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Duvall, WA | Anyone taken a look at putting the Cross Roads saddlebags on the Vision? This is my single disappoint with the VV. I've bought a trailer (2010 Escalade) to help on 2-up trips, but would like larger bags for 1-up trips. I know, everyone says that.
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New York State | I picked up the saddleman bag for solo trips
http://www.jpcycles.com/product/802-197
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | Yes most of us do say that. Next I'd like to see someone make a wider luggage rack so you could use a big bag, like a T-Bag Decker Supreme. You can stick half the house in that one.............. |
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | Buy a car or truck if that's what you really wanted. The VV is about style - not carrying capacity. Maybe you should think about what you NEED to carry - and not think about murdering the look of the most beautiful bike made.
I have 'sleep apnea' so I carry a CPAP pump. Also a computer in case my clients have a problem while I'm away. And I carry a beautiful woman with HER stuff. And for three years - EVERYTHING I need fits in the bike with NO strap-ons, for trips up to two weeks.
The mental image of a butchered Vision bothers my head - sorry for ranting....
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | I really don't think about style while I'm running down the road, and it's pretty nice to just unlatch a bag off the trunk and walk it in to the motel room............ |
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Alberta, Canada | There actually are some bag inserts that you can "Carry to your hotel room" that work great and if you pack properly you can get lots of stuff in there!! I bought a top bag for my rack and have travelled two up with plenty of room. TIP: Send your souvenirs home UPS!! |
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flagstaff, AZ | Plumley - 2010-07-29 5:48 PM
TIP: Send your souvenirs home UPS!!
Thank You for that, really, I never would have figured that one out on my own.  |
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Northeast Ohio | We Flo-rida (riding dirty) when we do overnighters. Take fresh underwear and fresh shirts, but we are always "riding dirty" with 2-day pants.
Sure beats dropping 80k on a government motors truck. :-)
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New Bohemia, VA | The Vision storage has never been a dissappoint to me, the bags are just fine. I would like to get a trailer though when I bring the wife unit because she'll need it. I use the Saddleman, and it carries to the hotel/motel room easy. And ScoreBo, 2-day pants? Mine lasted the whole 5-day trip, I did change my undies, T and socks everyday and took a shower. |
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | Many, MANY years ago an old Harley guy taught me a neat trick he said all of his pals use:
Before leaving for a 2 week trip - put on 6 pairs of undies. At the end (or start) of each day, take off the outermost undie and put it back on on the outside. At the end of 6-7 days, turn the whole works inside-out and repeat the process.
Pads the ass from the lousy seat and vibration, and makes packing a whole lot simpler. Works for the female unit, too.
Lucky for me - I don't mind washing undies in a motel sink.....
Leaving tomorrow for Oregon Coast / Crater Lake / Olympic Penninsula - and packed enough undies to do 6 days (5 prs). Will wash and hang to dry if needed !!! |
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| "Buy a car or truck if that's what you really wanted. The VV is about style - not carrying capacity. Maybe you should think about what you NEED to carry - and not think about murdering the look of the most beautiful bike made.
I have 'sleep apnea' so I carry a CPAP pump. Also a computer in case my clients have a problem while I'm away. And I carry a beautiful woman with HER stuff. And for three years - EVERYTHING I need fits in the bike with NO strap-ons, for trips up to two weeks.
The mental image of a butchered Vision bothers my head - sorry for ranting.... "
I agree 100%. The bags were that size when you bought the bike. You should have bought a TC if you needed space.
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Okeefenokee Swamp | My advice is to lay out everything that you think you will need for your trip,then immediately reduce it by half. A motorcycles saddle bags may not carry everything you want,but they will carry all you need. |
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Duvall, WA | Thanks Trekwolf, great idea. I'll check it out. |
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Duvall, WA | Wow, interesting response Donetracy. I guess our perspectives on what I NEED differs or varies. I have a travel CPAP as well, but on camping trips the trunk is pretty full as well as the saddlebags. Leaving very little room inside or on top of the trunk.
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Duvall, WA | Does the concept of TMI apply here? LOL!. Really, I'm still trying to get the mental picture out of my head of wearing 6 pairs of undies......... if you wear undies at all!
