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     Whodom |
This link was on the XL list this morning: http://www.momentumphoto.net/eprc/03aug4/nonumbers/1019/ I LIKE it! | ||
| Bads1 |
Damn thing looks like it has a wheel base of 65 inch's | ||
| Kevyn |
WHOAA thatsalottamota for a sportbike! Nice to see the finished product. | ||
| Newfie_buell |
Whats are the two big square things under and in front of the motor?? Something just does not look right about it? Its too long. | ||
| Sarodude |
Looks more like a converted cruiser than a sportbike. -Saro | ||
| Tavs |
That thing looks homemade. They used 916 body upper. | ||
| Bluzm2 |
In the last picture, it looks like he's going to be dragging parts soon! The thing in front of the motor is probbably an oil cooler but it looks like a lunch tray!  | ||
| Kcfirebolt |
Good for Victory! Parties are always better with more people. (john burns) | ||
| Ara |
That rectangular thing slung under the motor, could that be an almost-remote oil reservoir? I can't imagine what else it could be. | ||
| Nevco1 |
Nice...and to think all HD did was change the V-Rod cosmetically. What a bunch of narrow minded idiots!!! | ||
| Whodom |
I believe the large rectangular thing below the engine/transmission is the oil sump- also shows in some of the photos of the Vegas that I've seen. Don't know what the other boxes in front of the engine are. Between the oil sump and DOHC heads, that engine must be a foot taller than an XB. There is a little info about the bike at www.cruisebikes.net: http://www.cruisebikes.net/showthread.php?s=cbfe8dfbde7c5203c55c1530de899bcc&thr eadid=4793&highlight=victory If the link gets broken, just go to cruisebikes, do a search for "Victory", and go to the thread by "yamahagirl". | ||
| Rick_a |
Sorry excuse for a sportbike if you ask me. The thing is a mile long. | ||
| Glitch |
Sorry excuse for a sportbike if you ask me. The thing is a mile long. Yeah, and I bet it has a stiff clutch too! | ||
| Nevco1 |
I agree, but don't care if it is a sorry excuse for a sport bike. Think of it as a sport styler for big guys. Makes sense when you read all the posts about tall folks not fitting the new generation Buells and quit a few other sport bikes. Plus, something along this line would make a great sport touring bike, which is where I contend its real niche in the market is. | ||
| Bykergeek |
>>Sorry excuse for a sportbike if you ask me. The thing is a mile long.<< Man... What a tough crowd... Remember the Buell Credo, Different in every sense ? | ||
| Glitch |
Yeah well I was only kidding... 'Cause that's the only thing the reviewers have said negative on the new Buells...  | ||
| Cyclonemick |
Sorry People about the negative critisism "but man that thing is ugly" | ||
| Whodom |
Guys, you have to figure this thing is a test mule, and the cosmetics of a production bike would be vastly different (hopefully better). I bet they'd also get rid of that big honkin' cast sump before they tried to apply that plant to a serious sportbike. At any rate, it is cool that somebody in the U.S. besides Buell is at least looking at building sportbikes. | ||
| Wman |
Looks like the forks are kicked out kind of far for a sportbike, maybee just the camera angle. | ||
| Rocketman |
Why America insists on this tradition of V twin pushrod motor I don't understand. Fair play to 'em but let's face it that thing is going nowhere. Rocket  | ||
| Crusty |
Rocket, a V twin feels better than any other engine configuration. That Victory is obviously a test mule. It will be interesting if it sees the light of day. I won't badmouth it until I've ridden one. Ducatis are V twins, too; they have a reputation for going kinda fast. | ||
| Whodom |
Rocket- it's not a pushrod motor. The Victory engine has double overhead cams with 4 valves per cylinder. Great for performance, but a major reason that engine is so stinkin' tall compared to an XB. | ||
| José_quiñones |
Plus it's a 1507cc engine, if they knock the stroke and maybe the bore a little bit down to 1000cc the engine can be shorter. Definetly looking forward to what Victory develops from this. It might end up looking like that Custom Victory Arlen Ness built a while ago. edited by josé_quiñones on August 15, 2003 | ||
| Turnagain |
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| Mikej |
Let's see someone ride that cross country on a twisty road route. CCTRR? Hmmm, food for thought. | ||
| Glitch |
I dunno, it kinda looks like someone's project bike. Maybe bought a couple o' totaled bikes and made something to play with out at the track. If it was more, doncha think it there'd be lots 'o rumors runnin' 'round about Buells new competition? | ||
| Turnagain |
Let's see someone ride that cross country on a twisty road route. how about puttin' on front fender? LSR?? CCTRR? Hmmm, food for thought. Googled 'Central California Traction Railroad (CCTRR)' One too many Corona's last night -- feed me.   | ||
| M2cyclone00 |
Based on what Yamahagirl (who posted the pictures) said, it was a homebuilt. Not a Victory test mule. Whodom, I doubt those overhead cams on the Victory do anything for performance. The piston stroke is too long to receive any benefit of a (potentially) higher reving OHC. I'd stick to pushrods & a lower engine. I'll take a Sportster or XB engine any day! | ||
| Anonymous |
It was built by at home by a couple of Victory employees out of a personally owned bike to run in a local club race endurance race for fun. No factory endorsed connection at all. | ||
| Ezblast |
  A big twin sport - touring bike - I think Kosman answered that with the Vortex - special order - lol - lol - GT - JBOTDS! EZ  | ||
| Gonen60 |
That Victory looks like a Sport-Chopper.. | ||
| Ezblast |
What you expect from Arlen Ness - lol - GT - JBOTDS! EZ  | ||
| Kcfirebolt |
Found on Motorcycle online. Answers some of the questions. Re: New Victory Sportbike? (Score: 1) by ZRX_bullock on Friday, August 22 @ 06:47:04 PDT (User Info | Send a Message) I talked to him at the Edge track day at BIR. He’s an engineer at Polaris, as well as a CRA novice class 600 super sport (number 370) on a Honda 2fi. He said he raced in California for a number of years but he had to start out in the novice class in the CRA. He put together this bike, as seen in the photo, to compete at a 5 hour endurance race at BIR coming up in September. Polaris was sending this frame and motor to the crusher but he talked them into letting him make it into a project bike and of course test it at track days. I got to talking to him because after one track session he came up and apologized for making a pass coming into turn 9, I thought it was a great pass but he thought it was kind of close. | ||
| Glitch |
Polaris was sending this frame and motor to the crusher Do you know why? | ||
| Rick_a |
Coulda been a prototype or a test bike |
