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Cruiser
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Republic of Texas | Today, I rode all afternoon in the Texas heat. A cool 93 -- in spots. Total trek was about 160 miles. I know, not much for a Vision.
Several water stops, a snowcone and then, a nice watering hole under the trees with about a dozen HD's in the parking lot. I realized I was thirsty again, back tracked and stopped for a cold one.
While sitting in the shade watching the HD riders, all in leather and black tee shits, I know I looked out of place in shorts. I know, I committed a sin. My penalty is sunburned legs and brand from my exhaust pipe.
What did I notice? When you park a Vision in a crowd or HD's it really stands out. I don't mean the lines, I mean the size! I have become accustomed to my VV such that I don't really notice the size. But, this is one BIG bike.
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Cruiser
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Extreme Southern, AZ United States | I know what you mean. I am in an MC, and I ride with all HDs cept for the 3 Vics My bike makes em all look like toys |
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Cruiser
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Lindale, TX | I'm always impressed with my Vision in the H-D crowd. I have never found a H-D that fit. |
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Visionary
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Pittsburgh, PA | a Harley owner once asked me if i needed a CDL license to "ride that thing" |
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Tourer
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New Orleans, La, | You don't need a CDL to ride a Vision ,but you DO need some BALLS. JMHO. |
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Cruiser
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Republic of Texas | V92SC - 2013-08-19 6:40 AM
You don't need a CDL to ride a Vision ,but you DO need some BALLS. JMHO.
I heard this..
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | It's the biggest small bike I know of. I'm more than impressed when rolling on the throttle it's as agile as a sports bike. |
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Visionary
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Sand Rock, AL United States | after Sturgis this year, I thought about renaming mine "Tatonka". I didn't know if the buffalo on the wildlife loop would feel territorially threatened by the Vision and charge us or attempt to mate it. Regardless, we have dubbed it "The Buffalo"  |
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Cruiser
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NE Florida Jacksonville | I love my Vision and she is a big bike. I pulled up next to a Smart-Car and was surprised that I'm longer than it. Guess I shouldn't have been, Fan Song has a good poster showing the size difference. I just forgot about it until stopping next to that tiny car. |
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Tourer
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Grand Cane, LA | I know what you mean about the Smart Car thing. I have pulled up several times to one and think "they let these things on the highway?". And my friends say it is dangerous for motorcycles to be on the highway. Obviously they haven't compared my bike to a Smart Car. |
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Iron Butt
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Peru, IN | I park my Vision next to a Street Glide at work occasionally. It's tiny and I don't even have my trunk on. My bosses bosses boss (give or take a boss or two...5 rungs up the ladder from me) has an Electra Glide Ultra. Parking next to him is funny, too. (Well, I think so, anyway.) |
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Puddle Jumper
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| I have an '02 HD RoadGlide and Vision in the garage. When I bought the Glide I couldn't believe how big it was, then I bought the Vision(WOW)!! I had to rearrange the garage to get an extra foot so I could close the door with my two wheeled car in there.
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Cruiser
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Republic of Texas | atvtinker - 2013-08-19 8:57 PM
I know what you mean about the Smart Car thing. I have pulled up several times to one and think "they let these things on the highway?". And my friends say it is dangerous for motorcycles to be on the highway. Obviously they haven't compared my bike to a Smart Car.
+1
I have a friend with a Smart Car. I love to park next to him. 
I love my Vision. |
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Iron Butt
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Manchester, CT | Same observations here from my wife and I. We've affectioned changed the HD moniker to "mini bikes" (for those of us who grew up in the 60s, the mini bikes were the rage...my buddy had an Indian...and yes, it had tassles that came with the bike.)
Whats amazing is how nimble the VV is. Its been stated before and backed up by the cops that did the RLAP class I took...The HD does an 18' circle while the VV does it in a foot less! |
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Visionary
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | I tell em, "you just got outrun by a tourbus"............... |
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Tourer
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Grand Cane, LA | XRsteve - 2013-08-20 11:05 PM
I tell em, "you just got outrun by a tourbus"...............
That's funny! I've got to remember that one. |
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Afternoon ride - Noticed something about my Vision