BTW, are they boxers, briefs or boxer briefs? |
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Austin, Texas | I'm ok with the space provided but I sure wish the bags came off the Vision to clean the wheel. I'm usually laying on the concrete on my back reaching up into the wheelwell while i'm getting soaked. I'll scrub a bit, get up and roll the bike forward and scrub the newly exposed area. To be able to take the bags off would be amazing. |
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Northeast Ohio | Victory has thought about this topic too.
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New Bohemia, VA | ScoreBo - 2010-07-30 2:55 PM
Victory has thought about this topic too.
...argh, it looks like something that crazy kid on Toy Story would put together...but, you know, I'm afraid Victory has one sneaking around some where, that don't look photoshopped to me....
They won't kill the Vision, they'll just morph it into something else. |
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Memphis | The Vision "Yes Dear" Edition. |
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Litchfield Park, AZ | This whole subject confuses the hell out of me. What in the hell do any of you need so bad that will not fit into that last little bit of cubic inch space??? Riding 2-up and bringing the entire supply at your local Cabellas superstore for your camping trip is gonna take a hell of a lot more than what the XC bags will hold.
3500 mile, 8-day trips with BOTH rain and cold weather riding gear with 2 helmets, and I have no problem carrying everything I need.....and I do it WITHOUT the tour pack. Riding solo: the Saddlemen solo bag goes on the back seat. Riding 2-up, the Saddleman bag goes on the luggage rack. Wearing 6 pairs of underwear at once to save space??? That could be the dumbest thing I have ever heard. What the hell do you people pack?????
Don't forget your panties and makeup cases ladies. Unbelievable!!
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New Bohemia, VA | When you say "tour" in the desciption it changes the entire landscape. Going from a Wing or another bagger folks get use to the notion that they can take more than they need. I make the mistake almost everytime and tell myself that the next time, I'm only take "half" as suggested. If we all started out on a Captain America chopper we'd be thinking we're living in luxury and asking ourselves "what am I going to do with all this space? I know, I'll buy a toothbrush." |
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Pittsburgh, PA | That trunk looks like a after though with the visable mounting system |
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | So I pull into the fancy oceanside hotel today - and I needed a luggage cart to unload all our stuff - all of which fitted in the 'tour' compartments. EXCEPT - for the first time (since this IS the Oregon Coast) I had a small bag on my trunk rack which has my rain gear and the Vision Raincover in it. (and co-pilot and self are only wearing ONE pr undies for those who are wondering... ) and I go to our beautiful room on the 5th floor with a view down the beach at Seaside and the seawall prominade and I pour a drink, and I start my computer, and I look at this thread - AND I SEE MY NIGHTMARE IN PHOTOS !!!!
PLEASE GOD! Take it away! Take it away! Please! p l e a s e . . . . take it awawwwwwwwwwwyyyyyyy |
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Stockton, California | varyder - 2010-07-30 2:05 PM
ScoreBo - 2010-07-30 2:55 PM
Victory has thought about this topic too.
...argh, it looks like something that crazy kid on Toy Story would put together...but, you know, I'm afraid Victory has one sneaking around some where, that don't look photoshopped to me....
They won't kill the Vision, they'll just morph it into something else.
This is absolutely ugly! It looks like two bikes cut in half and welded together. The rear does not match the front and the top case looks like an after thought. We just bought the Bestem luggage off Ebay and will be using those for our upcoming 2-up 3 day trip. After testing what we could fit in tose I see us having plenty of room.
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Litchfield Park, AZ | donetracey - 2010-07-30 7:58 PM
So I pull into the fancy oceanside hotel today - and I needed a luggage cart to unload all our stuff - all of which fitted in the 'tour' compartments. EXCEPT - for the first time (since this IS the Oregon Coast) I had a small bag on my trunk rack which has my rain gear and the Vision Raincover in it. (and co-pilot and self are only wearing ONE pr undies for those who are wondering... ) and I go to our beautiful room on the 5th floor with a view down the beach at Seaside and the seawall prominade and I pour a drink, and I start my computer, and I look at this thread - AND I SEE MY NIGHTMARE IN PHOTOS !!!!
