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2017 Victory Vegas 8-Ball - Coolness Factor = 59.0%

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2017 Victory Vegas 8-Ball on the Total Motorcycle Cool Wall

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ROLLING THE DARK STREETS ...

Sinister and blacked out, sparse use of chrome details, and a 21-inch contrast-cut Falchion™ front wheel named after a sword known for its versatility and ready to slice out plenty of attention. This is the Vegas® 8-Ball. Front to back, the Vegas® 8-Ball is sculpted by a tucked-in headlamp, chrome gauge cluster, black risers and pullback handlebars, slash-cut muffler tips and a flush-mount LED taillight. Like its sibling, it runs on a Freedom® 106 V-Twin producing 110 Ft.-Lbs. of pulse-pounding torque mated to a smooth six-speed overdrive transmission. Available in Gloss Black ($12,999).

Attitude from every angle.



2017 Victory Vegas 8-Ball http://www.Totalmotorcycle.com Key Features

Freedom® 106 V-Twin Delivering
110 Ft.-Lb. Of Torque
Falchion™ 21-Inch Front Wheel
Gloss Black





2017 Victory Vegas 8-Ball http://www.Totalmotorcycle.com Features and Benefits


6-Speed Overdrive Transmission

Get comfortable in the passing lane. This 6-Speed Overdrive transmission delivers smooth power, and unmatched power in every gear.





106 Cubic-Inch Freedom® V-Twin

The Victory Freedom® 106/6 V-Twin is smooth, efficient – and extremely powerful. It delivers instant throttle response and outstanding power you can unleash on demand.




21” Falchion™ Wheel

Named after a one-handed sword known for its versatility, Vegas’ new 21-inch front wheel carves the road, and slices out plenty of attention.




Low Seat Height

Sit-low without slouching on this 25.2” seat.







2017 Victory Vegas 8-Ball - http://www.Totalmotorcycle.com USA Specifications/Technical Details
US MSRP Price: $12999 USD
Canada MSRP Price: $14,999 CDN

Specifications


ABS/Cruise Control Not Equipped
Curb Weight 682 lbs / 309 kg
Displacement 106 ci / 1731 cc
Oil Capacity 5.0 qts / 4.73 ltr


ENGINE & DRIVETRAIN


Valve Train 4 Valves per Cylinder, Hydraulic Lifters & Cam Chain Adjusters
Transmission Type 6 Speed Overdrive/Constant Mesh
Transmission/Primary Drive Gear Drive with Torque Compensator
Transmission/Final Drive Carbon Fiber Reinforced Belt
Fuel System Electronic Fuel Injection with dual 45mm throttle body
Exhaust Dual-Staggered Slash-Cut with Common Volume
Drive/Driven Clutch Wet Multi-Plate/Diaphragm Spring
Cooling Air & Oil
Compression Ratio 9.4:1
Charging System 38 Amps Max Output
Battery YTX20HL-BS/12 Volt 18 Amp Hour 310 CCA
Bore x Stroke (mm) 101 x 108 mm
Engine Type Freedom 106/ 6 V-Twin


Suspension


Rear Suspension Single Monotube Gas/Preload Adjustable/3.0" (75mm)
Front Suspension Telescopic Fork/ 5.1" (130mm)


Brakes


Rear Brakes Single 300 x 5mm/ Floating Rotor/ 2 Piston Caliper
Front Brakes Single 300 x 5mm/ Floating Rotor/ 4 Piston Caliper
Brake System Type Not Linked


Tires / Wheels


Rear Wheel 18 x 5.5 in
Rear Tires Dunlop D417 180/55B18 74H
Front Wheel 21 x 2.15 in
Front Tires Dunlop D418F Elite 3 90 90-21 54H


DIMENSIONS


Wheelbase 67.1 in / 1705 mm
Seat Height 25.2 in / 640 mm
Rake/Trail 33° / 5.0 in/ 126 mm
Ground Clearance 5.3 in / 135 mm
GVWR 1,151 lbs / 523 kg
Fuel Capacity (Litres) 4.5 gal / 17 ltr
Overall Length (in./mm.) 96.9 in / 2462 mm

Colors (Base) Gloss Black

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Wow, it is November 2016 already? Where has the year gone? In fact, where has time gone? I remember it was "just" 16 years ago I started the "100% Motorcycle Website" in 2000 and in 2003, that (horrible name) became Total Motorcycle!*... *mostly because I couldn't register a "100%" lol. I used to get around 10,000 visitors a month, now it is in the multi-millions, although each user, to me, is not any less special. Ok, that was a rabbit hole.

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#3 Unread post by ceemes »

Meh, basically a different take on the a tired style.....more cosmetic than anything else. No vote.
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Terrible grouping of unrelated parts and styles on a tired old frame. Complete miss..........

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I like the bike, I voted cool. But..that front rim just looks not quite right. I wonder if its one of those bikes that once you see them in the showroom in person they look a lot better. To me it looks like they went for the blacked out look then blam that chrome rim up front.
Looking at It again I think a black rim of some sort would look a lot better.

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I'm with you on that one. It is more awkward because they have gone to such lengths to remove all the usual chrome. Even the pipes are black and then the wheels are total bling. Maybe it's a Vegas thing?
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faded sun wrote:I'm with you on that one. It is more awkward because they have gone to such lengths to remove all the usual chrome. Even the pipes are black and then the wheels are total bling. Maybe it's a Vegas thing?
In the spirit of the new non-PC Political climate, all one can say about that wheel is:
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The wife says it looks like they changed the tire and didn't have one to match....
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I went with: Uncool.

It is interesting to see such scatter gun results on the voting so far, it's all over the place. But like you all, (and I asked Andrea as well) the rims are just... incredibly odd?

As montanalifter was saying, maybe it's something that looks wacked in the photos but great in person? Gez, I hope so, as that really looks odd. Other than that, I do really like the Vegas, not the 8-ball, but the more "blingy one" of years past when Victory actually did the best "custom" paint jobs in the industry. Now, even the non-S models are... not so interesting. Now, it feels like it's a tired model, needs something more and hopefully a refresh. After all, look at what they have done with the Indian line of bikes! Have they given Victory the back burner?

That said, you can't beat the price of the 8-Ball, it's $1000 less for a black bike and the starting price isn't bad at all.

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2017 Victory Vegas 8-Ball - Coolness Factor = 59.0%
Featured: November 11th - November 18th, 2016
Most popular vote category: Cool

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Your Coolness Factor of the 2017 Victory Vegas 8-Ball is:

Awesome (3 points) 27% [ 7 ]
Cool (2 points) 35% [ 9 ]
Uncool (1 point) 27% [ 7 ]
Fail (0 point) 12% [ 3 ]

Total votes: 26

= a Coolwall Factor of 59.0%


Notes: Odd. That would be the word that I think most TMW readers would say about the 2017 Victory Vegas 8-Ball. And the split-across-the-board votes say this too. Which is interesting because we don't get many bikes up the TMW Cool Wall that are like this and usually not from a main-line manufacturer with a bread-and-butter staple model. Let's hope it look better in person than in pictures, otherwise, the Vegas 8-Ball may raise eyebrows, but not in a good way.

Get excited as the next TMW Cool Wall bike for 2016 is now up for voting and discussion, have fun!
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