Victory Motorcycles looks like becoming collectors’ motorcycles after sales frenzy following their January announcement they were closing down production. Victory... Read More
Victory Motorcycles
Victory Motorcycles is an established motorcycle manufacturer, founded in the US in 1997 with final assembly facility in Spirit Lake, northern Iowa, USA. Victory is a top contender in the ‘American-style’ motorcycle market with V-twin powered sport-touring, and cruiser bike configurations. We attend motorcycle launches and road test bikes in Australia and overseas to bring you the latest news, previews and reviews for Victory Motorcycles. Read our latest articles below.
When Polaris pulled the pin on Victory Motorcycles in January to concentrate on Indian, they suggested they could make electric... Read More
With the demise of the Victory brand, the future of the Victory Empulse TT electric motorcycle could be as an electric Indian or three-wheeler Slingshot. Polaris vice-present of motorcycles, Steve Menneto, has suggested the electric side of their business could be resurrected in a number of different forms, including an... Read More
Victory Motorcycles is ceasing production immediately and winding down over the next 18 months, but parent company Polaris Industries will continue... Read More
Newcastle independent Victory Motorcycles store Brisan Motorcycles has scored a runner-up position from among 26 entrants in the first global Victory Octane bike build-off... Read More
Victory Motorcycles Australia has announced a streamlined 2017 line-up with Octane (pictured above) prices dropped by $1000 and the Cross Country Tour costing $1000 more. The 2017 line-up also introduces new colours and LED headlights. Prices on all other models remain the same, despite the low Australian dollar. They have axed three... Read More
Two independent Victory Motorcycles stores in Australia are among 26 entrants in a global Victory Octane bike build-off competition. It follows... Read More
The first Indian and Victory motorcycle dealership in Australia designed with both brands in mind has opened in Perth right next door... Read More
The 2017 Victory Motorcycles line-up introduces new colours and LED headlights, but streamlines its range from 15 to an even dozen. They have axed three cruisers, including the ‘5os hotrod style Jackpot, the Hammer 8 Ball, but not the Hammer S and sadly the Judge muscle cruiser. In Australia there are... Read More
The Victory Octane is what the Indian Scout should have been with more power, upgraded suspension, shorter gearing and a... Read More
Swiss rider Urs “Grizzly” Pedraita has set a new world record for riding around the globe in 119 days and 21 hours... Read More
Victory Motorcycles has returned triumphant to the famous Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with wins in the electric bike and exhibition powersport classes. The company has now released the following 360 degree videos. You may or may not see them in 360-degree format, depending on whether you have updated your browser.... Read More
The new Victory Motorcycles Octane muscle cruiser has arrived in dealerships at $18,995 ride away. Australians were the first in the world to see in... Read More
There seems little doubt that Victory Motorcycles is determined to crack into the sports bike market, judging by its racing... Read More
Victory Motorcycles is returning to the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb after a failed attempt last year with, not one, but two motorcycles. Last year, I witnessed the company’s attempt at the world’s most famous hillclimb in Colorado with their Project 156 prototype bike (named after the 156 turns of... Read More
Swiss rider Urs “Grizzly” Pedraita has set out on his Victory Cross Country from Daytona Bike Week (March 11, 2016) to establish... Read More
The new Victory Motorcycles water-cooled Octane cruiser has just claimed a Guinness World Record for the longest burnout at... Read More
Will the Victory Octane replace the Judge and Gunner as the company’s most aggressive muscle cruiser? The Octane is the company’s first water-cooled model with a 1200cc engine to compete against the Harley-Davidson V-Rod. While the high-revving sporty machine is an aggressive muscle cruiser, there is still plenty of bare-knuckle appeal about... Read More
The new Victory Motorcycles Octane muscle cruiser is a “big deal” for the Australian market says country manager Peter Harvey who believes... Read More
Australians were the first in the world to see the new Victory Motorcycles Octane muscle cruiser in the metal when it was unveiled on February... Read More
Motorcycle showrooms need to learn from car showrooms with luxury appointments and high customer service, says Victory and Indian Brisbane store new dealer principal Ron Grant. He should know; he’s been in the motorcycle and car industry for more than 30 years, working with brands such as Honda (cars, motorcycles... Read More
Excuse the “magna cum laude” pun in the headline, but we couldn’t resist now that Victory Motorcycles Australia is bringing... Read More
Indian Motorcycle has experienced a massive surge in Australian sales, more than doubling last year, while a slump in sales... Read More
Victory Motorcycles has announced that on February 20 it will unveil a new model called the Octane which is expected to be an amalgam of the Ignition and Combustion concept muscle cruisers. The Ignition Concept muscle cruiser, built by European drag-racing champion Urs Erbacher, was unveiled at the EICMA motorcycle show in... Read More
Victory Motorcycles has unveiled its third concept motorcycle built around their new water-cooled, 1200cc V-twin engine, this time with a Zach Ness muscle-cruiser/scrambler... Read More
Polaris Industries is patching up its painting facilities after a debacle involving cost-cutting by executives that underestimated motorcyclists’ penchant... Read More
Victory Motorcycles could be adding a water-cooled performance bike to their line-up with the unveiling of a new bike at the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan in November 2015. Sister company Indian Motorcycle already has the water-cooled 1133cc Scout, but Victory only has the 106 Freedom air-cooled engine. Meanwhile, Harley... Read More
Despite spending double his budget and “getting carried away”, Brisbane rider Darius Moldovan still has more plans for his 2014... Read More
