,700 cruisers registered in ’07, which I find ridiculous. The model I will be living with is this, the Vegas 8 Ball. It isn’t the top of the range model, far from it. What I’ve noticd so far is that the build quality is really good. The switchgear and display

very little in the way of hard customs to offer.We settled on the Victory Vegas 8 Ball, a 1731cc American bread cruiser. And from the Japanese corner, the Honda Fury - Japans 1312cc V-twin proper custom chopper, in fact it was the only bike

A Cruiser can be customised, adapted, chopped and changed beyond all recognition - even more so than a sportsbike. There are the obvious choices on the market, namely Harley-Davidson, Triumph's Rocket III (when it finally hits the shops), or a retro styled Kawasaki VN2000.However...

motorcycles just nine years ago from its base in Medina, Minnesota. America has around 40,000 Victory riders, and the company claim British sales are on the up. As an example the price reductions now mean Victory's Vegas 8-Ball drops from £9,995 to £8

the firm's existing High-Ball, which is a bit like the Judge, which is pretty similar to the 8-Ball. And then there's the Jackpot, which is a sort of like the other ones.The Boardwalks USP is a different rear mudguard to the rest of the range, along

the first MV in recent memory to be within relatively easy reach of the average pocket; it will undercut the F3, with a planned price of 8990 Euros (£7800) it should be on a par with stuff like Yamaha's FZ8 and the Street Triple R.The other news for MV

TRIUMPH have produced 30 Speed Triple R 'Dark' editions.The bikes have been painted by 8 Ball and are essentially the dripping with exotic Öhlins, PVM and Brembo Speed Triple Rs with bespoke paint, a colour-matched belly pan and fly screen

JUST because someone says you can do something - it doesn't always mean you actually should.I'm sure that I read or was told that the Piaggio X8 was a scooter of such elegance, class and style - and, more importantly, such luggage capacity

is Victory's glorious 100/6 Freedom motor. The whole '07 range benefits from this throbbing mass of gleaming metal and, with the exception of the 8-Ball, from a true six-speed gearbox too.The meaty powertrain, boasting 84bhp and 104lb.ft of useable torque

styling, it will be endorsed by Rossi and it's promising to use ground-breaking technology – means that even if its rivals all launch turbocharged V8s and fill their show stands with naked supermodels they'll still be struggling to capture much attention