Why this is the BEST motorcycle Victory ever made
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The Victory Octane is the best motorcycle that Victory ever made! The biggest problem with the Octane is that Polaris shutdown the Victory line only 2 years after the production of the Octane. This bike has all the power and styling to make it so great!
The Indian Scout was suppose to take the place of the Octane, but did it?
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I feel like Victory was so overlooked. I have a Vegas 106 and it’s such an awesome bike.
ive always liked the victory highballs
Brian Mayes me too. Love it
I hated Indian bikes and hated them being revived, but I liked Victory. I said I would have liked to have seen Victory tradition into what Indian is, but they could not have done it. However now I like what Polaris has done with Indian and think the Scout looks great which is essentially this bike. I love the Indian line and they stick to the classic look and give way more bang for the buck than Harley. Never thought it would happen, but I am on a brand new Indian Challenger and love it.
2014 VEGAS JACKPOT Owner! It's the best bike ever.
I flew to Florida to buy one of these and then rode it back to Utah. It was amazing
That is epic. I could not imagine. Just driving in a Truck from alabama to Boise idaho is 36 hours . You are insane to make that journey on a bike but man what a journey you had!!
Those are the kind of Epic rides that I hope to have before I drop whatever happens happens but I got to get it in👊
Still own it?
@@Fee.1 Yes!
@@landoncheatham7369 what did you spend ?
Went to an Indian dealership just the first part of this week on my Victory Jackpot Extreme. Road a couple of bikes. Heavy and clumsy compared to mine. Came back outside to leave and there 4 guys standing around my bike. One guy excitedly ask "Man are you trading this in?" I said "No way". His look sad the said "You want to sell it?" "No was my reply. I get this kind of reactions every where I go. Polaris really screwed up dropping Victory. I would buy an Octane also if I needed more bikes.
Still lovin the Victory Vision!!
If victory was still around I would've bought a brand new octane this year.
I can understand why they dropped them the Octane was a great bike but they only sold 4 thousand of them total, you can't keep an entire brand alive based on one model that isn't making record number sells, really should have just rebadged it as a scout and kept it.
@@chinabluewho they did. Its almost the same bike. I have a scout and an octane
Agreed tbh I'm never touching Indian motorcycles ever again
I bought the matte grey Octane and all my HD friends laughed at me...."why'd you buy a girls bike" ...UNTIL they tried to race me and all they seen was my tail light. It was funny , I raced 5 different Harley's that night and one after the other got humiliated. One guy spent tons of money on an engine build and mods for his sportster and I smoked him with my bone stock Octane.They weren't laughing anymore. I told them you just got beat by a girls bike. Since then I've added exhaust, hi-flow intake, and tuner. GAME OVER!!
What kind of chucklefuck thinks a 100+hp is a "girl's" bike.
It's not that Victory did anything wrong, it's just Polaris wanted to put all of their focus into just one motorcycle brand and Indian was more established. And they know water cooled motorcycles are the future. That's why they have so many awesome Scout options and they beautiful Challenger out.
I work as a motorcycle mechanic at Indian motorcycles and it's exactly what you said they wanted to focus on the Indian brand and have no competition against the Indian brand because Indian had a better sales record than victory did so they wanted to keep it that way plus they didn't want to have to deal with all these different bikes models and parts.
Don't forget the dumb slingshot
I’ve owned my octane for about 3 years and I love it but when he said you could ride the octane all day I laughed. I have a Corbin seat on the bike and I can barely do 5 hours without my butt hurting. With the stock seat it’s about 2 1/2. Still a great bike if your looking at buying one.
This is what I ride. Awesome bike! Not really that comfortable an hour into a ride, tank is rather small, and breaks could be better. The heads are better flowing with more aggressive cams than the Scout heads which gives it the extra HP over it. Awesome bike none the less.
I installed a full exhaust, intake, and Dyno tune which put mine at 125HP 98TQ.
The extra 46 cc's and the hotter cams give the Octane more power.
