Publisher's Synopsis
"We were zombies by that point. Mike Ball was turning the key, and Roger and I were in the dyno cell." "Roger turned to me and said, 'Man, I'm as nervous as I was when my kids were born.' "And I said, 'Yeah, but when your kids were born, there wasn't the chance they'd blow you up and kill you!'" That was the day the first Victory engine ran, and an American original was born. That machine's journey began in 1993, when a small group of dedicated engineers and enthusiasts were told to take a step that hadn't done successfully for more than 40 years: Design and build a new American motorcycle. With the 1998 debut of its V92C, Victory Motorcycles became the New American Motorcycle. Victory's innovative, stylish heavyweight cruiser motorcycles attracted a loyal, hard-riding following, but not the market share needed to survive. This richly illustrated book covers the brand's history model-by-model and analyzes why the parent company announced in early 2017 that its Victory division would cease operation. In The Victory Motorcycle 1998-2017, the story of how a hand-picked team built the first V92C is chronicled in great detail, followed with images of all the models that shaped the Victory brand right until the end. The book includes a wealth of images of all the bikes, CAD drawings, and design sketches that take you inside the Victory's evolution.
