2013 Victory Judge

2013 muscle cruiser launched

2013 Victory Judge

VICTORY promised it would launch its first 2013 model at the weekend and this is it – the Victory Judge.

cruiser, muscle bike and flat-tracker styling wrapped around Victory’s usual 106cu in V-twin engine, it’s not going to be to all tastes – the overall look is less gaudy than the usual Victory styling, but we’re not convinced by the number board (if that’s what it is) below the seat.

Victory is going hard on the ‘muscle’ angle, so presumably this is a competitor for Harley’s V-Rod Muscle. Ducati’s Diavel probably isn’t going to be to worried when it comes to real power and performance in a cruiser shape, though.

Even the name – Judge – is designed to evoke images of old-skool American muscle cars, particularly the Pontiac GTO Judge (one of the icons of the muscle car genre, for those of you who aren’t familiar with it). Other cues include the 16-inch wheels and raised white lettering on the tyres. Unusually, the wide front tyre is matched to a relatively narrow rear, so both ends are almost the same (the front is a 130, the rear a 140 section).

2013 Victory Judge

In the States the bike costs $13,999.