The 300 MPH barrier on a conventional motorcycle has been broken. Bill Warner of Wimauma Florida hit a speed of 311.945 mph Sunday at the Loring Timing Association’s land speed races at the former Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine. Warner’s run aboard a turbocharged 1299cc Suzuki is the fastest speed obtained on a conventional motorcycle. Faster speeds have [...]
Victory Motorcycles released a new bobber style bike tonight called the High-Ball. Based on Vegas platform, Victory added spoked wheels, white walls, a short front fender and ape hangers to complete the cool retro look. Although the bike looks like a vintage cruiser, the High-Ball still takes advantage of the Freedom 106 cu in engine. [...]
Remember the movie Tron? The movie was well ahead of its time. The most memorable items in the movie were the lightcycles. Parker Brothers Custom Choppers built the lightcycles for the upcoming new Tron:Legacy movie debuting this month. Parker Brothers is now building 5 limited edition street legal bikes to auction off on eBay. “The [...]
Victory Police Motorcycles, a Tucson AZ based company, debuts its new police cruiser built on the Victory Cross Country / Roads platform. Victory Police Motorcycles has been building police cruisers since 2007. The company was co-founded by a motorcycle officer that wanted to extend the Victory handling and reliability into a police cruiser that could [...]
D&D recently introduced their new “Boss” slip-on exhaust for Victory Cross Country and Cross Road bikes. D&D claims to build these pipes on a dyno so we thought that performing a full installation review and then taking the pipes to the dyno would be a good test. I am fortunate enough to live next to [...]
This past Memorial Day, Victory Motorcycles auctioned off two custom Victory bikes to raise money for families affected by the Ft. Hood tragedy. Victory donated $27, 900 to the Chapel Tithes and Offering Fund at Ft. Hood this past Friday morning. “Victory felt compelled to do something to show support for Fort Hood following the [...]
Victory Motorcycles, a Minnesota-based company, continues to push forward with new products and innovations. Each July, Victory debuts its line-up to the world and this year was no exception. Victory is enticing buyers with big motors, updated transmissions, black-out components and new exhaust notes. Other refinements include providing ABS standard on some of its models. [...]