I’m considering buying one I saw online, at 6’1” do you think it would be uncomfortable? Even if you change the seat to a comfort seat, do you think it will make a difference? Thanks for your input.
How has the reliability been?
Victory was a brand I was getting sold on, it was different, light, fast, cheaper than the rest. I probably won't be getting an Indian any day soon. I hope Polaris is kicking themselves!
Everything Victory made was great. Very healthy bikes, my 2010 Jackpot outperforms even the new HD 114's.
I know what you're saying there. My 2012 Hammer 8 ball out performs all the modern Harleys, and not by a little. 😉
I had a Victory Vision and I was so happy with it. Polaris made a big mistake by cutting off Victory. Great bikes.
Fellow pilot and It will likely be my last bike unless someone steps up huge. People that havent ridden on just have 0 clue.
@@DrDaddy-yg2ki my dad has a vision with 210k and has only ever done oil changes
@@DrDaddy-yg2ki i just had to sale my Victory Vision, because of my knees going out on me. I loved that bike, but it was just too heavy for my knees. I have a Victory Kingpin now, and I can't say anything bad about it either.
The Vision was a head of it's time, and still is in my opinion. Mine was the most powerful, and luxurious touring bike that I had ever had, that weighs Over a thousand lbs. Witch is the reason I had to sale it, my knees just couldn't handle that much weight anymore. I had been shot in my right knee, so I have been over compasaiting with my left knee. Bottom line is I need both knees reconstructed.
They started making these again this year. They renamed it the Indian Scout Rogue.
The Rogue is not an octane. The octane has a hotter cam
As a Victory CC owner I've always wanted to add an Octane to the stable. I've ridden the Octane a couple of times and its just a hoot 😎 But, I'm much more into enduro riding than road riding and all my extra play $$ goes toward supporting my dirt biking. So no, extra road bike until I'm no longer able to play in the dirt ;)
When I was looking for my next bike I looked at the Victory Judge and the Road Star Warrior. The only reason why I didn’t buy the Victory was because the local HD Dealer was the only one who would be looking after the Victory if something went wrong. When I go to the local HD Dealer you get the feeling that they will charge you for breathing the air whilst at the shop. So I went for the RSW and I couldn’t be happier. It was actually Sean’s test ride of one that sold me. Thank SRK from Down Under😎😎
O6 Vegas owner here. I won't get rid of it. #TTWFO
Owned a Victory Vegas Low and now an Indian Scout Bobber Twenty. Couldn’t be happier with Polaris motorcycles.
I never got to ride an Octane, I own a 2013 Victory Highball that I absolutely love, still I am sad that Polaris decided to drop Victory and wish that someone could get the brand from them and continue it on. Thank you for the video.
Lets clear up about the whole Scout/Octane thing. The Scout actually started life as the "Octane version 1." Then Polaris re-badged it as the Scout for the 2015 model year. They then went back and did more development on the Octane and made changes that made it into the "Octane version 2" which is the bike we have today. So for all those that are saying it is basically a Scout, well it is the other way around. The Scout is basically an Octane!
Oh and both models were made side by side in the same plant. They are sibling bikes.
I really wish they would bring back the octane as a higher spec indian. Since their are so many unique parts to the octane, I'd feel better knowing there would be plenty of parts in the future. That and it's faster, so bonus.
badopinionsrighthere I think they’d have to do some more upgrades to warrant a whole new model, the Octane is really only slightly better as it is
@@badopinionsrighthere Scout Rogue
@user-vb4gl3sn6c my daily ride in a Victory Cross County Tour and the weight is not a problem.
I own Octane. It like fuel. If you ride in city You need to know evry gas station ;P. And engine is a stove. Hot as hell. But looks cool. And has power.
Wasup love ur channel rly makes me happy too see u succeeding and thriving
I have to laugh every time the speedometer is blurred out 😂😂
Victory octane owner here! Love that color scheme on this bike!
