roundtwig - 2012-02-04 12:13 PM

varyder - 2012-02-03 1:20 PM

Okay - I feel like I have a collector's item already, but the value of my bike is just about to go up. Victory has called the Cross Country Tour "The Ultimate Touring Machine". Okay, so what do they think of the Vision now? Is that someone writting on the wall....

COOL, I have never owned a collectors item! but I do plan to de-value it by riding the hell out of it

I like to stir this conversation up occassionally because I have not doubt in my mind I've got the best bike on the planet.  As I tranverse life I realize more and more folks are more worried over image than anything else.  It seems image sells faster than anything, and while the Cross Bikes, including the CCT is a cut above the competition, it is no Vision, period.  I rode a CC when it first came out and I said, "So."  I test road a Harley last year and I asked, "Really, this is what people want?"  I knew right then that image is what sold.  The sales folks were more set on "customizing" it for you, and all I heard was $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$, reallizing the Vision was customized for me at the factory, and that for the price any Victory is a far better value. 

Yep, the Vision keeps exceeding my expectations and the one I'm riding now will go into my musuem when either it or I can no longer get down the highway. 

varyder - 2012-02-03 2:20 PM Okay - I feel like I have a collector's item already, but the value of my bike is just about to go up. Victory has called the Cross Country Tour "The Ultimate Touring Machine". Okay, so what do they think of the Vision now? Is that someone writting on the wall....

I thought the same thing when I found this in my email.

X bikes complain more about this and that then the vision owners. I have a friend that test road one in Az for 5 days and had it shipped home to him and with in two week

sold it cause he just plain didn't like it. 

With owning more bikes over the years then most I can honestly say that when I put my head on the pillow I ask the Lord if I can ride the vision one more

no make then ten thousand more times. 

I love looking at each and every vision I see and can't wait to ride mine. 

Based on logic and reason I think the Cross Country Tour would be a great bike to buy for touring.

Someday when I grow up I might use logic and reason when I buy a bike.

MaddMAx2u - 2012-02-05 8:46 PM We all know the emphasis will be on the cross bikes, as they emulate the look of a Harley, America's Sweetheart Bike. That's just good business, as the biggest mrekt is the HD look a like. The Vision had 4 years (8,9,10,11) to make it's mark and the mainstream biker just didn't bite. They want a road ornament, an outdated icon, they want to be like everyone else. Even Sonny Barger can't change that in 4 years!

I relish in the fact I got my Vision before Sonny got his.  I don't think simply because he rides a Vision, all the rest would sheepishly follow, no way.  It is well known also the Sonny never really cared for HD and regrets making that a "requirement" for the 81.  Sonny rides the Vision simply for the same reason the rest of us do, for the comfort and the ride.  I'm not sure if he still does, but he used to put on as many miles in a year that took four years for me to do.  As far as the looks, I'm not sure how he feels.  And Sonny has had an influence for the brand and for the Vision. In the summer of 2011 edition of the Victory magazine it says that 3 of the main guys of HA bought a Vision, and I believe there is at least a few others also.  Sonny's appearence on SOA may also have something to do with the fact the show will feature Victorys, I don't know what model, and it could be a rumor, but that's what I heard.

I just want to know what corporate thinks of the Vision...can anyone turn themselves into a fly?

MaddMAx2u - 2012-02-07 9:40 PM jimtom - 2012-02-06 7:27 AM Makes me think of the original honda Valkyrie. Never understood why they stopped making it. Wow, just the other day I was admiring a Valkyrie. I never understood why they dropped that model either. It's like a "sport" gold wing. I was thinking about trying to find one just to have that gorgeous ride in my Garage. Like a lot of us I too have ridden the X Bikes. Rode them before I bought my Vision in fact. I bought the Vision and that says it all for me! Best big bike ride in existence today, bar none.

I had entertained at one time getting a Valkyrie, definetly before I knew what Victory was or before the Vision existed.  However, after sitting on it, I felt like I was sitting on an ox.  The guy who rode was a big fellow so it fit him well.  I was rather disappointed that it didn't fit me.  Sadly, it wasn't too long after that he nearly lost his life on the bike when he lost it in a curve.   He no longer rides...

It would be nice to see Victory put a little more emphasis on the Vision, or shine a different light on it.  It seems that they have a hard time on multi-marking the their bikes.

marcparnes - 2012-02-07 9:34 PM You know what is a shame is that the Vision's look is so polarizing that lots of people who don't know anything about it never realize how spectacular it is in handling, ride, comfort, wind control, etc. When most approach me to ask about it all they want to talk about is what it looks like and all I want to talk about are its attributes as a motorcycle. The Vision is probably one of if not the best all around performing big bikes available and hardly anybody knows it. I for one really hope that when Polaris finally fazes it out they don't totally give up on the fixed fairing genre altogether. My friend has a Cross Country Tour and I don't find it anywhere near the ride the Vision is. Besides, I've had his fairing and lowers off and the quality of the components are at a noticeably lower level than what makes up the Vision. There was some definite cost cutting in play when they developed the Cross bikes. Marc

 This rings true for me as well. I live in the Dallas area and I can't count the number of people that ask me what kind of bike my Vision is. I had one guy recently ask me if it was a kit bike. I find that most people like the look, I just wish Polaris would do a little more marketing before they give up on it, if thats their intention. The bike performs extremely well and is such a joy to ride. I looked at another HD and buying another Wing. Had I gone in that direction I'm sure I wouldn't have enjoyed either as much as the Vision.

varyder - 2012-02-08 9:08 AM I don't really care either, either way. It's not I'm feeling threatened either. I'm a long haul kind of guy and I run my machines until they wear out. In the event that my '08 wears out, I know there will be enough low mileagers out there that I could procure at a reasonable price in a few years, even if they don't make them past 2013. My point is, is how Ma Vic protrays the Vision in comparison to it's baby sister, the CCT as though she's the classier of the two.

 We're saying the same thing. I think more people would ride the Vision if it was marketed more on its performance and less on its looks. That being said, if they decide to stop making it, I'll buy another one a year or so after the final production run.