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Tourer
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Akron Ohio area | The good news is that Victory brought back the availability of having an HID headlight on the Vision. The bad news is that it will add $1,749.99 to the cost.
Edited by bigfoot 2013-07-29 4:39 PM
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Puddle Jumper
Posts: 13
| Looks like the prices on the vision went up 2000 dollars |
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Cruiser
Posts: 60
| I love the HID on mine but I don't think I would spend $2k for it. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 1066
Peru, IN | Black is now the most expensive color (with white being the cheapest and orange in the middle). Huh? $1800 for the HID? $800 for black brake/shifter levers? $1500 for GPS? I'm hoping one of their webmasters is just having some fun (before they get fired). |
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Tourer
Posts: 499
Chattanooga, TN | I'm hoping that's $CDN |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 691
Manchester, CT | Maybe the Vision price increase is a marketing/sales ploy to move potential buyers to XCx |
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Visionary
Posts: 2118
Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | baadawg - 2013-07-29 5:52 PM I'm hoping that's $CDN Brian - you DO know the Canadian $ is at PAR or BETTER ??? |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 802
| Did anybody else notice that they carried over the same spec error they made last year? They're showing the rear suspension travel as 3.65" which is the spec for the short shock on the Ness. The Tour has 4.7". I noticed it last year so I checked the parts list and they're still showing two different shocks and the Tour one specified is the same as previous years when they spec'd the travel at 4.7". Looks like its the same error.
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Iron Butt
Posts: 1066
Peru, IN | Not surprising since nothing else has changed on the Vision. Nothing to update, nothing to proofread. |
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Cruiser
Posts: 58
Saratoga NY area | Dissapointed |
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Visionary
Posts: 3773
Pittsburgh, PA | didnt they LOWER the price in 2012? I remember when i bought my left over 2011, it was more than a 2012, but they matched the price to get the 2011 off the floor..now i know they the 2012 had Less chrome than my 2011 , but still the price came down.. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 612
| Wow, $500 for the trunk carpet? These numbers MUST be misprints! |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 1066
Peru, IN | And $1800 for the HID. Either a misprint or the (soon to be unemployed) webmaster was having some fun. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 691
Manchester, CT | Having spent quite a bit of time being involved with product dev and management, the first tell tale sign of a product going end of life is no enhancements to that product. Re-introducing HID as option moot when it comes to drawing new buyers to the Vision. No matter what happens, my love for my Vision will never wane...what it will do is increase the pleasure of owning a very unique and awesome ride! |
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Iron Butt
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Peru, IN | I love my Vision, too, but if it was no longer available (and I was ready for another bike), I'd buy a XCT. Not the same by any means, but a close 2nd. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 691
Manchester, CT | Hey Monkeyman....+1. One of the things I would liked changed on the XC would be design of the lower semi fairings.
Sorry guys..not trying to redirect this thread to be a XC discussion |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 612
| When it comes time to buy a replacement for my Vision, and they are no longer made, I will likely opt for a Road Glide Ultra or a BMW 1600GT. I'm not really a fan of the X bikes....
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Iron Butt
Posts: 1066
Peru, IN | I stole the salesmans demo XCT this morning while waiting on my bike at the dealer (they were supposed to align the belt but didn't get around to it). At the very least, it would need a backrest and handlebars. I rode it about 30 miles and it wasn't bad but still didn't compare to my Vision. It had that short (tinted) Klock Werks flip windscreen. Not bad.
I can't handle the riding position of the BMW but the RGU was on my short list last fall. Still a nice bike. We'll see what Harley does with them when (if?) they reintroduce them in '15. |
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New user
Posts: 4
| Appears victory has sold out the vision line to go with tradtional look.The cross country tour has more standard features. Haven't been paying a lot of attention but though about replacing my 08 premium tour . But why can't get Any thing like it even for $ .
Edited by victoryts 2013-07-30 11:38 AM
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Tourer
Posts: 499
Chattanooga, TN | donetracey - 2013-07-30 12:38 AM
baadawg - 2013-07-29 5:52 PM I'm hoping that's $CDN ? Brian - you DO know the Canadian $ is at PAR or BETTER ???
Yes, but due to factors like higher taxation, perhaps import duties, tarrifs, employment taxes, higher cost of doing business or whatever, customarily it has been the practice to charge more in Canada. I hate to be an ignoranus, lol, but historically things have always been more expensive in Canada and it was always blamed on the value of the dollar. Not so sure anymore! |
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Cruiser
Posts: 55
| Disapointed in that there were really no changes other than cosmetic. |
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Cruiser
Posts: 55
| Disapointed in that there were really no changes other than cosmetic. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 752
Broken Arrow, OK | I'm elated that besides a new color, my 2011 has all the goodies, even more so, than the 2014. Won't be needing an upgrade this year!!! |
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Visionary
Posts: 4278
| Didn't see the Ness vision
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Tourer
Posts: 400
| If you watch the 2014 line up promo video for touring, the Vision and XCT are discussed. The Vision is always up front the XCT behind it. If I saw the Video and didn't know much about Victory, I would assume the Vision was the preferred model due to handling and performance, while the XCT if more for longer distance rides due to the extra storage. I was very surprised how much the Vision was in the add. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 1066
Peru, IN | johnnyvision - 2013-07-30 7:58 PM
Didn't see the Ness vision
There isn't one this year. |
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Tourer
Posts: 400
| No Ness cross country tour either. |
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Tourer
Posts: 494
Akron Ohio area | The Vision is still Victory's Premium model.