PLEASE GOD! Take it away! Take it away! Please! p l e a s e . . . . take it awawwwwwwwwwwyyyyyyy
Thank God you didn't need the extra 3 cubic inches and could store your garments OFF your body.
Isn't it amazing what you can carry in the Vision. That is why this thread confused me so much. Glad to see you are having a great trip. That is a trip I want to make soon.....only from the south to the north. |
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Oregon | You guys are kidding, right?
The Vision saddlebags are a joke. Big on the outside, small on the inside. Ok for a first attempt in 2008 but Victory should have optimized the space by now. It looks like a Thomas' English Muffin behind the saddlebag door, with all the unusable nooks and crannies. What about the wasted space in the tail fin or is that all just to hold the "V" taillight? Could be a small trunk.
The Vision is marketed as a touring bike. If styling is your top priority, suggest removing the trunk... or buy a Kingpin or a Hammer.
So what's wrong with wanting to squeeze in as much stuff as possible for a 3 or 4 week tour... for two people? Besides rain gear, camping gear, helmets, who wouldn't want their laptop, work-out clothes (including tennies), nicer clothes, survival tools (it's not a Honda), and a small air matress? What about the bottle of wine from the winery you just visited? And besides the hygiene factor, I would rather not waste riding/fun time by sitting in a laundromat if I don't have to.
I want 2-wheeled performance with as much shit as I can reasonably carry. Go fast and live comfortable. Styling is a bonus but you can't see much of it when you're actually riding it. |
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| Ha Ha! You need an RV!
We fill the liner bags with our gear and off we go... our motto is travel light! I think that if we camped we'd look for a trailer but for hotel/B&B travel we've been happy so far. |
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New York State | I two up on my Vision all the time. I put bike gear and netbook in trunk I give Donna one saddle bag liner and I use the other. We always mail extra stuff home and have had no trouble touring.
When I first handed Donna her liner she said what can I put in here for a long weekend? I told her a mini skirt some halter tops and a handfull of thongs.
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LaPorte,Tx. | I ride a lot with three of my friends on long trips. One is a GW and the two others are Ultras owners. We all can carry pretty much the same gear, and we ride mostly two up. So on a trip, the Vision can carry what you need for a long trip...even a lap top, air compressor, tools, spray can of detailer, micro rags, rain suits 2, flashlights, maps, sun screen, tissue paper, toilet paper...you never know, energy drinks, wet wipes, asprin, hat, crocs, clothes for 5 days, curling iron,...hey there is more and it's a lot. A lot of motels now offer washer/dryer service to their guests, or you can use the landromats. At Sturgis last year, I washed some clothes at Hill City, early one morning, and hey, I had some pretty good conversations with other riders that morning. Learned something new about the area. So the Vision can have style and carry the cargo...Oh I forgot, I also carry a big role of duct tape, that is a must when riding with my Harley friends, they are always borrowing it.
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Litchfield Park, AZ | PatMcQ - 2010-07-31 6:39 AM
You guys are kidding, right?
The Vision saddlebags are a joke. Big on the outside, small on the inside. Ok for a first attempt in 2008 but Victory should have optimized the space by now. It looks like a Thomas' English Muffin behind the saddlebag door, with all the unusable nooks and crannies. What about the wasted space in the tail fin or is that all just to hold the "V" taillight? Could be a small trunk.
The Vision is marketed as a touring bike. If styling is your top priority, suggest removing the trunk... or buy a Kingpin or a Hammer.
So what's wrong with wanting to squeeze in as much stuff as possible for a 3 or 4 week tour... for two people? Besides rain gear, camping gear, helmets, who wouldn't want their laptop, work-out clothes (including tennies), nicer clothes, survival tools (it's not a Honda), and a small air matress? What about the bottle of wine from the winery you just visited? And besides the hygiene factor, I would rather not waste riding/fun time by sitting in a laundromat if I don't have to.
I want 2-wheeled performance with as much shit as I can reasonably carry. Go fast and live comfortable. Styling is a bonus but you can't see much of it when you're actually riding it.
