Victory launched the original Hammer as a power cruiser with a fat rear tyre for the 2005 season. This year Victory has gone all mean and moody with a blacked out sports version. New handlebars allowed us to develop some muscle too.
It was a hot day we rode the new Hammer S from Victory motorcycles in the Santa Rosa Mountains in Southern California-Just bearable in the cooler mountains, but meltingly hot in the desert around Borrego Springs. Some of the journalists called it hell, but I found it refreshing coming from England to ride the new metal from Victory. The route consisted of 200 miles of everything from motorway, mountain passes to endless straights in the hot desert. Perfect to test a motorcycle to its fullest and we did. I arrived a day early due to the long flight to LA and got the privilege of riding the whole route twice
In standard trim the Hammer S suffers a bit from excessive mechanical noise from the engine and transmission. $800 transforms the Hammer S from a pretty cool ride to a fantastic ride. 800 Dollars is the asking price for the Stage one drag system fitted to one of our test bikes. The kit includes a K&N air filter, vented air box cover and EFI calibration. The bike transformation is like night and day. This is only excerpts from the full length article.
