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Yesterday my local Victory dealer had a demo day, they brought in a 18 wheeler full of Victory motorcycles and allowed anyone with a motorcycle endorsement to take any bike out for about a 30 min test ride. My buddy rides a stratorliner 1900 I of course ride the 109. So he jumped on the new cross country and I grabbed the only Victory I ever really liked the Hammer. The road captain was a great guide he took us through back roads and twisties the only rule was not to pass him no burnouts or wheelies and this guy was moving. But on to what I thought about the hammer, it looked great and sounded great with the stage 2 upgrade, the demo guy said it rated about 97 hp, it felt like 70 hp to me. I did not like the way it felt seating on top of the bike and not in it. It handled the turns similar to the 109 with the 240 on the rear. But if felt way under powered compared to the 9. My buddy was a huge fan of the cross country until he road it, same thing $18,000 for much less power not a smart trade off. I did leave loving the 109 more then I did before riding the hammer. The Moral of the story is that sometimes you have to ride another mount to appreciate the one you have at home. :joke: