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The Victory High-Ball is a great looking motorcycle. It has an aggressive and retro look all at the same time. It has ape-hanger bars, matte-black paint, hot rod graphics, bobber fenders, wire wheels and white-wall tires which make the Victory High-Ball stand out.

It doesn't have pointy headlight which isn't in character with its retro styling, it now gets a standard rounded lamp.

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Most riders who queried me about the High Ball wanted to know about the comfort of the ape hangers. Handlebar comfort will depend entirely on your height from your butt to your shoulders. If you have a short torso, your hands will be up fairly high, which could be uncomfortable. Anything above your heart and your hands will start to tingle in about 15 minutes at which time you will have to take them – one at a time, for legal reasons – off the handlebars to get the blood flowing again.

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You can also adjust the bars back for a closer and lower reach. The high bars give you surprisingly good control and feel around town and puts the mirrors in a very handy position. (The mirrors also don’t vibrate, even at low revs.) Your feet are out in front, but not quite as far as some other similar cruisers. It’s a comfortable position until you hit those highway speeds and turn into a human parachute. It is definitely a cruiser, not a tourer.

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Despite its name, the High Ball sits menacingly low. Victory’s lowest seat at 63.5cm gives you the feeling of brushing your butt across the road that’s whipping close by in a blur. You have to plan your corners, brake hard and early, set it up and then swoop in, making sure you don’t run out of clearance before the apex. The good news is that it handles quite well, despite the long bars. They must be very rigid as they don’t flex or vibrate at all. With its shortish 1647cm wheelbase, you can flick the High Ball into a corner, putting a lot of faith in the wide front contact patch and the matching-size rear wheel won’t try to stand the bike back up again like a wider tire would.

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Ride is great for such a short rear near-vertical spring. It takes a lot of the “crash” out of sharp hits and it is nicely damped with no pogoing effect.

The brakes are solid without being biting. The front fork dips a bit under heavy braking and the rear brake has plenty of feel and effect. However, be very careful on downshifting when also braking as the rear wheel will lock quite easily. Shame Victory only has ABS on its big tourers.

It starts with an old-school key in the side which will scratch the side covers if you dangle anything off it. In front of you the beautifully blue backlit speedo lights up in all its functional simplicity. There is a speedometer with an LCD screen that shows enough info to keep most cruiser riders happy and you can toggle between the functions with a convenient left handlebar switch.

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However, there is no fuel gauge for the 17-litre tank. When the fuel light comes on you have about 3 litres left which is good for about 70-80km, depending on your riding style.

The balanced engine kicks into life with a soft bump, rather than a heavy clunk and it idles at about 900rpm without any nervous vibrations or shuddering that you might get from rubber-mounted unbalanced twins.

Victory’s six-speed transmission is getting better and better every year. It clicks into gear without any nasty clunks, although finding neutral is a bit difficult. You can flick quickly through the gears with the relatively light clutch and deliberate shift action, but you really won’t need to. The 106ci (1731cc) V-twin is a lump, torquey beast that you can drive with grunt from very low revs.

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Just click it right through to fifth for around town or sixth for the open road and when you need some extra oomph for passing or just for kicks, simply roll on the throttle. It will pull from as low as 1800 revs in sixth gear which is about 80km/h. In just a couple of seconds you will be going 100km/h and revving just 2300rpm.

If you want a motorcycle that is going to turn heads when you go cruising the Victory High-Ball is certainly a motorcycle worth considering. You can have a look for yourself at RideNow Powersports here in Hurst, Texas to see if it's the right motorcycle for you.

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RideNow Powersports Hurst Victory motorcycle dealership is conveniently located in Hurst, TX near Bedford, Irving, and Fortworth. You can visit our Texas Victory motorcycle dealership at 700 W. Bedford Euless Rd. Hurst, TX 76053 or give us a call at 817.285.9999.

Source: motorbikewriter.com