When questions of this nature crop up, I feel I need to be honest and I have to admit that having only sat on and ridden one type of Victory then i cannot compare to other victory bikes.... I can compare though the XCT to other bikes I have owned and ridden miles on.... I have only ever saw one other Victory and it was in a bike shop to get the front wheel replaced, it had a very large crack/break in it. This bike was a Hammer I believe, I did not get to sit on it nor ride it, thus I cannot compare it to my XCT....
One day, I may just meet another Victory rider, and we may swap bikes to see what each of us thinks of the other's choice for a brief ride, then I maybe able to compare....