What made me fall in live with victory was watching dudes on mostly stock octanes compete against modded street bikes
No folks, the scout looks like it. This was developed first.
Victory folded and this bike became the Indian scout
@@jp2440 yea but the Indian scout is only 550lbs
@@rohinhans7819 the octane weights 528, whats your point.
@@Mrlassit he says its 637 lbs
@@rohinhans7819 vrods weigh that much, all the octane literature says 528 dry.
Don’t be mislead on the Rockform set up. Great set up, it’s what I use. However you have to buy the mount and the phone case separate. The phone case does not come with the mount. They also offer the vibration damper separate that I also purchased and have had mine for 5 years now. Been a great phone mount.
I went from a Vulcan S to an Octane. Vulcan S is an awesome bike but the Octane still blows it away. Sean is right about how much fun it is! Handles awesome and it frickin’ rips!! Most people shift it too soon and don’t realize the full power this motor has.
my wife is always pregnant yeaah men !!
Just traded my 17 Octane in on a 19 Chieftain Limited. Watching this makes me wish I had kept it for shorter trips. Intake, tuner, and exhaust made it SO much fun around town
Great video, glad someone knows how to ride this bike properly. 15k on my octane and goin strong! Love it!
Almost bought an octane ended up getting a gunner about a month ago. I love it
Hey! I’m kind of in a similar situation but haven’t pulled the trigger, what made you get the gunner over the octane?
@@Ginamoonson I liked the look of the gunner. I'm very happy with it. Would recommend getting a power tuner for it. I had idling issues were it would lobe really bad and stall sometimes at stops. Lloyd's fuel tuner fixed it up for me
That exhaust HAS to go, it doesn't do that engine justice.
That is what I thought
Absaloutley!!
I had a dobek slash cut on mine, ordered it before I even picked up the bike from the dealer
Yeah I'd be putting ground pounders on that dude
There was a Polaris made exhaust that ramped up the horde power and sounded amazing. Why Polaris didnt put a little more effort into victory I will never understand
So, the trade off to being the first one at the end of the quarter mile is the fact that you have to shift all the time. I would rather have a 4 speed. Every twin sounds like a lawnmower to me except the Harley. Some are louder than others, but they all have the same kind of sound to me, except for the Harley. I just can't get over it. If I could get over that, I think I would really like a Scout 60. However, with the Scout I would have to give up that wonderful performance that comes right off of idle. It doesn't stay there forever, but it is there, right off of idle. I don't know of anything else that beats Harley power (per displacement) right off of idle. So, do I want to ride low rpm or high rpm? If I can have my choice, I will do my riding at low rpm.
I've got an Octane. Best motorbike I've ever owned. So much fun and so capable. Changed the exhaust with an RPW exhaust.
Thank you for your words of wisdom, they are very relevant in my life !
I was so upset when I found out they stopped victory. They were my favorite bikes. I definitely liked them much more than Harley’s. I have a 2004 Victory Vegas with the original 92ci motor and I absolutely LOVE it with the victory performance exhaust on it it’s one of the best sounding bikes I’ve ever heard and that’s the one thing I hear most often from others. It has torque for days but there are two huge problems with it that I wish I could have changed the first was the fact that those earlier Victory’s had a 5 speed transmission I wish it had a 6th so bad on the highway if I’m cruising at 90mph which is my preferred cruising speed the RPM is just sounds too high for my comfort and I always wish I had a sixth gear to shift into at those times. But the main problem which is actually a Major problem I found out is common with those early victory’s is they are prone to clutch failure as in the clutch cable ripping and then your clutch lever being useless and you basically have no clutch. It happened to me once like 200 miles from my house I was on the highway getting ready to get off on the exit I pulled in the clutch to downshift and the clutch just ripped imagine being in the middle of nowhere and just losing your clutch. I found out that’s happened to a lot of people with that bike. I still have the bike but I’m worried about taking it certain places and I lube the clutch cable regularly now with that little device meant for it. Obviously a perfect solution for that problem would be to simply put on a hydraulic clutch system as opposed to cable. My favorite Victory besides the Octane is the Hammer my dream bike would be the newest Hammer available with the 106ci motor in all blacked out I love that fat rear tire on it. I have a 2020 Indian Scout Bobber the 1200 and the matte black Paint on it is turning out to be a nightmare but i absolutely love that bike so much so hearing you compare it with the octane made me want to ride one so bad. Personally for my taste the exhaust on the one you had was a bit too quiet other than that I loved it.