So Pat, You don't want to use a hotel laundry AND you want to travel for 4 weeks......OK......plus you want to have the laptop (which I carry on 2-up tours WITHOUT even using the tour pack). So, you are gonna carry 56 pairs of pants/shorts, 56 pairs of undergarments (you did say you were going 2-up right?), 2 pairs of tennis shoes, that bottle of wine, an air mattress (not sure why without the tent as well....maybe for some quick sex on the side of the road).......plus you'll need the foot pump, 56 shirts, 56 pairs of socks, a month's supply of toiletries,........plus all your regular riding gear....plus hers.....correct? You did say you were gonna be gone for a month right? No trailer right??? And you are going to fit all this into the Cross Country? or the Gold Wing? or the Ultra Classic?
Best of luck to you.
PLEASE, show me all this stuff packed onto your grandpa mobile Gold Wing. I call Bullsh!t.
I'll take my wife on the Vision and be the happiest guy on the road for a month and not miss a damn thing I left behind.....and still have room to pick things up along the way. Of course I live in reality and and pack for 5 days....not 30, but I do carry extra helmets, extra dress clothes, extra shoes, all our riding gear, that laptop you mentioned, and room for our drinks, and snacks.
And BTW, I'll let you know the first time my Vision ever breaks down....but you may not want to hold your breath. I'll enjoy talking to the folks admiring my Vision while you admire that extra cubic inch storage space on your Gold Wing (it's not a Vision).
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Oregon | Funny... except for Phoenix9. You seem hostile. I drive a Vision, not a Goldwing. I had a 2002 Goldwing... the saddlebags held more and I could also put a tank bag on it.
I don't have a trunk. I never said I wouldn't use the motel's laundry service or that I to need to carry 56 sets of clothes. Lighten up. It's as if I insulted your sister or something. It's a motorcycle. And my new 2010 Vision with 5000 miles on it has stranded me recently. Electrical problems. |
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Litchfield Park, AZ | Pat,
I think you should pay attention to what you post......how did you NOT say that you didn't want to use a laundry???? and that you wanted to be able to go out for 3-4 weeks???, carry the camping gear, and an air mattress, and all the other goodies. I still want to see you pack all this stuff........for 28 days.....for 2 people=56 sets of clothes.....my math is pretty good that way.
I'm not the one who made all those statements, YOU did. I just called the chest puffing. Does the Gold Wing have bigger bags? Yep. Is it enough to tilt the world's rotation? Nope.....and I'll take everything else the Vision offers in a heartbeat over the extra storage.....but that's just me.
......And yes, your "its not a Honda" comment pissed me off.....which is how I knew you were either a current or former GW owner. I'd be interested to know what tool you were planning to carry to fix your electrical problem....other than a couple extra fuses.
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New Bohemia, VA | ...wow, you can't carry as much with your panties all knotted up. Keep in mind PatMcQ, the styling is part of the Visions function that keeps it more stable at highway speeds, truck wash and cross winds. I wouldn't go back to box style riding for anything and the Vision holds what I need to carry and maintain weight load and balance. If you want to cram more stuff might a trailer be more suitable to keep the ride of your bike as designed?
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | And you're also forgetting - when your Vision is loaded properly, there is NO room for the Co-pilot to stash anything she buys. I KNOW this because I had to say "THERE'S NO ROOM" to her 10 times today on the Oregon Coast..... Saved me a ton of money!!! |
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Oregon | Relax phoenix9 and varyder. I said "I would rather not waste riding/fun time by sitting in a laundromat if I don't have to." It does not say I won't do laundry. I would do it less often if I can carry more. No chest puffing or knotted up panties here. I never said I liked the Goldwing better than the Vision. I was originally responding to the saddlebag debate and trying to interject a little reality. Fact: The Goldwing saddlebags held more than the Vision saddlebags. I have my opinions about the Vision, mostly good, but it seems I dare not say anything negative about the "best bike in the world". Again, it's a motorcycle, not a person. This is a forum, not a Victory commercial. I am a Victory fan. I also have 2007 Kingpin.
BTW: The electrical problem was a loose connection, which I found later in my garage, where I had tools. My apologies for the joke... it could have happened on a Honda, too. |
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New Bohemia, VA | You can say all you want to say about the best bike in the world, it doesn't change anything.
