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Jaimec
Posted on Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 12:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I am disappointed in the Victory. When I heard they were coming out with a more sporting model, I was hoping it would be at LEAST a standard, not just another "Muscle Cruiser."

Oh well. That WAS just a concept vehicle, but I suspect the actual production bike won't be much different. Here's to hoping EBR can get going again!
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Hughlysses
Posted on Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 12:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

The Victory "Ignition" is a concept bike based on the production version of the Project 156 engine, which itself appears to be a slightly tweaked version of the Indian Scout engine. Victory is supposed to unveil another concept bike using the same engine called the "Combustion" next month in NYC. If you go to the Victory website to look at these bikes, the page has the text "Project 156 > Ignition > Combustion" as if these bikes are a "progression" towards a final production motorcycle.

Maybe the Combustion will be a lot more sporty? The two concept bikes could be a way for Victory to judge public opinion before they decide which way to go with the actual production bike.
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Ourdee
Posted on Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 02:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Ignition combustion exhausted
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Jaimec
Posted on Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 02:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I think Motus is the ONLY American motorcycle manufacturer looking beyond the V-Twin engine right now (not including Boss Hoss). Sad. I can remember (when I first got started in the early 80s) when Japanese bikes were called "UJMs" because of the belief that they all came with inline, four-cylinder air-cooled, overhead cam engines. That wasn't even true back then but it overlooked the fact that (at the time) there was only ONE American motorcycle manufacturer and all they used were air-cooled, push-rod V-Twins.

Now in 2015, the only difference in the scene is that there are several American motorcycle manufacturers, but they still all (excepting Motus, of course) produce V-Twin motorcycles (although some of them are shockingly water cooled now).
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Jaimec
Posted on Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 02:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I wouldn't even MIND a V-Twin engine if it was in something OTHER than yet ANOTHER big, heavy cruiser-style motorcycle.

Erik!! Come back!!
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Midknyte
Posted on Friday, November 20, 2015 - 09:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Indian's New Scout Sixty Is About To Go Flat Track Racing

http://flip.it/C1kTa
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Hughlysses
Posted on Saturday, November 21, 2015 - 07:24 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Pic from article above. Does that idler roller look familiar, or what?

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Jaimec
Posted on Saturday, November 21, 2015 - 08:36 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

They're going flat tracking with a BELT DRIVE??? Also, that wheelbase looks far too long for flat tracking. Be interesting to see what happens, though...
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Figorvonbuellingham
Posted on Saturday, November 21, 2015 - 09:56 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Nice door mat lower fairing...lmao. Everyone's gong nuts trying to find lower fairings for our 1125's and here they are right outside our from door...literally!
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Hughlysses
Posted on Saturday, November 21, 2015 - 10:21 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Walk around video of KTM 1290 Super Duke GT. The driving lights built into the fairings are an interesting feature:

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