Honda Australia has converted its 2016 CBR650F fully faired sports bike and CB650F naked to learner-approved motorcycles. Spokesman Glyn Griffiths... Read More
Just a few months after buying Brammo electric motorcycles, Victory Motorcycles is ready to take their Brammo-derived Empulse TT to the North American market this year to reach younger riders. READ ABOUT THE EMPULSE TT Victory boss Rod Krois says the the Empulse TT, unveiled publicly on July 29, 2015, will be... Read More
Apart from the first electric motorcycles from Victory Motorcycles, the Empulse TT, the only changes in the 2016 model line-up... Read More
Victory Motorcycles today (July 29, 2015) releases the Empulse TT electric motorcycle which we road-tested last month in Colorado. Earlier... Read More
Victory Motorcycles turned 17 years old over the fourth of July Independence Day weekend and the American company is now targeting a younger demographic interested more in performance. To celebrate 17 years, Victory Motorcycle dealers around the world held ride days and I joined the Brisbane shop ride with videographer extraordinary David... Read More
A crash in the 2015 Pikes Peak International Hillclimb has not deterred Victory Motorcycles who vow to return next year, confirming a... Read More
What started as a bit of a fault has turned this 2013 Victory Cross Roads Classic into a very special... Read More
Custom baggers in the US are now dabbling in 30-inch front wheels, radical air suspension, raked-out forks and superchargers. Vicbaggers of Indiana is one of the custom companies dealing in these custom bagger conversions. Spokesmen Eric Powell and Jacob Ferguson say all their parts are milled in-house using CNC equipment.... Read More
Sleeping one hour at a time and riding six-hour stints, Swiss rider Urs Pedraita hopes to set a new record... Read More
The video of two American stunt riders drifting supercharged Victory baggers around a Florida track has now gone viral and... Read More
Victory Motorcycles is holding a rally in Denver, Colorado, and launching a whole new vision for its future. MotorBikeWriter has arrived for the international launch tomorrow of a bike, the details of which have been embargoed until July 27. However, readers of this website should be able to get an... Read More
Victory Motorcycles has released video of their Project 156 streetfighter crashing in practice at the weekend for the Pikes Peak... Read More
Victory Motorcycles has taken third and fourth place in the Isle of Man Zero TT race for electric motorcycles in... Read More
Victory Motorcycles has finally revealed its Project 156 streetfighter which could be the template for a new model range to target the youth market. Project 156 will tackle the challenging Pikes Peak hillclimb in Colorado later this month (June 2015). It’s called Project 156 because that is the number of... Read More
Victory Motorcycles Project 156 streetfighter seems set to target the youth market after tackling the challenging Pikes Peak hillclimb in... Read More
Victory Motorcycles Australia have turned up the volume even louder, with the loudest audio system on a production bike, a... Read More
The 2015 Victory Magnum is an audio system on wheels, ready to roam the countryside, blasting out heavy rock. The Magnum is a slammed custom bagger version of the Victory Cross Roads, which means it has a lowered rear end, hard panniers and a large front 21-inch wheel. Custom baggers... Read More
The Victory Magnum isn’t a shy motorcycle, but it certainly has become a lot bolder and louder with the limited-edition... Read More
Victory Motorcycles is going drag racing in the US with this absolutely stunning version of the popular new Victory Gunner that... Read More
Electric Indian and Victory motorcycles could be a possibility now that Polaris Industries has gone from being an investor in Brammo since 2011 to the shock owner of the Oregon electric motorcycle business. Polaris now plans to invest heavily in Brammo to develop new models, electric motors and batteries. It will also... Read More
Victory Motorcycles has set an American land speed record on the Bonneville salt flats with a Victory Hammer... Read More
Smaller engine capacities are vital for Indian and Victory motorcycles in the future, says the company’s Asia-Pacific and Latin America... Read More
Indian has fixed the problem with their brown leather seats and luggage fading in the harsh Australian sun and is offering owners free re-treatment. As reported back in August at the unveiling of the new Scout and Roadmaster, Indian has acknowledged the problem of its fading brown leather and found... Read More
What is it about motorcycle shop rides that makes them so popular? Is it the fact that most of the... Read More
If you see a big “V” in your rearview mirror at the Daytona Bike Week or any other motorcycle rally... Read More
Victory Motorcycles has added Maroon Bronco and Kangaroo Ben Hannant to its line-up … as an ambassadsor! And Victory owners will get to ride along with the footy star. Car manufacturers have long been appointing VIPs and celebrities as ambassadors for their brands and most of them have nothing to do... Read More
Victory has surprisingly beaten Harley to the custom bagger market with its radically slammed Victory Magnum. When I first saw... Read More
It must be one of the most extensive test rides a Victory Cross Country Tour has undergone: three weeks and... Read More
Victory Motorcycles has introduced the slammed Magnum custom bagger and Gunner muscle cruiser for 2015, but has dropped four models from their domestic line-up. The trimmed-down Gunner muscle cruiser was unveiled last month to replace the Judge in the US. However, the Judge will still be built for international markets such... Read More
Last Sunday, Indian Motorcycles introduced its fourth model, the full-dresser Roadmaster … but they’re not done yet. In fact, that... Read More
If you are planning to travel long distances with style and grace, and in a great deal of comfort, the... Read More
The new Victory Magnum joins the American custom bagger trend with a slammed rear end, massive 21-inch front wheel, wild paint and a thumping boom box. Victory Magnum will arrive in Australia from $29,995 ride away in late November, which parks it neatly between the Cross Country Tour ($28,495) and... Read More