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Originally Posted by Dayze
The motor is engineered a lot better than an HD twin cam motor IMO. Less gaskets and points of failure. Oil cooled I believe. Better oil pump. Gear driving timing Instead of chain I believe (so less chance of thrashing your motor if a timing chain tensioner fails. Though,HD uses hydraulic tensioners now I think, but still). Ome reason why sporty motors are bullet proof because theyre gear driven. Right side belt drive instead of left like HD (which you have to remove the outer primary and other shit just to get access to the belt) that makes the cost of replacing your belt at the dealer ridiculously priced, or a complete pain in the ass to do yourself.(at least it would be for me)
Oh, and a big 110ci motor that has balls. To get the same in HD you'd have to upgrade ($$$) to a screaming eagle performance package. HD is running a 103ci on their twin cam line as a standard finally. Used to be 96ci and you had to pay extra for the 103 package.
Lot of good things about Victory. I Wouldn't hesitate at all buying one.
The only thing that "might" need to be considered is resale. Not necessarily from a value standpoint but more from a market standpoint. People like up all day to buy Harley's but not the case with Victorys. So might be harder to sell/find a buyer. just my gut feeling. No real proof etc.
Their bike that competes with the HD Street Glide and Road Glide market share is bad ass. I forget the model name.
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Dayze, You are correct. The resale value isn't there.. Not yet anyway. The model that competes with the Street Glide/Road Glide is the Cross Roads (No fairing) or the Cross Country (Fairing). They have started selling the Magnum. It is a Cross Country with a "few" factory upgrades.