victory motorcycles

If you walk to the end of Bourbon St and see a lot of guys in leather and no bikes you will see how it relates :eek1

The 8-Ball series starts at $12.5K. Same quality standards and engine, one less cog in the gearbox....

I have an 04 Vegas, but I will be trading it in on my XC (pre-order finally arrived) on Saturday if it doesn't snow.

me have a 2003 tc. it`s a 5 speed and has the 92 inch motor but is just about as good an all around bike as you could want. i run the guts out of it and it never complains. the vics are proving to be soild machines.

HD currently has about half the US market for >650cc motorcycles. They are the leading manufacturer of motorcycles in the US.
Seems to me there is a market and its much bigger than the other segments. At least in the US.

I've really been impressed with the Victory motorcycles I have seen but I'm not really interested in a cruiser. Still seems to me that a less expensive entry model would help over all sales. I'm guessing the problem is that currently they have basically 1 engine. It would probably be difficult to sell a motorcycle much cheaper with the current engine and a new engine would be difficult to sell cheaper unless you could sell bigger volumes. Engineering and tooling costs are substantial for an engine.

Craig

I laid my 2001 sport cruiser down in the rain last week and broke off the usual - turn signal, foot peg, and shifter. I went to our local salvage yard in the hopes that the clutch lever, at least, would be an easy replacement. Uh, no. The lever seems to be unique to this bike, and a replacement is $115!!!!:eek1 Turn signal = $100!!!:eek1 Shifter = $115!!!!!!!!:eek1 :eek1 :eek1

The shifter seems also to be unique to this bike.

Yeah, it sucks.

The cross country is not a cruiser!It"s a touring motorcycle. And yes victory parts & acc. are expensive, aren"t harleys!

Here in Knoxville all the new models went out the door right away.
My friend Polk didn't even get to see one-Ha
But he's happy with his Vegas and I am content with my Sportster.

Great looking monsters!

Y'all know Polarus is also Learjet, Bombridere, and Seadoo right? err... but don't trust my spellink . <G>

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I also have a Harley Dyna and replacement parts are plentiful and cheap. Hence my shock at replacing Victory parts.

victory needs to fire the ness's
fookin horrible styling
does victory offer a normal shocked swingarm chassis, or just softails?

A friend who is a retired motor cop has a Victory Kingpin which he really likes.

I am also interested in Victory, but the local dealer is selling off their remaining Victory stock and will be concentrating on Triumphs and Enfields. This means that the nearest Victory servicing and repair facility is a dealer about 40 miles away.

I think that the dealer who is closing out Victory was having trouble selling the bikes. I'm not sure why. Harleys are very popular here and are all over the place, so cruiser-type bikes are not exactly rare.

I sincerely hope that another local dealer picks up the Victory line, so that I can seriously consider one when it's time to upgrade my current ride.

The Nesses may have influenced the current styling but they did not design it. The genius behind the design is Michael Song, Victory's lead industrial designer, did. He started work on it in 1999 and the Nesses weren't broght in until later. The current styling of the Victory line is hands down the best looking production cruiser on the road.

The Cross Country uses an air shock/coil spring rear suspension setup which can be stiffened or softened using a Schrader valve. Other Victory's rear suspension consists of a twin sided swing arm and an adjustable rear shock.

And in other news, I brought the XC home today ahead of the blizzard.

Wolf, go to: www.thevmc.com this stuff comes off these bikes by the bushel for the "customizers".

I'll bet you can find what you need for virtually nothing.

Congrats on the XC! Post a pic...

Could you post a pic of the dash. Lit up if possible. I love the looks of the new Vics!!

With Flash (dark garage)



Without flash (same dark garage)

amen brother, never understood the appeal of Ness parts....or bikes for that matter. ew