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Southeast Iowa | Easy on PatMcQ there boys...............I agree that the saddlebags could/need to be bigger. As I remember most of us complained about the lack of saddlebag space over 2 years ago on this same forum. Hell my leather coat with liner alone fills up my right side bag. There's maybe enough room left to tuck in some gloves, cell phone, and a few other trinkets but she's full. Yes I can go 2 weeks with what I got, (I do) but I could go 2 weeks on a bike with no saddle bags if that's all I had but that doesn't mean I would like it. From what I can tell there is no reason why Victory can't maintain the current look and get more storage from that space behind the saddlebag lid. My wife now rides a Cross Roads and I find myself borrowing saddle bag space from her because those babies are huge. I am so jealous..............my guess is the Cross Country with a trunk now has significantly more storage space than the Vision, there is just something wrong with that. |
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Virginia Beach, Virginia | Jesus, this argument is over the "debate" as to whether the vision has adequate storage in the side bags? No one is complaining about the top case, though the design is a tad strange. But the side bags? The DESIGNER of the side bags stated that he regretted the design choices and wanted to change the design when
New technology came out that allowed for a bigger rotomolded insert, but the contract with the manufacturer (not Victory) prevented him from doing so, and that there would probably be a change in 2012. Pheonix, ease the hell up, with all due respect. I know you are mainly having fun, but my wife read this forum and actually stated that there must be members with hostility issues. Two up riding for more than 2 days cannot be done comfortably (2 pair shoes, 2 helmets) without additional bungee cords or a trailer. And that goes for most bikes out there. So let's all make nice and continue to bash other brands, and not each other. Not enough Victory owners to go around, in my opinion. |
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New Bohemia, VA | BNR, I think I read something like that but it didn't hit until you just mentioned it. I'm curious as to what the change will be for 2012 in regard to size. Despite the habit of posting a lot here on V-R, I'm new to forum posting, but the few I have lurked and moderately participated in the GW area, size does matter. It is gadgets and how much I can carry. The Vision has melded a different group of people together where speed and agility is the brag point, but with a bike labeled as a tourer, then capacity becomes the mantra for those folk. Despite the art of fine tuning the GW, it is still a boxy lox and I saw many wobble into a gas station obviously overloaded with the kitchen sink riding two-up. The smarter and more experienced riders had a trailer in tow. Like an old school Indian rider told me a few years ago when he saw my bag on the back seat, "get a trailer". He told me he had toted one to Sturgis for many years because he didn't like the handling of his bike feeling like crap overloaded.
I think the hostility that you read is just a family squabble. Ride safe, Ride long, Ride often, and Ride on...
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | This always opens up a can of worms don't it ?? |
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New Bohemia, VA | XRsteve - 2010-08-01 4:35 PM
This always opens up a can of worms don't it ??
...did someone say "oil"...  
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Virginia Beach, Virginia | Totally off topic, but since I consider you at least a quasi-authority, I will ask: why should oil really matter when you are changing every 2500 miles? I plan on using oil change in a box, which is semi-syn. What else is there to discuss? |
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New Bohemia, VA | BNR, no authority here, but at 2,500 miles, you're right, I personally don't think it matters. On motorcycle and I'm sure other automotive forums oil becomes the greatest and most heated debates. For XRsteve I was commenting that this subject on bags was no can of worms compared to the oil topic. Sorry for digressing and hi-acking an otherwise sensible thread.
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Litchfield Park, AZ | I had no idea that I can't carry everything I need on my Vision....even though I have for a couple 3500 mile/7 day trips. Did y'all really need a thread to know that the side bags are smaller than the rest?.........this just in: the engine gives off heat and when you look in the mirrors you can see your hands. To Varyder's point, the GW can pack as much as a small SUV, and yet nobody on here owns one. If you want cake, eat cake. If you want pie, eat pie......but don't cry when you cake doesn't taste like pie.
My point is this: understand your bike and plan accordingly. I just want to know what some of you are carrying that I am not. I do leave my lawnmower behind when I ride.....maybe that's the difference.
