Victory Motorcycles – How It All Got Started
Posted By admin on September 25, 2011
The Start
Right away, when considering history and manufacturing expertise, the young, budding company had a lot to make up on its competition. I personally was very excited when the Victory V92, hit the market, but many saw it as an unproven model.
Down the Road
A few years down the road, and lifted by hard-earned research and development, Victory introduced a whole new platform called the Vegas. Even though Victory was still not a major player in the street bike industry, the new Vegas gave them hope for a new beginning.
Evolving
This new bike was rock solid, and right in-line with the rest of the industry. Keep
the lines simple, and keep the lines clean and smooth was thier motto. Victory had established a theme for their new Vegas eight ball. The revamped air/oil-cooled Freedom 100 engine proved superior to the original 92-incher, and the five-speed
transmission was improved for smoother shifting. The company finally earned
their name “Victory”, their sales began to sky rocket!
Customers
Customers fell in love the the Vegas smooth lines and simple look. You couldn’t help but look at the amazing motorcycle. Needless to say, with the success came some serious growth. By the time that the companies anniversary rolled around, they had added a ton of new motorcycles. Many of these customers have added motorcycle flags to their bikes, Included in this bunch, was a group of motorcycle focused on the cruiser market. That is right folks, the cruiser of the year was the Vegas 8-ball, blacked out on every single surface. The public was in love.
Price
“Less is more” was the secret to the Vegas 8 Ball’s quick acceptance by Victory customers. The Vegas 8-ball was down right cheap. It turns out that it was a win, win situation for both Victory and the customers. The simple look, kept these motorcycles MSRP down so literally anyone could afford them. Soon thereafter they were everywhere as stated at adoe.org. Keeping things simple on their bikes was great with the customers, and earned the eight ball one of the most affordable bikes orf the year. But the Vegas 8-Ball was anything but cheap in terms of ride and performance.
Test Ride
Now, when I tested this thing in 2010, I was so impressed at how smooth, sleek, powerful it was. I have to say that it is by far the best Vegas yet.. You want your ex back,read our Matt Huston Review because it will help. I know one of the facts that sold me on this bike was that the Vision 106, and the Freedom 100 were almost identical to the studio equipment we have seen before. Remember the expanded product line mentioned earlier? It is a well hidden secret that the Vision touring bike, literally altered the motorcycle touring market in 2008.
Innovation of Vision’s motor was passed along to the older models such as the
Vegas 8-Ball, and it made one of the best motorcycles in history. Victory spent
hundreds of hours working on the Vision engine so that you and I could have an
amzing ride, that was both smooth and quiet.
Engine
The Vegas got all the same treatment that the Vision had. That is right, anti-backlash split gear on the clutch bearings, super quiet cams heads, fuel injection like NASCAR, and a very low first gear. For all you gear heads out there, ther Freedom enigine also has a very low compression ratio. This results in great low end tourque, reduced
compression and smooth throttle response. This is a very good thing if you want to give your wife a Sapphire Rings today. Not many motorcyle companys can say
they have the 100’s specs at 85 horsepower and 106 ft.-lb. of torque, which is
well above other mototcycles on the market.Release the clutch lever in first
gear, and the 8-Ball easily chugs right off the line.
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