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Cruiser
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CASTRO VALLEY, CA United States | Has anyone mounted the center stand for the Vision? Pros and Cons? Does it scrape? Is it difficult to lift Vision onto center stand? |
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Tourer
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| Unless there is a new design......scrapes in turns, does not lift the rear tire off the ground. Those were the main complaints . |
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Visionary
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Jasper, MO | chesshiretuna - 2014-03-29 3:01 PM
Unless there is a new design......scrapes in turns, does not lift the rear tire off the ground. Those were the main complaints .
That's the factory one. There is another, aftermarket one, that is said to not scrape in turns. It's made by Kingbagger and marketed by some of the aftermarket vendors.
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Cruiser
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Victoria Tx, TX United States | Witchdoctor has them!! Does not scrap Ive read many good reviews. |
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Central Wisconsin | I just mounted a $275 centerstand made by Neal Shelton a little on the pricey side but well made. Neal was good to deal with and is known as "King bagger" ... shelton@rangeweb.net You have to pretty much take the exhaust off to install. Taking the oil filter off would help, I managed to leave the oil filter on account of I changed oil before the centerstand project. First time out this year, the centerstand did not scrap.
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Cruiser
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CASTRO VALLEY, CA United States | Thanks for the photos. Looks good. What's the pros in mounting a center stand?
Nice looking bike by the way. Like to color lower deflectors. |
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Cruiser
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Moncks Corner, SC United States | Are your wind deflectors from Cycle-Ops? |
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Central Wisconsin | YENRABSRIDE - 2014-03-31 12:40 AM Thanks for the photos. Looks good. What's the pros in mounting a center stand? Nice looking bike by the way. Like to color lower deflectors. Your welcome! I like to use the centerstand for checking the oil, washing the bike, and easier to walk around in the garage during the winter months. Jimbo62 - 2014-03-31 1:40 AM Are your wind deflectors from Cycle-Ops? Yes, they are made out of metal. http://cycleopsusa.com/store/index.html |
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Visionary
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Pittsburgh, PA | your forks, were they done in ohio? |
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Central Wisconsin | Arkainzeye - 2014-03-31 7:45 AM your forks, were they done in ohio? Yes through buywitchdoctors.com from Ohio . I sent the front fork legs to him, cost $220. I'm thinking he jobbed them out. If you decide to have the engraving done. I would suggest to have the word Vision engraved a bit lower on the fork leg. 
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Iron Butt
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| I had the Victory factory accessory centerstand. It was great for the first winter I had it because it allowed me to store the Vision standing straight up alongside my wife's Burgman 650 which is on its centerstand. The third time I put the Vision on the centerstand the following spring the stand twisted and the bike nearly fell over. I carefully rode the Vision to my dealer and had them remove it. IMHO the Victory centerstand was a piece of crap, probably why they no longer offer it in the accessory catalog. I now use a Condor wheel chock to store the Vision in an upright position and while you can push it sideways to cause it to lean a little, I have never had a problem with it staying in the chock and upright. I believe that the people who've had issues with chocks like the Condor probably didn't have them adjusted properly for the Vision's front wheel (I learned that from first hand experience!). |
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Puddle Jumper
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| Travelin Man - 2014-04-05 7:50 AM
I had the Victory factory accessory centerstand. It was great for the first winter I had it because it allowed me to store the Vision standing straight up alongside my wife's Burgman 650 which is on its centerstand. The third time I put the Vision on the centerstand the following spring the stand twisted and the bike nearly fell over. I carefully rode the Vision to my dealer and had them remove it. IMHO the Victory centerstand was a piece of crap, probably why they no longer offer it in the accessory catalog. I now use a Condor wheel chock to store the Vision in an upright position and while you can push it sideways to cause it to lean a little, I have never had a problem with it staying in the chock and upright. I believe that the people who've had issues with chocks like the Condor probably didn't have them adjusted properly for the Vision's front wheel (I learned that from first hand experience!).
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Tourer
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West Salem, WI United States | Thomas - 2014-03-30 8:30 PM
You've done some real nice mods to your Vision Thomas, looks great! Would love to see it in person. |
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Central Wisconsin | You've done some real nice mods to your Vision Thomas, looks great! Would love to see it in person. Well thanks Lance, Hopefully we can meet at the SCR, perhaps in Leland, Sunday May 4th around 1pm. |
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