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Victory 2017 – “Increased power, more
standard amenities and amplified style
prove performance is in our DNA”
Victory Motorcycles say they have “always focused on performance. The design brief for
the very first Victory motorcycle was simple: build a motorcycle that’s more powerful and
handles better than any other American cruiser.” Eighteen years later and Victory claim
they “remain dedicated to the pursuit of performance.”
After achieving a 2nd place podium position at the Isle of Man TT with the Victory
RR, becoming the 2nd and 3rd fastest motorcycles to climb Pikes Peak with the
Empulse RR and Project 156, accomplishing a circumnavigation of the globe in
record time with Urs “Grizzly” Pedraita and his Victory Cross Country Tour, and
setting a Guinness World Record burnout with Joe “Vertical” Dryden aboard an
Octane, Victory say that for 2017 “America’s most innovative and aggressive
motorcycle manufacturer is geared up for its most powerful year ever, redefining
what an American V-twin motorcycle can be.
“Whether it’s our 1200cc Octane, five-model Cruiser family, Magnum, Magnum X-1
and best-selling Cross Country Bagger models, Cross Country Tour and Victory Vision
Touring models, or our electric Empulse TT, our 2017 bikes are just the beginning of
a new era in American motorcycle performance.”
Octane
High-Ball
“Power to Burn”
“Stripped down
speed demon”
Already unveiled to much acclaim earlier this year, the Octane “has
the heart of a Pikes Peak International Hill Climb racer and a 0-60
mph time that makes it the quickest Victory ever produced.”
Featuring a high revving, liquid-cooled 60-degree V-Twin with fourvalve heads and dual-overhead cams that makes 104 horsepower
and 76 foot-pounds “of tire-shredding torque,” power is only half of
the musclebike equation, according to Victory.
“There’s also a stiff and lightweight cast-aluminum frame, sharp
steering geometry, a tight wheelbase, and 32 degrees of lean angle
that together deliver agility previously unknown to American V-Twin
motorcycles.”
With no radio or radiator, no saddlebags or sissybar, Victory say
there is “nothing to take the attention away from the big-bore VTwin sitting in the belly of this beast. Reach up and grab some
attitude with the ape-hanger handlebars and let the 16-inch spokealloy wheels roll.”
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“Pro Street performance”
Gunner
“Superior firepower”
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Described as being “inspired by the original bobbers built by
returning World War II vets who were hungry to recreate the
adrenaline rush of flying a P-51 Mustang fighter,” Victory openly
state that they are “taking aim at the competition” with this
modern bobber.
Powered by the 106 cubic-inch Freedom V-Twin mated to a
“smooth-shifting” six-speed overdrive transmission, the Gunner has
110 ft.-lb. of torque, a low 25-inch solo saddle and pullback bars.
Described as the “most aggressive” cruiser in the Victory line-up, it
features the big-block Freedom 106 V-Twin engine, inverted forks,
sportbike styled four-piston brake calipers, an extra wide pro stockinspired 250-series rear tire, a sleek rear cowl with a hideaway
passenger pad and bodywork “wrapped in musclecar racing stripes
- a streetfighter with an American soul.”
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