I am considering buying a used Victory Hammer, but I am into touring. I know thatthe bike is aimed at the "straight line fast" crowd, and I have had a hard time finding rear rack possibilities. Hard bags do not seem to be a problem.

My questions are whether the bike is suited to touring in the first place (I am 5'4", 135 lbs.), and whether anyone has actually fitted the Hammer with a rear rack and/or tour pack or trunk.

Jan

Why would you want to ride a mussel cursier which is going to be uncomfortable on long rides at best. All of the victory's sit low, and sum even lower. So being short is not a problem. I would suggest that you find a Victory Challange Tour truck in your area and test ride any and all of the bikes that you would be interested in. Even bikes your not interested in, because you may find one that you like even better. There was a truck in my area, Michigan, and the local dealer asked me to lead all of the demo rides, I rode all 15 bikes that were there. I liked most, but I ended up riding a demo bike that was what I allready owned, a Vision. Do your research and honestly look at the type of riding you want to do the most and what you have to do to make the bike fit you and your style of riding. The last thing you want to do is buy a bike and find out that you realy do not like the model you bought. Sorry I got long winded but this is what I did before I bought my Vision.

Buster

The Hammer is suitable for touring if you are into a less is more approach. The Hammer does not have a lot of large luggage accessories. Victory does have a rack that covers the passenger seat area and saddlebags and windshield for the Hammer. Only you can really tell if this bike is suitable for your kind of touring. I like the challenge of taking the minimum of stuff, but that is not for everyone. If you tour with a passenger, the Hammer is probably not for you. I think someone else said take an honest look at what kind of riding you want to do before choosing - that is good advice. Almost any bike is suitable for touring, if you are OK with its particular compromises.

Check out my signature and visit Kewlmetal and Cycleops. They have luggage racks!

Diamondrmp - Nice Sites! They have great stuff, but not so much listed for the Hammer, especially luggage racks. Do the racks fit all Victory bikes, or something like that? Do you know of an accessory cross reference that says which accessories fit which bikes? Thanks for the links.

I am considering buying a used Victory Hammer, but I am into touring. I know thatthe bike is aimed at the "straight line fast" crowd, and I have had a hard time finding rear rack possibilities. Hard bags do not seem to be a problem.

My questions are whether the bike is suited to touring in the first place (I am 5'4", 135 lbs.), and whether anyone has actually fitted the Hammer with a rear rack and/or tour pack or trunk.

Jan

Take a look at this thread that I posted re my trip to blue ridge on a hammer.
http://www.victoryforums.com/showthread.php?t=2439

With a hammer, you have the best of both worlds. Muscle when just heading to grocery store or enough power to hammer across state lines. So far I've done myrtle beach, blue ridge, cape code and heading to sturgis on Wednesday on my hammer.
Farkles:
- windsheild
- victory touring seat
- victory hammer luggage rack with make shift adaptor to fit with touring seat.
- two inch forward controls extension for comfort.

Now, not saying a proper touring bike isn't better, but the best touring bike is always the bike you have right now!

cheers

Uhhhhhhhh...the luggage rack is listed under Hammer on the Kewlmetal site. Or at least I saw it there just now.

I'm in the same boat (bike) you are. I'm 5'4" and put some long miles on my Hammer. I've done some 500 mile + days, but they aren't easy.

For comfort I had my seat reupholstered with memory foam inserts. I also had them narrow the seat to bring my legs closer together to help flat foot the bike easier. I also have it lowered 1" so right now I'm flat footing just fine, but without much, if any, bend in my legs. The memory foam seat works though. No problems with my ass.

I also have the quick disconnect luggage rack from KewlMetal. Great product, HORRIBLE SERVICE. It took about 8 weeks to ship to me. There were excuses from messing up the order to being held up in the chrome shop. I called dozens of times and left messages, not once did I get to speak to a person. The only way I got answers from that company was to email them and get an emailed response 3-4 days later. I wouldn't do business with them again. They did however discount the rack 10%.

Next on the list is definitely a windshield and maybe some floor boards. Windshield is a must on long rides. Your neck/shoulders get soar after a couple hours of riding. Floorboards would just be to adjust my legs every once in a while to keep my knees from cramping up.

Every add on is going to be quick disconnect to keep the sex appeal of the muscle bike with the functionality of a tourer.

Hope this helps.

the hammer is great for touring iv had a broken back and i find that i can ride from one side of the uk to another and get back on and do it again i travel to rallys at between 80 and 100 mils an hour iv been around spain at 3500 mils no probs the rack over the seat needs two flat bara made to kick it back but there is after market ones you can get and i used throw over paniers i cannot see any problem with the hammer for touring and good luck kev