Thursday, August 4, 2016
VICTORY OCTANE 2016
VICTORY OCTANE 2016. After all the joy regarding Polaris’s relaunch of Indian, the hydrocarbon is sister-brand Victory’s 1st all-new bike in additional than a number of years. Trouble is, rather than being the all-new ‘Modern yankee Muscle’ ending hyped it up to be it’s truly a rebadged Indian Scout with a (very) slight performance tweak. If they’d distanced it away from the Scout and given it some real oomph (say, a 20-30bhp boost rather than the 4bhp additional it has) it'd are a unique story. because it stands, the hydrocarbon may be a cheaper, (very) slightly punchier Scout with a ending badge once it may and maybe ought to are most more.
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| VICTORY OCTANE 2016 |
Ride Quality & Brakes three out of five
The Octane’s solid aluminium/tubular steel combine cradle is additionally to identical direction because the Scout’s, right right down to the dual 41mm telescopic forks, twin discs and twin shock rear however the wheels area unit new, growing from the dual 16-inchers of the Scout to a 18/17-inch front/rear combination. maybe unsurprisingly, then, the hydrocarbon is incredibly very like the Scout to ride – however with slightly additional angle. Handling is good for a cruiser and ne'er extremely becomes a handful; brakes area unit adequate and its real playground ought to be blasting around city, mucking regarding between traffic lights and customarily enjoying the (slightly entry-level) hot rod man. No long-distance cruiser, though, it’s too uncomfortable and ending has higher bikes for that.
Engine four out of five
The engine design is essentially identical as its sister bike, the Indian Scout, however with a bore up from ninety nine to 101mm to require capability from 1133cc to 1179.3cc, enough to lift peak power to 104bhp.
It’s been aforementioned before however that 60º, liquid-cooled V-twin may be a peach: usefully memorizing from as very little as 2500rpm before building in a very linear fashion and dismissing from 5 yard and up. As a result, travel is easy and pleasing (a 70mph cruising speed comes up at simply 4000rpm in sixth). That aforementioned the hydrocarbon may be a million miles removed from actually fierce, ground shaking hot-rods comparable to the VMax or Diavel.
Build Quality & dependableness four out of five
To Victory’s credit, it's done a reasonably thorough job of the transformation and also the result's sufficiently totally {different|completely different} from the Scout – there’s much more thereto than simply different badges, for instance. Quality’s grand, either and, whereas it’s most likely still too early to proclaim with any certainty, any qualms regarding dependableness ought to be remunerated for by Victory’s commonplace five-year guarantee – the most effective within the business.
Insurance, running prices & worth four out of five
Overall the Octane’s an honest bike, a welcome addition to Victory’s vary and a noteworthy different to a Scout. Don’t forget, once the hydrocarbon went on sale within the United Kingdom, it had been not simply additional powerful than the Indian upon that it’s based mostly, to not mention being arguably additional substantial due principally to its larger wheels, it had been cheaper, too. It’s simply not (quite) the all-new yankee hot rod ending would have U.S. believe.
Equipment a pair of out of five
Victory has gone to in depth lengths to relinquish the new bike its own look. These include: restyled barrels/head; new nose cowling; new facet panels; new larger, however less flaring fenders front and rear to match the larger wheels; repositioned rear shocks; all chrome replaced by black and ending badging throughout. That said, instrumentality isn't any totally different and still fairly thin. There’s one, multi-function ‘clock’, ABS and… that’s regarding it. No fancy physical science or sustenance and, so far, not abundant by method of nonmandatory accessories, either.
The Octane’s solid aluminium/tubular steel combine cradle is additionally to identical direction because the Scout’s, right right down to the dual 41mm telescopic forks, twin discs and twin shock rear however the wheels area unit new, growing from the dual 16-inchers of the Scout to a 18/17-inch front/rear combination. maybe unsurprisingly, then, the hydrocarbon is incredibly very like the Scout to ride – however with slightly additional angle. Handling is good for a cruiser and ne'er extremely becomes a handful; brakes area unit adequate and its real playground ought to be blasting around city, mucking regarding between traffic lights and customarily enjoying the (slightly entry-level) hot rod man. No long-distance cruiser, though, it’s too uncomfortable and ending has higher bikes for that.
Engine four out of five
The engine design is essentially identical as its sister bike, the Indian Scout, however with a bore up from ninety nine to 101mm to require capability from 1133cc to 1179.3cc, enough to lift peak power to 104bhp.
It’s been aforementioned before however that 60º, liquid-cooled V-twin may be a peach: usefully memorizing from as very little as 2500rpm before building in a very linear fashion and dismissing from 5 yard and up. As a result, travel is easy and pleasing (a 70mph cruising speed comes up at simply 4000rpm in sixth). That aforementioned the hydrocarbon may be a million miles removed from actually fierce, ground shaking hot-rods comparable to the VMax or Diavel.
Build Quality & dependableness four out of five
To Victory’s credit, it's done a reasonably thorough job of the transformation and also the result's sufficiently totally {different|completely different} from the Scout – there’s much more thereto than simply different badges, for instance. Quality’s grand, either and, whereas it’s most likely still too early to proclaim with any certainty, any qualms regarding dependableness ought to be remunerated for by Victory’s commonplace five-year guarantee – the most effective within the business.
Insurance, running prices & worth four out of five
Overall the Octane’s an honest bike, a welcome addition to Victory’s vary and a noteworthy different to a Scout. Don’t forget, once the hydrocarbon went on sale within the United Kingdom, it had been not simply additional powerful than the Indian upon that it’s based mostly, to not mention being arguably additional substantial due principally to its larger wheels, it had been cheaper, too. It’s simply not (quite) the all-new yankee hot rod ending would have U.S. believe.
Equipment a pair of out of five
Victory has gone to in depth lengths to relinquish the new bike its own look. These include: restyled barrels/head; new nose cowling; new facet panels; new larger, however less flaring fenders front and rear to match the larger wheels; repositioned rear shocks; all chrome replaced by black and ending badging throughout. That said, instrumentality isn't any totally different and still fairly thin. There’s one, multi-function ‘clock’, ABS and… that’s regarding it. No fancy physical science or sustenance and, so far, not abundant by method of nonmandatory accessories, either.
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