Thanks Sean for another great video. I am amazed that your telepathic powers reach across the Atlantic. Every time I think ‘Where did he get those AWESOME gloves’ you immediately come up the explanation 🤗🤣. Thanks. Regards, Bob M. South Wales
I love how they blur out the speedo when he gets on it lol like we don't know he's blowing the speed limit
Love my 17 Stage 1 with the racing stripes, it rocks 🤘 hello from Scotland 🏴
I'm watching from Jockland also. Weather drying up nicely, hopefully dry afternoon
Such an easy bike to live with. Until you wind an Octane properly on past 7k it’s hard to get, it’s like a Buell Lightning motor in a light cruiser frame.. 9k redline gives great reach in every gear a bit like a vrod, not quite as much top end but makes up for in handling 8) not sure what to go for next: FXDR, Rocket, XDiavel... 🤔
Loved this machine when it came out, great bike, good price. The year victory closed its doors was the year I was on the fence and leaning towards Victory cross country tour instead of Indian or going back to Kawasaki for a big touring v twin. So bummed, bought a well used Indian Roadmaster, very reliable bike but it was more a fair weather bike than I realized initially, and the brand got too expensive for me. Looking back I should have bought a new Victory and got all the bells and whistles, it’d still be in my garage today, unlike the Indian.
Went to try to get an Indian scout. An bike was $12,999. But after everything not including the warranty it was $17,500. Ended up getting a 2013 Victory Judge for $6,900. Love the bike and I'm more satisfied than the indian scout rouge. Plus I didn't get charged 5 or 6 thousand on fees.
I hate to say it like this, but Indian should have kept Victory as a subclass for their motorcycles. Victory deserves better than just being a package option or classification, but as it stands at least it would still exist. If I could get an Indian Scout that was a "Victory edition", I'd buy that.
The Victory Octane is an awesome bike that didn't get a chance to really catch on since Polaris pulled the plug on Victory in 2017 upon releasing the Octane.
I'm my opinion it's the best performance cruiser ever. And Polaris has designed the best performance bagger ever. Awesome company!
Thats a sharp looking bike, I see why you like it! God bless, stay safe.
Ah another Vicky'O.
This is my starter bike. She's in the living room listening to this video...
Would not mind having an extra. I treat mine like a museum piece, since they don't make em...and they were only made 1 year. I keep buying parts just in case.
Perfect first bike for a responsible critical thinker.
I've graduated to g2vmax... the octane was a perfect primer.
Love that bike!
Great bike and you can see the Arlen Ness touches in the design. Sad that Polaris shut them down but once they acquired Indian their days were numbered. If you bought a Victory the concern would be - can you still get parts for it? If yes, then for how long ?
I think they will make parts for Victory to 2027. But there will always be an aftermarket.
Just got a vegas and I am excited to ride it.
Its one of my favorite bikes in general. I own it and I will never get rid of it
Daaaaaamn do I like that exhaust note! Not obnoxious, but clearly has balls! Such a shame that parts will only be available for a few more years, and that there's not as much part compatibility with the Scout. That's a gorgeous bike!
Wrong there are loads of aftermarket parts for all victorys. Thats a very common misconception, until u get one and realise parts are not a problem at all. And this is coming from a guy with a victory highball and a victory cross roads. Never had issues finding parts and iam on the other side of the world in Australia.
@@seedyngreedy735 good to hear!
