The suspension system comprising a telescopic front fork and rear swingarm with its co-axial spring damper units have been set up to provide ride quality that can be comfortable over poor road surfaces, solo or with a pillion. Understandably, when such a wide variety of conditions have to be met successfully some compromises are bound to creep in. The Victor rides well, a mite softer at the rear, and manages to iron out most of the irregularities that Indian roads can throw at it. But it's in the handling that the compromises start to take effect. When cornered really hard the rear end feels a bit wayward and not as planted as it should. In spite of the relatively shorter wheelbase and the steeper caster angle, the bike displayed good straightline stability and maintained it through hard braking as well. The brakes with the class typical 130mm front drum and the 110mm rear drum are as effective as can be expected of a setup such as this. Really good feel without the customary spongy feel of cable-operated drum brakes points to quality components in the entire system.