Harley vs Victory

Hopefully they will still be in business. They have been in n out so many times I have little confidence in the brand.

:Indian is not a brand anymore,it's really to bad at one time they were as good as H.D.a long time ago .its now just a name for sale to the highest bidder.

Polaris has plants in MN & WI, but a little more than a year ago they closed WI and some parts of MN and moved those operations to Mexico. All I will say is after working on their snowmobiles and 4-wheelers, is if Victory's are built the same I would not buy one.

I have no experience with them, nor know anyone who does. As mentioned before, they spend a lot of time bashing Harley Davidson. I suppose trying to market to the crowd that does not want a Japanese bike, but does not want to be in the Harley bunch.

One advantage of Harley though, is the ability to customize, to make a bike unique. I am sure there will not be near as many options available for the Victories for quite some time.

Has anyone have one of these for a few years? What kind of durability can be expected? Until it has a track record, I would not even consider it, let those with more money test them first.

Try riding one on a cross country trip,no dealers for repairs.H.D.has at least six in every state.if you did find one good luck on them having the part you need.just saying.uke:

That's a Big one. Good point.uke:

That was the deal they made: get Indians into all the Victory dealerships. But there are so few--what good will it do?

Indians will be like Bentley cars. That is, very high quality with traditional technology for whoever has big big bucks to blow on them.

Heck, anybody could build very high quality machines if money didn't matter. The hardest thing to do is building something good for modest money. Can't imagine there's that many rich bikers who don't care the cost.

Just heard that Willie G. Davidson announced his retirement today after 49 years in the Design Dept. A short list of his most notable designs are the Dyna LowRider, Heritage Softail Classic, Fatboy, StreetGlide, among many other models. He will be greatly missed.

Here's a plus for the Vic... A 6 or 7 year old used Harley will still run ya $15,000+ and a Victory with a couple years behind it will have lost a whole bunch of resale value. You could maybe get that Vic cruiser for around $5,000. Brembo brakes, overhead cams, 43mm inverted forks are all very nice. Oh... But then when ya do need a part or a mechanic you ain't gonna find 1 on every corner like you will the Harley shops. Well just hope your Vic don't take a Sh*t on ya when your over 1,000 miles from home and it's 150 miles to the nearest Victory dealer who will then have to back-order the part that you need cuz they don't have a well stocked parts department. And then it'll be at least 3 weeks before they can get your parts. I don't think that'll be the case with an H-D though. Harley parts and techs are readily available in every town in the US. Maybe in most every town in the world considering how long Harley's have been around and how popular they are everywhere. Besides no Vic is as low and good looking as my slammed FLSTF. Oh well, just my 2 cents.

My locale dealer seems to not stock anything I've needed. Lots of other people are having the same problem with HD

Well I guess yer the prime canididate for a Victory.
Their shelves are full of parts, I guess....

Finally got exactly what I wanted. No fn victory or any other sht bike for me,Thank youuke:

We need somebody to go out and try one and come back after a couple years and let us know how they liked the Change.........

I don't. I'll give up my Harley when you pry it from my cold dead fingers

Got a lot of buddies that own a Harley but Ride a BMW.
They say the BMW gits better fuel milage. Much, much faster.

Smoother riding, faster on top end from the factory.