New Victory x 2

[Big Dave]

Quite liking the look of the Cross country.

http://krnewsroom.blogspot.com/2009/...ry-lineup.html

[rosie631]

Nah, doesn't do it for me

[AD345]

The 2010 models for "The New American Bike" were released this week. I had planned to give a detailed write-up about each of them but inherent laziness has held sway.

In a nutshell then:

2 BRAND NEW Models

The Cross Country:

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/photog...rst-look-2.jpg

The Cross Road:
http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/photog...st-look-10.jpg

The 8-ball range expanded with:

Vision 8-ball

http://z.about.com/d/motorcycles/1/0...sion_8Ball.jpg

And the Hammer 8-ball

http://z.about.com/d/motorcycles/1/0...mmer_8Ball.jpg

Plus the usual Ness versions of the Jackpot and Vision along with minor tweaks to the rest of the range.

A bold move launching 2 new models into the current global economy but the bagger types in the US are foaming at the mouth in joyful delirium.
Based as they are on the Core and Vision platforms I'll be interested to see them in the flesh (whenever they get here) and even more keen to see them sans bags and fairings - death to whoever thought bat-wing fairings look good on a bike, sheesh.

[AD345]

Jeez BD

ya couldn't have waited 5 minutes?

[Big Dave]

Jeez BD

ya couldn't have waited 5 minutes?

What for? I put them up this morning.

Edit - Oh I see - if it's any consolation - hey have been on the victory press site for a few days but were embargoed.

[AD345]

What for? I put them up this morning.

Edit - Oh I see - if it's any consolation - hey have been on the victorty press site for a few days but were embargoed.

Edit edit

timing is now getting scary

[Big Dave]

next thread down?

a mod will merge them

[YellowDog]

Those bikes are sooooooo not my cup of tea.

[AD345]

Those bikes are sooooooo not my cup of tea.

Variety is the spice of life

[slofox]

Nah, doesn't do it for me

Nah. Me neither. If I wanted a tank I'd go see the army...

[SARGE]

Quite liking the look of the Cross country.

http://krnewsroom.blogspot.com/2009/...ry-lineup.html

maybe when im older and get one of these ......

[YellowDog]

I don't know anything about Victory bikes.

I am presuming they are the American and an HD competitor that started up in the late 90s?

I had suspected that they had dissapeared in this already over crowded market.

[AD345]

Nah. Me neither. If I wanted a tank I'd go see the army...

see them in the flesh first.

With the exception of the Vision (which is pretty huge) the Victory range is amazingly un-tanklike

[AD345]

I don't know anything about Victory bikes.

I am presuming they are the American and an HD competitor that started up in the late 90s?

I had suspected that they had dissapeared in this already over crowded market.

A division of Polaris, Victory has been selling bikes for the last 10 years and reasonably successfully (30,000 or 40,000 sold from memory). They are made in Spirit Lake, Iowa. There initial efforts were embarassing HD clones with some naff transmissions but they reinvented themselves about 6 years ago with a new engine. They've gone on to create a new market segment (or at least expand it) with a reasonably large range of cruisers. All of their bikes have either a 100 ci (1634cc) or 106ci (1740cc) freedom engine with a 6-speed gearbox with the exception of the 8-ball range which has a 5 speed......

I could warble on some more but I sense your eyes beginning to glaze over.

[Big Dave]

Nah. Me neither. If I wanted a tank I'd go see the army...

Tanklike they are not. The existing models are probably the best handling in the class. With the exception of the Hammer - which isn't - but may be the best fun.