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Victory Ending Production
Polaris Industries Inc. announced it will immediately begin winding down its Victory Motorcycles brand and related operations. Polaris will assist dealers in liquidating existing inventories while continuing to supply parts for a period of 10 years, along with providing service and warranty coverage to Victory dealers and owners. This was an incredibly difficult decision. Over the past 18 years, we have invested not only resources, but our hearts and souls, into forging the Victory Motorcycles brand, and we are exceptionally proud of what our team has accomplished. The experience, knowledge, infrastructure and capability we’ve built gave us the confidence to acquire and develop the Indian Motorcycle brand. I would like to express my gratitude to everyone associated with Victory Motorcycles and celebrate your many contributions. AROUND THE WORLD
Ewan McGregor selling favourite motorcycle
2017 Bonneville Bobber
McGregor is selling his 2012 Indian Larry Panhead Chopper from his private collections through Bonhams auctioneers in Las Vegas. “Christened ‘The Machine’ because of its sparse bare-metal beauty.
Quote of the Month “I don’t ride a motorcycle to add days to my life, I ride a motorcycle to add life to my days.”
Photo Courtesy: Bill Petro - Photographer
Triumph Unveils New Models brent ‘storm’ wakeford CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The latest additions to the Bonneville family have finally been unveiled. Earlier, this past week, Triumph stopped in Hamilton at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, as part of their nationwide tour to introduce motorcycle enthusiasts to the all-new Street Scrambler and their premium custom
Bonneville Bobber. The Bobber--which really most were in attendance to see unveiled, was born into an unparalleled bloodline of Triumph customs that stretch all the way back to the 1940’s. It perfectly encapsulates the minimalist styling principles, muscular stance and purposeful engineering attitude of a genuine bobber. For decades riders from all walks of life have tinkered with
their motorcycles. And while some have preferred to add numerous goodies and accessories like windshields, saddlebags and chrome trinkets--some have gone the opposite direction with stripping them down, removing unnecessary accessories and running a bare bones, light weight urban ride called a bobber. Although only a few of the continued on PG. 03 big manufacturers