Largest gas tank
Standard hydraulic clutch
Standard electric on-the-fly adjustable windscreen
Standard linked ABS brakes
29 pounds more load carrying capacity
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Cruiser
Posts: 142
elgin mn | I have an 08 they still have not encouraged me to upgrade, do you think they are listning to my wife, you don't need a new bike blah blah blah?????? |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 691
Manchester, CT | Actually, according to my dealership, Victory is demoting the Vision and the XC is being promoted as the flag ship |
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Puddle Jumper
Posts: 30
Scottsdale | The Vision may be premium but the XC line is keeping the doors open. Love my Vision but I see 10 XCs for every Vision I have come across. |
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Tourer
Posts: 400
| The Vision in the third best selling bike after the CC and CCT. Let's be honest, the CC and CCT appeal to a larger market. The Vision has settled into it's place in the Victory lineup, behind the cross bikes. The Vision will always sell to those who want something different. It gets more compliments at the Indiana Motorcycle each year. I see more and more Harley riders considering the Vision. I've worked my dealers booth the last 5 years, and the Vision gets a lot of compliments, but that gets lost with the large market appeal of the crossbikes. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 691
Manchester, CT | Just thinking out loud...If you take a good look at the Vision's front end/fairing, is is a little schizophrenic. Its a blending of a goldwing, yamaha, kawasaki etc look. By no means would I want another me too but if Victory did a retro batwing fairing that has the same flare of the rest of the body lines it might attract new buyers |
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Puddle Jumper
Posts: 18
| according to an e-mail from Polaris there will be a 2014 Vision |
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Puddle Jumper
Posts: 37
Dayton, OH | By 2014 you'd think Victory could/would come up with some upgrades to the Vision besides ABS. The only thing happening to the Vision is it is losing some of it's nice features like the HID, illuminated side emblems and saddle bag dampeners. You'd think by now they would have come up with some LED tail lights and turn signals; better speakers (6.5" ), passenger back rest for the street configuration, chrome cover for the exhaust cross over tube, etc. The overall body work is 2nd to none so if it never changes it will always turn heads. A few technological updates occasionally and some more reasonably priced options would be nice.
Edited by BlackMandingoWarrior 2013-07-31 8:40 PM
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Iron Butt
Posts: 691
Manchester, CT | ABS is standard on the 2013s |
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Puddle Jumper
Posts: 12
Clayton, NY (1000 Islands) | Had a cross country before my vision, won't go backwards, vision rides and handles so much better. Keeping my vision for a long while. Nothing on the current market that I would trade for. Hope Victory keeps it's modern design, out of the box thinking and comes up with a state of art new touring bike again ......one day, like it did with the vision (maybe a new vision) then I might buy/trade again. Indian will be nice but not a touring bike and just a chromed out show piece. Just my opinion.
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Puddle Jumper
Posts: 13
| if the cross country is selling better then the vision why is there a $2000 rebate on the cc and a $1000 on the vision? it seems to me the better a bike sells the smaller the rebate.
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Iron Butt
Posts: 691
Manchester, CT | Could be higher margins on the XC |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 1066
Peru, IN | ABS has been standard on the Vision since '11 (optional in '10). There are some things that MaVic won't offer because they're available in the aftermarket (like the chrome crossover cover...Rick also sells them in black). Other things are just too expensive like the saddlebag door dampeners. Pretty much everyone agrees the paint quality is pretty craptastic but Victory won't even address that. What makes anyone think they'll "improve" something that's NOT widely complained about? |
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Puddle Jumper
Posts: 32
East Haven, CT | I like the white vision with the carbon decals. When I went to buy mine the add photo made the silver look whit and that was what I was expecting to see at the dealer. Got the silver anyway but I do like the white.
Monkeyman... I was also pretty pissed at the paint quality, especially how the black showed scratches. I used Liquid Glass wax (4 coats) this spring and it still pops with shine and I haven't waxed it since. The black even looks good. |
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Visionary
Posts: 2300
Georgia, west of Atlanta | Has anyone heard the 2014's will NOT have a radio just Ipod hookup ?? A salesperson told me this and said she was 99% sure on this. Seems odd to me. My 2013 has a pretty good radio with much better reception than my 2008.......... |
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Cruiser
Posts: 134
, MO | As long as they keep making parts for mine I don't care! |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 1066
Peru, IN | XRsteve - 2013-08-03 4:03 PM
Has anyone heard the 2014's will NOT have a radio just Ipod hookup ?? A salesperson told me this and said she was 99% sure on this. Seems odd to me. My 2013 has a pretty good radio with much better reception than my 2008..........
The '14s are already out. No changes other than color and price. |
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Tourer
Posts: 573
Central Illinois | XRsteve - 2013-08-03 3:03 PM Has anyone heard the 2014's will NOT have a radio just Ipod hookup ?? A salesperson told me this and said she was 99% sure on this. Seems odd to me. My 2013 has a pretty good radio with much better reception than my 2008.......... Sounds like total BS to me. What good is a tour bike that can't tune to the local station for weather or local news reports. In larger cities that also means traffic reports during rush hour. I try to avoid the need for morning traffic reports by riding through a large city before getting a room but it would be silly not to have the ability to monitor traffic reports.
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Cruiser
Posts: 209
| maybe all the engineers and designers have been too busy on the Indian....... |
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Cruiser
Posts: 209
| look at some of the old muscle cars....at first they were hot, then they lost appeal, then they make comebacks! who knows? anyway, if you hung on to some of the first muscle cars....well youknow $$$ |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 825
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Posts: 825
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