Riders and owners are understandably concerned about news that Indian Motorcycle Australia will close its Australian company-owned stores and move to... Read More
A year after Polaris surprisingly axed Victory Motorcycles, the company is celebrating the American brand with a book of its... Read More
While 2017 was a rollercoaster year for motorcycles, our predictions for 2018 are much more positive. But let’s start with a quick recap on the rollercoaster ride in motorcycling during 2017. Good and the bad of 2017 For the first time since the GFC, motorcycle sales were down for three... Read More
Novice riders may be wondering if Indian Motorcycle is gearing up to produce a learner bike based on the Scout... Read More
Victory Motorcycles, axed in January by owners Polaris Industries, is recalling several heavy cruisers and tourers over a possible brake... Read More
Indian Motorcycle Australia is offering test riders the opportunity to win a motorcycle with their 1 in 50 Competition. If you book a “Weekend Escape” on any Indian motorcycle before the end of September 2017, and buy a bike from their Polaris-owned Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne or Perth dealerships, you have... Read More
Australian riders can celebrate American Independence Day with a sale of Victory and Indian bikes and gear starting today (Saturday, July... Read More
Despite axing Victory Motorcycles, a bump in Indian Motorcycle sales has helped Polaris reach a better-than-expected 17% increase in sales... Read More
When Polaris pulled the pin on Victory Motorcycles in January to concentrate on Indian, they suggested they could make electric bikes, but could there also be scramblers? Now Polaris vice-present of motorcycles Steve Menneto has gone further and confirmed they will produce an electric Indian within five years and also... Read More
For the second time in as many years, Erik Buell Racing is ceasing operations, following closely on the heels of... Read More
The recent announcement that Victory Motorcycles is ceasing production seems to have started a rush on sales of the bikes in... Read More
Honda has fired the starting gun on the annual January motorcycle sales war with discounts across its road bike range with more coming from CFMoto and probably Victory. CFMoto has also announced it’s discounting $500 from its 650NK naked bike ($6490 ABS, $5990 non-ABS ride away). We are also expecting... 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
If you are in the market for an American cruiser or tourer, now is the time to buy with a... 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 to their nemesis, Harley-Davidson. Managing Director Peter Alexander earlier this year seemed very proud of the fact that the Perth Indian and Victory dealership is also bigger than its American neighbour. Indian and... Read More
The 2017 Victory Motorcycles line-up introduces new colours and LED headlights, but streamlines its range from 15 to an even dozen.... 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 aboard his specially modified Victory Cross Country Tour. Grizzly started his journey at Daytona Bike Week on March 11, 2016, and covered roughly 76,266km (47,390 miles) in 72 riding days and... Read More
Victory Motorcycles has returned triumphant to the famous Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with wins in the electric bike and exhibition... Read More
Victory and Indian Motorcycle Brisbane is inviting owners to join their Sunday shop ride to the All Bike Drag Day... 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 the metal when it was unveiled on February 20, 2016, at the Sydney showroom. Display models have also been available around the country since then. Now customers can actually ride a demo and... Read More
Harley-Davidson is tipped to start producing their electric LiveWire motorcycle in five years and a Harley executive believes Australians are... Read More
The online charity auction of a limited-edition Jack Daniels Indian Chief Vintage has raised $50,700 for the Black Dog Ride.... Read More
American ATV and motorcycle manufacturer Polaris is currently in talks with MV Agusta to buy a major share in the Italian sportsbike manufacturer. The preliminary talks have been confirmed by none other than MV Agusta President and CEO Giovanni Castiglioni in an interview with US magazine Cycle News. Polaris developed... Read More
There seems little doubt that Victory Motorcycles is determined to crack into the sports bike market, judging by its racing... Read More
With the addition of the Indian Springfield hard bagger, the range is complete and there won’t be any new platforms... 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
Will Indian Motorcycle make a custom bagger out of their new Springfield hard bagger like sister company Victory Motorcycles did when... 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 2.23 miles (3.58km) before the rear tyre blew. The record was set during Daytona Bike Week at the Orlando Speed World track by Victory Motorcycles stunt rider Joe Dryden. The first... Read More
Victory Motorcycles Australia has cautiously recalled several 2015/16 models over noise emissions issues, even though “very few” may be affected. The... 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... Read More
The new Victory Motorcycles Octane muscle cruiser is a “big deal” for the Australian market says country manager Peter Harvey who believes it will become their top seller. He is so convinced of the bike’s success, he had four pre-production models shipped to Australia for the world launch. “We didn’t realise until... 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... Read More
Excuse the “magna cum laude” pun in the headline, but we couldn’t resist now that Victory Motorcycles Australia is bringing back the loudest machine on two wheels, the Magnum X-1 with 200 watts of sound and 10 speakers. Only 300 were available last year when they were released and they... 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... 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 theme. The first concept was the Roland Sands Design Project 156 race bike that attempted an assault on the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb in June. It was followed by the Urs Erbacher... 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... Read More
Despite spending double his budget and “getting carried away”, Brisbane rider Darius Moldovan still has more plans for his 2014 Victory Cross Country custom bagger. “I just got obsessed with big-wheel baggers,” says Darius. “I’d seen the craze in the States over time and thought of a 23-inch front wheel,... Read More
https://youtu.be/eufOfECTG30 Indian Motorcycle has revealed an Indian Scout transformed into an historic hillclimb bike called the Black Hills Beast. It... Read More
Official figures are not yet in, but the 75th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota is set to break... 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
Jay Leno, an electric Victory Motorcycle and sparkling new Indian Motorcycle colours have fired the first salvo against the might of Harley-Davidson... 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 this year the company bought the Brammo electric motorcycle company and the new TT is basically the Brammo Empulse R with a bigger battery and slightly less power and more... Read More
Indian and Victory motorcycles are updating their painting processes after learning a costly lesson in how fastidious riders are about... Read More
It’s a pretty tall order to suggest a leather motorcycle jacket is suitable for all seasons, but I certainly gave... 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
The Pikes Peak International Hillclimb is one of the world’s most dangerous and exciting races on one of the most... 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