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New Bohemia, VA | I want my cake and Edith too! - sorry Phoenix9, I'm signing off, but I couldn't resist. Somehow that guy who lives close to the chicken man needs to do a MP on knowing the difference between cake and pie... |
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | On the way home today I saw a six cylinder wing, two up, bag on luggage rack AND pulling a color matched trailer, they were headin south down I-85 in N.C. and were running about 75mph.............Now that's alot of stuff............ |
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Bay of Gigs, WA | Last Christmas, when I had about 50 miles on my new (to me) '08 Street Premium, it quit raining for a few hours, and since we had company coming over for dinner, my wife dispatched me to go pick up a couple boxes of "International Beers of the World," for gifts. I called up a buddy of mine to ride along, and we went into town to get them, when to my dismay, THEY WOULDN'T FIT IN THE $%^&* SADDLEBAGS! They are in a box of bottles, ten each, and were too tall and so wouldn't make the corner to get down inside.
My buddy says, "No prob, Bro. We'll put'em in mine." Of course, he opened up the top of the bags on his Electra Glide Ultra, and they fit right in. Who was mortified? Secretly steaming, I had us ride over to the local Schmucks and bought a package of bungie cords, and hooked'em to my luggage rack to get them home, which was actually kind of cool looking-but still...
ARE YOU LISTENING, ARLEN???? How in the hell do you get involved in a project that can't carry beer? All those decades of custom Hawgs and now this-Sheesh!
So I got out my patented Glen Beck mail-order blackboard and put Arlen and Coreys' pictures on it, and sure enough, in the background were a bunch of Hardleys. And now, VV's that can't carry beer...and they were involved. Hmmm-a consipracy? You be the judge!
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hudson, IL United States | what i did is told my wife that when we take a car she can pack, when we take the bike its all me. like the little space under the trunk where the bolts are, my cb box is in there but you can still fit the tooth brushes and stuff. then all said and done just find a wife that dosnt care for painting her face on or what her hair looks like. the only over night trip we did was 4 days but we had to take extra "nice" cloths for going out to eat. we fit it all and could still put our full face helmets in the top trunk. |
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Duvall, WA | Wow, I didn't know I would create so much passion, hostility and debate. Apologies to everyone. Unfortunately, I thought it was a relatively safe and simple question.
I appreciate everyone's responses.
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Your right, its not a Honda, but in my experience with both... The wing was the less reliable of the two...
I bought the Vision because its the best damn touring bike currently available. I have no issues with the saddle bags, I fit everything I need for a week long trip in them. Sure a little more space would be nice but that would just mean I would carry more stuff I don't need. |
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Visionary
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | donetracey - 2010-07-31 7:25 PM And you're also forgetting - when your Vision is loaded properly, there is NO room for the Co-pilot to stash anything she buys. I KNOW this because I had to say "THERE'S NO ROOM" to her 10 times today on the Oregon Coast..... Saved me a ton of money!!! Just a follow up.... so I hit the border coming home and stop at the Duty Free. And they have 1.4 L Vodka on at $20 for TWO !!!! Can't resist - buy 'em. Pull around to the pick-up zone - open the trunk and put 'em in - THEY FIT !!!!! So Co-Pilot couldn't buy even the smallest souvenir of our trip - but I got my Vodka ! Yee-Haw ! |
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San Antonio, TX | The trunk can also hold 2 gallon containers of Orange Juice. Anyone need a Screwdriver? |
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SC, Bluffton | donetracey - 2010-07-31 9:25 PM
And you're also forgetting - when your Vision is loaded properly, there is NO room for the Co-pilot to stash anything she buys. I KNOW this because I had to say "THERE'S NO ROOM" to her 10 times today on the Oregon Coast..... Saved me a ton of money!!!
How does UPS-ing your purchased items home save money? 
Herb |
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Visionary
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | She didn't think of that until some big-mouth on a GoldWing told her in Portland. It was too late by then (for that trip) - but I fear for the future.
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SC, Bluffton | donetracey - 2010-08-05 1:26 PM
She didn't think of that until some big-mouth on a GoldWing told her in Portland. It was too late by then (for that trip) - but I fear for the future.
Oh man, and I own a Goldwing too. It wasn't me! |
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North Orange County CA | You guys who need bigger bags are just looking for more space for when the kids (grandkids) get bigger .........right?
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