Victory Motorcycle Question?

I rarely see these motorcycles on the road and I am not aware of any custom builders using Victory's as a base. Why not?|||I used to work for a Victory dealer, although we also sold Big Dog and American Ironhorse. You are right, there aren't too many Victory's on the road, but they are slowly growing in popularity. When Victory started production in the late 90's, they had some major issues and were ugly as hell. But, by 2003, they had gotten their issues straightened out and produce a very high quality machine that comes with a 5yr factory warranty, something no one else offers. Their only draw back, in my opinion,even though they have a very good, dependable engine design that produces a fair amount of HP %26amp; Torque, their fuel injection is absolutely primitive and the aftermarket (especially performance parts)hasn't really picked up on them too much yet, there simply is not alot of readily available custom parts for these bikes yet. They also don't produce nearly as many units a year as all the other manufacturers and have a fairly high MSRP, comparable to HD.


In my opinion, the Victory's are an aquired taste bike, I would definitely own one, but since I am an HD guy (performance oriented), I can't see spending over $20k for a Victory (after customizing), when I could get an HD with THOUSANDS of parts available for it, for the same cost.|||arlen ness is doing an entire line of Victory in partnership with them!|||The early Victory models were the best-handling cruisers available this side of the Guzzis. At the time they were in development, I shared shop space with a guy who was a development mechanic and rider for Victory. He rode everything on the market, and nothing else came close.





Because they are a local industry for me, I would like to see Victory do well, but I think they went in the wrong direction with Arlen Ness. They went even further astray with the big tourer, which may be the ugliest bike ever released on an unsuspecting public. I don't know if they still handle well, and doubt that good handling is prized by the market they are aiming for.





In any case, it would not surprise me to learn that their small market share is dwindling even further.|||I'm gonna agree with the doc and buster on this: You don't see alot of them because they are BUTT UGLY!!! And with Arlen Ness (must be a dopehead) you will see alot less Victory's out there. They do make some power, and I think the jury is still out on their long term reliability. (not likely) These bikes will never be anything more that 2nd class until they break free from the upper management thinking and corporate culture of Polaris.|||I don't see many but most guys I meet that ride them, like them. I simply don't care for the look. They appear to be mechanically sound and up to industry standards. Its mostly the looks I don't care for. I hate to admit it but I think a gold wing looks better than the tourer they put out. Other than what arlen ness is doing. I cant see a custom builder using much off it. Most real custom builders I think wont use a manufactured bike to start from. Hence the word build in the job title. Otherwise they are a bolt on mech.