2013 Victory Vision Tour on 2040-motos

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Just Finishing is a Victory: Filming the Ironman Triathlon [Video]

A 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bicycle ride and a 26.2-mile run. That is what defines the Ironman Trianthlon, one of the most physically grueling competitions in the world, a race so harsh, the sport’s mantra is “Just Finishing is a Victory.” Victory Motorcycles has released a video showing a different side of the famous Ironman World Championship at Kona, Hawaii, taken from the perspective of the motorcycle-riding camera operators which film the  annual race. Victory sponsored some of the camera teams that filmed this year’s race for outlets such as NBC television and the 12-minute video shows some of the work that goes into this subset of motorcycle riding.

Win A One-Off Victory Cross Country Customized By Arlen & Cory Ness

For 11 years the National Motorcycle Museum has offered the chance to win a motorcycle by making a charitable donation to the non-profit fundraiser. This year the prize is a one-off Victory Cross Country customized by none other than Arlen and Cory Ness. More than $10,000 in Ness custom parts and paint were used in the creation of the bike raising the grand total retail value to nearly $30k! It takes only a few minutes to donate to win on the National Motorcycle Museum website, and you could be the lucky person riding this Ness-customized Victory Cross Country into the new year.

Geeky snippets ahead of the Phillip Island MotoGP

Valentino Rossi has finished on the podium eleven times in his twelve visits to Phillip Island across all three GP classes. The only race at Phillip Island that he did not finish in the top three was on his first visit riding a 125cc machine in 1997 when he finished sixth. In 1998 and 1999 he won the 250cc races and since then has had nine podiums in the premier-class including five victories, the last of which was in 2005.