Damn, Motorcycle Daily is good if they had this story up three months ago, since the 2009 Victory Press Intro was on October 16th.

Healthy cylinders - as in good-sized, big, aka healthy. Sorry if they don't use that vernacular in your neck of the woods.

When you've got the explosion of the fuel, the vibration of a big V-Twin, the rumble of the exhaust and the smell of spent fumes all from the push of a button, it feels like it 'thrums' to life to me.
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  		   Posted 11/25/2008 7:44 AM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Harley1 said...
Damn, Motorcycle Daily is good if they had this story up three months ago, since the 2009 Victory Press Intro was on October 16th.

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You're right. I was wrong. They had it October 28th, just one month ago. I had read it excitedly because it was such a scoop.
 
I guess it seemed like three months because I've been looking at the teaser on the home page, which promissed that the story is 'Coming Soon,' FOREVER!
 
 
 
 
 
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No biggie, Ada Ada. I wanted to get the story up earlier, but our site redesign put everything on hold for awhile. Now that it's up and running, I promise that we'll start cranking out the content in a more timely manner. Thanks for hanging in there with us in the interim.

Quick question - if we were going to do a full review on any of the Victory models in the near future, what bike would you like to see some dyno numbers and a full performance review on? I want to make sure that we tailor our content toward what readers are interested in, so just thought I'd ask. If enough people are interested in one particular bike, then I will try and secure one for testing in the future. Thanks for any and all input.
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  		   Posted 11/25/2008 5:34 PM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Vision Street vs Road King vs. Stratoliner vs C109 touring vs...
ok, how 'bout one of the Vegas models?
A review of one of the Victory bikes woulld be good too.tongue

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  		   Posted 12/9/2008 9:12 AM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Harley1, thanks for taking it the right way. You made a friend.

I'd review the Jackpot with the big engine. It would be the lightest VIc with the big engine, most fun to ride and the most powerful. The Vision is a nice ride, but it's a seperate affair.
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I'm getting interested in the Vic's myself and wish I had done the test ride in Daytona. I do wish the Kingpin had the new motor because I think that would be the one for me. Seems to me that in general the Vic's have custom paint jobs and sheet metal work that would be big bucks on anything else. I've always liked the look of the engines, guess I'm a sucker for healthy 'cylinders'. When I saw these things from the on set two words came to mind looking at the engine, big block.

Say Harley1, How's the ridding position, clucth pull. Did ya get to ride at night? How's the lighting? The seat on the Kingpin looks like it might be a prob, was it ok? You see any problems with the Vic's over the years? If there is a problem does the factory step in and fix it? Or do they call the problem a feature? I'll stop now.

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Chainsaw, Vic dealers are begging people to take test rides. Go ride one and see. Everyone has a different fit on the bike.
Vics are sweet rides.

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I plan on going to the Victory demo days in Concord and the Harley demo days in Hickory this weekend. I plan on riding all the models of each. I do this every chance I get. Last year I fell in love with the Road Glide and the Crossbones. I can't wait to ride the Vision. I really need to win the lottery. LOL.

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Desmolicious said...
Chainsaw, Vic dealers are begging people to take test rides. Go ride one and see. Everyone has a different fit on the bike.
Vics are sweet rides.


+1 Desmo. The Victory dealer in Bowling Green will cut you loose if you have a helmet and endorsement.
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jon said...
over priced compared to available models with similar specs imo but pretty though.


Go ride them. The direct competition for them is Harley and I don't see Victory as being over priced at all when looking at the 2 manufacturers models.
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Thanks for the input. I was really digging the Kingpin and the 5 year coverage. But was equally bummed to find out they require high test gas. On an motor that's less than 9.0:1? Why? Still might go check one out.

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Chainsaw said...
Thanks for the input. I was really digging the Kingpin and the 5 year coverage. But was equally bummed to find out they require high test gas. On an motor that's less than 9.0:1? Why? Still might go check one out.

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Motorcycles traditionally have small tanks so the price of premium won't kill you, trust me.
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HogWild said...
jon said...
over priced compared to available models with similar specs imo but pretty though.


Go ride them. The direct competition for them is Harley and I don't see Victory as being over priced at all when looking at the 2 manufacturers models.


I don't know hog. the victories are up there in price. the ultra classic and the vision are not far off on price at all. And if you look at the low end of the victory line, its higher than a comparable harley (I wanna say wide glide and 8 ball). I'm not talking about the sporty, victory does not have a comparable model to the sporty.

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It's not the price of the gas. I just don't understand why it would be required. As far as the price of the bikes go it looks like while Victory is not shy pricing the bikes the accories are they are very proud of. But the bikes seem to be less than the price of a Harley. The difference in price is not enough to buy one over the other in my book. Seems to me that Victory offers more for the money. But the main thing for me is the company and the dealers. Will the company support you and do the dealers have good folks working on the bikes. That's what important to me.
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jclax01 said...
HogWild said...
jon said...
over priced compared to available models with similar specs imo but pretty though.


Go ride them. The direct competition for them is Harley and I don't see Victory as being over priced at all when looking at the 2 manufacturers models.


I don't know hog. the victories are up there in price. the ultra classic and the vision are not far off on price at all. And if you look at the low end of the victory line, its higher than a comparable harley (I wanna say wide glide and 8 ball). I'm not talking about the sporty, victory does not have a comparable model to the sporty.


The biggest difference is what you are getting for the money clax. The Victory machines are all along the lines of a Softail or touring model. They do not make anything like the V-rod, Dyna or Sporty. Rather, they make a number of variations to the same basic machine. They all come with wheels that Harley wishes they could put on their bikes in a stock configuration and the paint schemes are far better in that same stock configuration. If you haven't taken a ride on the Vision touring model please do as it is hands down way beyond the likes of the FL series Harleys and I loved the 2008 Vegas Jackpot, which to me is far beyond the Deuce. It's free clax, go ride one.

Chainsaw, I have dealt with Polaris in three current toys and the dealer has been awesome whether it be my having to buy a part of in their sales staff. I call them up, tell them what I want, negotiate a price over the phone and take my trailer to go sign the papers and get it. Don't ask me what I think of the way Harley dealers work and I own one.
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