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aw American muscle.
That's how Victory is
describing its brand new
Octane, the company's first
go at a sport power cruiser.
The Octane is the first new
bike to come from the Iowan
Spirit Lake factory since the
company's much publicized
Project 156 Pikes Peak ven-
ture of 2015, where Cycle
World Road Test Editor Don
Canet campaigned a pro-
totype racer build by Vic-
tory and renowned custom
builder, Roland Sands.
That race ended in a
mechanical DNF but the
exercise has given light to a
new production bike (with a
few more apparently in the
works) in the Octane, a ma-
chine Victory says houses
their most powerful produc-
tion engine ever created.
The company is claiming 104
hp and 76 lb-ft of stump pull-
ing torque from their DOHC
four-valve, 1200cc V-twin,
with a 12-second quarter-
mile time and 0-60 mph in
under four seconds.
The chassis is your tradi-
tional tubular steel backbone
matched to a non-inverted
fork and a twin shock out
back. Victory says you can
crank this bike over to a 32°
lean angle, which is pretty
impressive given most cruis-
ers (not including the Ducati
Diavel and XDiavel), won't go
past 28°.
The specs put the Octane
in the realm of Harley-David-
son's V-Rod Muscle, but the
best part is the price. Victory
has given the Octane a stick-
er price of $10,749, that's
$6000 less than the Harley,
and almost half the price of
the standard XDiavel!
If the Octane goes as
good as Victory says it does
and with a price like that,
Victory could be onto some-
thing big with the Octane.
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