Comments on: 2011 Victory Motorcycles: MD First Ride (Bike Reports) (News)

By: BigD

BigD — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:43:25 +0000

What’s the flap about Victory marketing H-D knockoffs? When I look at a Victory I don’t see anything resembling an H-D. They have their own styling and seem to be missing pushrod tubes on their 4-valve, overhead-cam engines. If I was in a dark parking lot, I figure the Victory logo on the tank would most likely be my bike, and not someone elses Softail. This is a silly as comments I have heard about shaft-drive/water-cooled Hondas and Suzukis, being H-D knockoffs. H-D doesn’t own all the rights to V-twin motorcycles.
As far as why there aren’t other Victory bikes outside the big V-twin line, there are: Polaris markets them as Can-Am. Victory and Can-Am are not in business to compete against each other.

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By: LOREN2

LOREN2 — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 03:02:10 +0000

Timeless design you mean like a bike frame that was designed in the 60′s. If the Vision had a HD name plte on it, it would be their best selling bike. More power,more comfort and less pucker factor when you go faster than 95.

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By: Skipper

Skipper — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:07:59 +0000

Victory makes a great motorcycle and I feel they are far superior to the Harley’s but why do they have to make only cruisers? Why don’t these companies get serious and build an adventure bike or a sport touring bike. Harley had a good thing going with the Buell line up and just when they dumped the stupid boat anchor Harley motor for a decent Rotax motor they dump the line up. Harley could have sold the Buell line to Eric Buell or another company but out of pure stupidity they chose not too. Maybe we should all e-mail Victory and at least ask them to consider another type of bike to there line-up. I am sick of the Harley morons riding around town without a muffler on there bikes just showing off.

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By: scorpio

scorpio — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:39:24 +0000

Styling is subjective; I think Ness is the best thing to happen to Victory, because the V92C was “aesthetically challenged” in my eyes – and apparently most of the rest of the market’s too. I applaud Victory for their choice of direction and wish them the best…but will never seriously consider one. Unless they put that motor into something like a Confederate Hellcat 8-ball that is.

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By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:14:55 +0000

Yeah I agree, Polaris needs to build its own motorcycle corporate identity, not make knock offs of Harleys, there’s already too many of those and they’re all pale imitations of the real thing.

There is a real opportunity for Polaris to establish themselves as volume players in the American market with unique innovative products. The big four are weak- they continue to recycle the same designs; they have become stagnant.

We don’t need any more cruisers or super sports. Figure out what type of bike their loyal snowmobile and ATV customers would buy from them and build it. I’d love to go canyon carving on a light, non pimpy looking American made standard.

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By: Seymour

Seymour — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:02:40 +0000

Agree. It would have to be something cooler than that!

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By: Curtis

Curtis — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:00:27 +0000

For the love of God, please build something besides cruisers! It’s no longer a matter of having to choose between making cruisers or sportbikes. There’s no reason the couldn’t compete in the adventure touring/dual sport arena.

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By: Sapper

Sapper — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:52:10 +0000

I looked VERY hard at the Victory Cross Country but ended up getting a Road Glide as my first bagger. I was coming from Sportbikes and Adventure bikes, due to an injury I could no longer ride that style. I test road the Cross Country / Street Glide / Road Glide and went with the Road Glide. The RG was the best handling of the 3 in my opinion with the fairing/dask/batwing weight off the handlebars and better in crosswinds for the same reason. Im 6’4 so the Street Glide felt cramped to me. The Cross Roads was in the middle and the RG the most stretched out. The final nail in the coffin for the Victory was the bags, yes they arebigger, but they seemed cheap and thin to me, didn’t think they would hold up. I liked the mix of traditional style the Cross Roads had and really wanted to get one. The bigger motor and the features it offered stock almost had me. A test ride on a Road Glide won me over though. I hope Victory continues to be sucessful, it will only improve the offerings from both HD and Victory for us, the riders.

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By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:14:03 +0000

People may disagree whether they like the Vision’s styling or not but the fact still remains it has been one of Victory’s best selling models.

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By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:08:42 +0000

Haha if Victory buys product placement in ‘Wild Hogs 2′ I would never buy one just out of spite =).

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