I have a Sportster 1200 and an Indian scout. My biggest complaint with the Indian is that the 6th gear is too buzzy at 70+mph. The Sportster is smoother at 70+mph by a long shot (I did replace the front and rear suspension on the Sportster)
Sound looks and performance kept bringing Vulcan 650s to my memory.
Is soon as you said, "Hear me out..." I knew you were gonna compare it to the Vulcan 650s, because I was thinking the same thing!
Not even close! My buddy just bought a 2021 Vulcan 650s and it can hardly keep up with my Octane. I let my buddy ride it as soon as we got home after the dealership and he enjoyed my bike more as well. I love Shawn just like the next guy, but he overestimates the 650s. It is a great, fun bike to ride, but no where near as quick as the Octane.
He’s got this listed for $7600 and it’s got less than 5k miles on it. basically new. If I was back from deployment (overseas military) I’d buy it now! Octanes are getting rare they only made a couple 1000 of them.
Polaris duded a lot of people when they shut down overnight and it was an empty promise that they would keep parts in stock for at least 10 years.
Yep..
Hence why I sold my 2017 Highball only 1.5yrs and 5,000ks into her life..
Quick cash for a home loan was mostly the reason, but Polaris bailing didn't help with resale price
I really haven't had much problem getting parts for my old kingpin deluxe, although i haven't really needed much and the aftermarket has been pretty good as well. Got a Barnett cluch cable for it, works smooth too. Stock one did break?! Mine is the old 92 inch, good power with pipes and fuel controller. Love that bike.
Yap it pee'st me off when Victory cashed in they chips too very well balanced LCG And well built
man i love my 2019 Indian scout but the octane is sick!
Dream bike, love to own any bikes from you guys. Just a fan here.
Watching from the other side of the world. Philippines 💪💪💪
God bless you guys. Keep safe and Ride safe.
Rode a Hammer on a demo ride. I was pleasantly surprised at the torque in every gear.
That Victory octane is a beautiful bike Sean. Buddy of mine had a couple of Victory Motorcycles they were tight man. Love that black and silver love the gas tank and the exhaust on that bike Sean awesome!
Shawn, the weight is 528 lbs (dry) and not 637 lbs (0:55). It is a great bike!
Beautiful bike! One of your biggest fans! Thanks for the great videos!
I'm probably too late, but have you done an episode on the best beginner street bike (I've been on 2 wheels, just offroad bikes) that will do at least 65mph? 🤔
It’s basically Indian Scout, this came before for sure but the only drawback is Victory is now discontinued and it’s only Indian, which in aesthetics is mostly similar but slightly better
Victory motorcycles are awesome. I think some of the reasons Victory didn't do as good as they could have at least in my area is because when you walked into a Victory dealer in my area, they acted as it pained them for you visited their store. My local Harley Davidson dealer was always nice and would have free lunches and treat everyone that walked in the door. Me not being a real big Harley person ended up buying a Road King. The bike was pretty good but then the engine ran like crap and I didn't even put a 1000 miles on it. My next bike is going to be a Yamaha Road Star.
The Harley community is the catch and the women love Harley’s
I love my 06 victory hammer but always wanted an Octane! I hope they make a comeback
Only way they make a comeback is if Indian is forced to change there name with everything going on.
I really wanted a Gunner and I was set on getting one.. but you just added another bike for me to consider lolol
Yep looks like a scout🤔
Everything you need, nothing you don’t. Great bike.
I have an octane, took off exhaust and put on slip ons.....harleys look out for me now!!! Sounds EPIC!!!
I was thinking about getting an RPW Convict II for mine, then Victory was shut down. Now, I want to keep it original.
Correction 528 lbs, best bike i have ever owned when it come to every aspect. I will never sell mine and stock for stock i beat every harley i have raced. If i had to compare it to something it would be like riding an older vmax but a little more nimble with the v-twin sound. Only complaint was the seat, switched to a mustang and its a night and day difference. This is not a touring bike but me and the wife can ride it all day no problem.
