You know alot of guys n gals have the Victory and love it,I was talking to this girl and she said shes had some Harleys and when she got her Victory she fell in love with it,the seat,handleing,power...there a nice machine...I still love my Harley,but a close second is the Victory..mine is the 100yr Ann. bought it brand new off the floor in 2003,I'll tell you you have to have some $..harleys are 18-20 G NEW...and then Xtras..10 G..you can find nice used ones..I like to go new,nobody else riding it....So back to the Victory..Nice Bike

 

Honda XR650L
Buy it and ride it.
Don't read forums and start thinking you need to do mods.

 

That Victory Highball is almost $15k (before tax, title, etc!), so that's out. If I'm gonna spend that kind of dough on a bike - it's going to be a KTM.

Since I'm just looking for something to cruise locally (not cross country), I'm going with an old school bobber. It's gonna have to be HD though, I think.