Polaris Pulls Plug on Victory Motorcycles Victory Motorcycles is no more, as Polaris decides to pull the plug on the brand. By Chris Cope News - Jan 9 2017 -
Director’s Chair: Something’s Afoot at Indian, Victory... Is Indian Motorcycle on the verge of expanding beyond the cruiser world? By Chris Cope News - Dec 1 2016 -
Polaris Expands Slingshot Line-Up Polaris Expands Slingshot Line-UpPolaris has announced its 2017 Slingshot line-up, which includes a new premium SLR model, an expanded range of... By Chris Cope News - Jul 28 2016 -
Victory Sets Up Gas vs. Electric Battle for Pikes Peak Victory Sets Up Gas vs. Electric Battle for Pikes PeakVictory Motorcycles has released images of the two motorcycles that will compete for the brand... By Chris Cope News - May 26 2016 -
Polaris Motorcycle Sales Up 18 Percent in First Quarter Polaris Motorcycle Sales Up 18 Percent in First QuarterVictory and Indian parent company Polaris has released its first quarter earnings for 2016,... By Chris Cope News - Apr 25 2016 -
Victory's NM-4: Remembering the Vision 800 Victory's NM-4: Remembering the Vision 800A little over 10 years ago, Victory Motorcycles revealed a concept bike that featured an 800cc... By Chris Cope Motorcycle History - Mar 31 2016 -
Indian Pulls Cover Off New Springfield Model Indian Pulls Cover Off New Springfield ModelIndian Motorcycle unveiled its new Springfield model today, which, as RideApart predicted, is an... By Chris Cope News - Mar 3 2016 -
Victory Octane: Flop or Underappreciated Genius? Despite the criticism following its reveal, will the Victory Octane prove to be the company's future? By Chris Cope Positions - Feb 25 2016 -
Indian Teases New Model, Likely to be 'Springfield' Indian is revealing a new bike next week, will it be the long-rumored Springfield cruiser? By Chris Cope News - Feb 23 2016 -
Victory Octane: Is This the 1200cc Bike We've Been Promised? - Video Victory Octane: could the rumored 1200cc bike be near at hand? By Chris Cope News - Jan 27 2016 -
Indian's New Scout Sixty: Who is it For? Who exactly is Indian targeting with the new Scout Sixty? By Chris Cope Positions - Jan 11 2016 -
Victory Motorcycles to Race Isle of Man TT Zero Victory Motorcycles will enter the SES TT Zero with an all new electric motorcycle. By William Connor News - May 12 2015 -
Kickstand: EBR’s Loss is No One’s Gain, Except Maybe Polaris Erik can't catch a break. By Gary Ilminen News - Apr 17 2015 -
Is Victory Motorcycles Working on a Fully-Electric Cruiser? Is Victory going to get an electric motorcycle? Polaris files the Charger name trademark. By RideApart Staff News - Feb 9 2015 -
Electric Motorcycle Company Brammo Purchased by Polaris Polaris Industries Inc. buys Brammo electric motorcycles. By William Connor News - Jan 19 2015 -
World's Best Performing Bagger? 2015 Victory Magnum Review World's Best Performing Bagger? 2015 Victory Magnum Review Why in the world is our resident racer Bruce Speedman in his full Dainese race leathers on... By Jesse Kiser Reviews - Dec 8 2014 -
Polaris Industries Celebrates Its 60th Anniversary Happy 60th anniversary to Polaris Industries, maker of Victory and Indian Motorcycles. By Jason Avant News - Oct 30 2014 -
2015 Victory Gunner: A Design Review Is the 2015 Victory Gunner a solid exercise in motorcycle design or a bland machine that could be confused with a Harley-Davidson? Find out what we think. By Carter Edman HFL - Feb 14 2014 -
Circle your wagons Harley, Indian is on the warpath That legendary American brand that just can’t seem to finally rest in the sacred burial ground of its ancestors is now set for archaeological excavation by those noble savages over at Polaris. The first all-new Indian has just lumbered off the assembly line at Polaris global HQ in Spirit Lake, Iowa. The smoke signals are all saying the same thing: this Chief definitely ain’t the last of the Mo... By JT Nesbitt News - Sep 3 2011 -
An open challenge to make Indian good I’ve rarely heard JT Nesbitt as upset as the night after Polaris announced it was acquiring Indian. The motorcycle designer had high hopes that the brand could be revived as an honest-to-god American motorcycle company that didn’t have to make excuses for its products and feared the last chance for that to happen went up in a puff of smoke with Polaris, Victory’s parent company. What can a w... By JT Nesbitt News - May 11 2011 -
Indian's New Chief: Interview with Polaris CEO Scott Wine Poor old Indian. Just when it looked like the grandest nameplate in American motorcycling was about to make its troubled comeback stick, another speed bump. Stellican Ltd., the British-based investment house that purchased the Indian name at bankruptcy auction in 2004 and rolled out a much-improved Chief in '08, was having trouble selling the stylish, skirt-fendered heavyweight cruisers. Thi... By David Edwards News - May 7 2011 -
What Indian means for Polaris A lot has been written about the acquisition of the Indian brand by Polaris Industries last week, and for good reason. The American motorcycle industrial landscape is in tatters, with the wreckage of failed dealerships, recently deceased OEMs and radically reduced unit sales littering the country. Not one area of the US market is secure, not one corner has shown significant cause for cheer. Ever... By Michael Uhlarik News - May 1 2011 -
Indian Motorcycle lives “We are excited to be part of the revitalization of a quintessentially American brand,” says Scott Wine, the CEO of Polaris Industries. After years of false starts and shattered dreams, it looks like Indian Motorcycle is really going to make it. The parent company of Victory Motorcycles just announced its purchase of America’s first motorcycle maker. So what kind of motorcycles is Indian goi... By HFL Staff News - Apr 19 2011 -