It literally an indian scout bobber. Sick bike
Looking forward for Shawn's testdrive on that Vulcan 2000 with the mean Hypercharger
People are saying the Indian Scout Rogue is the Octane, resurrected
I loved the Project 156 race bike that Victory made for pikes peak, the Octane was awesome, but the FTR1200 is the spiritual successor to the project 156 to me.
Thinking about buying this as my first bike...
If Victory come out with a better motor than the 106, I'd have to ride it to believe it, because that 106 is a great motor. Well I can't complain about the 100 cubic inche motor, I have one on my Kingpin, and with the 6 speed gearbox it is a good set up as well.
Maybe all these liquid-cooled bikes were too early. Now that us Millenials are starting to have a little money, we want to buy bikes, but we're practicable. I know they're out there, but I wish there were more options for liquid-cooled cruisers. I don't think I've heard a bad thing about Victory, which is why I'm a little confused about why they didn't keep the line. When I talk to people about Indian, I don't get that great of a response. I think they are cool, but I wish they had more style. Sometimes I see an Indian and I just drool, but many of the stock bikes don't really get me like HD. HD is cool, but their market doesn't allow them to move with the times. Yeah, I think that air-cooled engines look cooler, but I think I can adapt to the look of liquid-cooled cruisers.
My son had one of those and I got to write it for a time it was a awesome bike wouldn't mind having one myself
This bike appeals to me, a lot. Just checked Craigslist. Nada. Probably a good thing. I’m still happy with my Oldwing anyway.
i read that , the reason polaris stopped producing the victory line up . . . was because they refused to change the engine. . . as in reduced cc'c . . . and increased cc'c with those very strong engines.
if they had stayed making them, H-D would have been out of business.
interesting bike you have there , looks good, sounds good , is good . . . no need in changing perfection huh ? . . lol
with those bikes, stock is always best.
My friend and i rode these at a victory demo day. Rode the gunner then the octane. He left with an octane, i left wanting an octane. All of the other victorys felt lazy, the octane had us giggling like idiots. I have to admit though, on longer trips the octane punishes me -- feels like rear suspension is too stuff or not enough padding in the seat.
Cant wait to buy my bike from sean
“Only Theo buttons that matter, the start button and the throttle” - Sean. Love it😂
Say bro I like your style you keep it clean but you’re crazy I love it. And I feel you when he’s talking about victory leaving the market I got a 2007 victory Vegas 8 Ball, bikes got so much balls so fun... Yup you got cool reviews I like how you start your reviews with the passage from the Bible that’s cool man I dig that it’s real talk. I’ll be watching have a good one God bless.
I just found a 2017 victory octane for 5k and I'm thinking of buying it right this weekend
This is of the best CZcams channels..
The Victory Octane! What more could Victory say or do? They know they couldn't build another bike that come close to the Octane. But than come the 2019 Indian FTR 1200!!
Are you in or near Lancaster PA?? Because as I was watching the video I thought “that looks exactly like Lancaster!” And then I saw the sign that pointed to Lancaster.
Also the horse and buggy
Edit: OOOOH and then I saw the Landisville sign! Dude we’re neighbors!
Water cooling makes for more parts to break down and adds to the price of production but I would say the benefits outweigh the cost.
The bike looks awesome!
Yo, bobbed this thing looks sick
I like how he blurred out the speedo
Have to disagree. Vegas 8 Ball is the best bike by far from Victory
Sean the salesman promoting this puppy hard
It's the same as an Indian scout, like the victory
Yes looks like a scout!
These are basically budget scouts to the people that don’t know the history awesome bikes awesome value
That looks exactly like the new scout🧐
Get the scout is only 550lbs
Indian Scout Bobber seems to share quite hella lot of features from it's older brother ....
We still get it in the Scout
I have the 2008kingpin 8 ball and ABSOLUTELY love the bike,and it has the victory performance pipes sounds bad to the bone and is faster then the 103 and 107's just need the 6th gear.