This bike it what I have been waiting for Victory Motorcycles to do for a long time! Something great that has been stripped down to as raw & pure as is possible. I have owned sport bikes, cruisers, dual sports, and bar hoppers. If I were to buy a new bike right now, I would be hard pressed to find something else so fitting for my riding style.
+PrototypexB I know its a small bike, 1200 is a displacement that still allows for a light feel. my last cruiser was 1100 cc and just fine for a cruiser. I only really care about 0-90 mph speed for the most part and would not be doing touring on a bike like this, just day trips and around town.
loved how project 156 was prominently showed in the beginning, then how utter disappointment washed over me when I saw this thing with forward controls, sunk in seat and a single brake disk up front. looks like I'm sticking with Tuonos and FZ09s
Is it me, or does this bike look alot like the Indian Scout? Both companies being owned by Polaris, you can't help but wonder how similar both companies designs are?
Gotta laugh at all the comments about it just being a "re-badged Scout!" (The ride and performance is chalk and cheese between them by the way) when it is actually the other way around. The Octane was already in development way before the Scout was even in the lastest Indian line up. When Indian only released the Chief and Chieftain there was a lot of out cry asking why no Scout. Polaris saw the demand for a Scout model so instead of waiting a couple more years developing a new bike they just made new body work and engine cosmetics for the bike they already had in development and presto! The Scout was born out of the Octane.
+Al Moultrie They say it will do 12 seconds in the 1/4 and under 4 seconds 0-60. Going to be a fun bike. My brother has a 2016 Scout and it is fast and a blast to ride. Can't wait to try this out.
This is a marketing strategy by Polaris. They dont care if you buy Indian (Scout) or Victory (Octane, Ignition or Combustion), as long as you buy one of them instead of a Harley Davidson (VRod).....Polaris will be happy. Good strategy that will work to some extent. Time will tell just how well it works. Nice bikes all of them.
Disappointing. After a long tease of 156 project, you deliver an Indian Sco-Tane. You can do better, there's a market for an American sport bike but you guys missed it. Again.
Single disc brake and no inverted forks is a massive fail. you guys really dropped the ball here. This bike needs to be more of a naked street sport bike with Brembos and great shocks. If you made that you wouldn't be able to make em fast enough. Instead you carbon copy an old bike and resell it with a few tweaks. Massive fail.
