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This past week, Victory Motorcycles announced the latest bike to join their lineup. The Judge is what Victory is referring to as a "more sport-influenced" cruiser, looking more aggressive than the other bikes in their stable. The Judge share's it's moniker with the 1960's Pontiac GTO and is definitely styled like muscle cars of yore. Rolling on sixteen inch, raised white letter tires on 5 spoke wheels definitely recalls the muscle car era.
The 106ci V twin in the Judge puts out a whopping 113 ft/lbs of torque of which most of is available through a large swath of the rev range. The massive torque gets tot he rear wheel via a 6 speed transmission connected to a quiet and clean belt drive. The Judge has a lot to live up to but it looks like it could certainly bring back memories of 60-70's muscle cars. Unfortunately, the Judge gets by on only one disc brake up front so reigning back all the power could be a tall order, just like the muscle cars it emulates in other ways.
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Victory is capable of building bikes with good brakes - the Cross Country's are quite strong.
You would then need a mirror image caliper - i.e. the same, but with the anchor on the other side.
The other fork leg would need a caliper anchor point (buy another left side slider).
Then, additional line, with a suitable way to tee them together.
Lastly, the master cylinder stroke volume / piston size would need to be appropriate for the increased fluid volume.
All together a potentially very expensive proposition to retrofit. It just shouldn't be that way! Cruisers in this class just aren't that price sensitive.
It's about style, form over function. For proof, take a look at the photo link Brandon attached, and note which side of the bike most of the photos were taken of. While you're there note the size of the rear brake disc in relation to the front.
It frustrates me to no end.
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