Victory no more

[Janluke]

Polaris are winding up Victory and focusing on Indian.

While not a huge surprise I'm a bit sad about this. I had a Victory for 6 years and loved it

[J B L]

Strange that they were showing their electric prowess under the Victory brand at the last TT. Never nice to see a brand disappear.

[Biker 1]

That's a real shame. I thought about buying one a couple of years back, but local multi-franchise dealer stopped selling them, presumably through lack of demand. The engines look way better & more modern than H-D

[HD Adam]

Announcement from Polaris here.

http://ir.polaris.com/investors/news/news-details/...

[soad]

Yet Slingshot continues production?

[buzzer]

Shame. Almost bought one a few years ago...went for a V- ROD instead. Looks like 2017 will be the last year for those as well...

[mgv8]

From the sound of it just did not sell outside the US. But a car 1600cc motorbikes (or bigger) where never going to sell in high numbers where the roads are bendy and fuel cost high.

[FunkyNige]

That's a shame, I sat on them a lot at bike shows and always thought they were the bike I'd get if I wanted that style of bike.

[mrmaggit]

mgv8 said:

From the sound of it just did not sell outside the US. But a car 1600cc motorbikes (or bigger) where never going to sell in high numbers where the roads are bendy and fuel cost high.

I used to get 50+ mpg out of my Vegas, 35-ish out of my Street Triple which was half the displacement. OK the Triumph was more nimble, but the Vegas more comfortable.

[buzzer]

anonymous said:

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Better be quick if you fancy one... its rumoured that 017 will be the last year of production for the V-ROD.