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Visionary
Posts: 1365
Central Maryland | This is my first post on the forum. I have been studying the vision for several months, and finally pulled the trigger Last Friday... the VISION is HOME !!!! cheers
I spent most of that afternoon getting to know her idiosyncrasies; which are really not worthy of mentioning. This motorcycle; the more I rode it; became awfully more comfortable and much more confidence inspiring. She is a BIG girl.
I found myself later this afternoon taking sweeping curves at a much greater lean angle; than I ever have done with my Triumph Rocket or my other two bikes (that I traded in today; my VTX1300R and my Suzuki Vstrom DL-650). There's something about the way you sit and are viewing the road; and the feel of this machine; that allows you to "dip" her down to the left and right much more confidentially ...at least for me. She feels "safe"....
The mpg gauge (if that is accurate; time will tell) told me that I was attaining 42 mile per gallon; that was with a mix of highway and city streets.
The stock exhaust is REALLY quiet; and even so at speed; wind noise makes it hard to hear the built in AM/FM radio with the four speakers. I mean; the "sound" is loud but it becomes distorted. Probably due to the ****ty helmet that I'm wearing. I was playing with the music stations (need to buy an adapter so I can hook my I-pod up) and I found that the BEST music to listen to for clarity while astride this machine ...was opera music; waltzes, french horns and all that jazz..... you should'a seen the looks I was getting from traffic around me....
Let's see; what else... cruise control (works), louder horn than most OEM bikes; ABS, linked brake system (they recommend using the REAR brake predominately) and that's a hard habit for me to break; I kept trying to use the front exclusively. However, when I engaged the rear break, the bike "hunkered down" equally on the front and rear tires and came to a very smooth and controller stop. No rear tire lockup, no dipping of the front end; it was very unusual to experience deceleration like that.
The windshield can be raised or lowered with a button on the left hand controls. VERY COOL and it's effective for reducing buffeting in the cockpit at speed. Hell; it's just COOL to play with it. Up and down; up and down....
The transmission shifts into first VERY loudly with a great mechanical KLUNK. Higher gears have a klunk as well, but not as pronounced. I guess it's normal; it's "KLUNK" is MUCH greater than the Rocket's clunk.
One thing that I really do not like, and I've mentioned this before (somewhere); the battery sits right behind the lower part of the front fender, and there is absolutely NO protection for it whatsoever; besides the half bracket that holds it in place; in the frame. I've mentioned it to Victory and they said no one has ever had a problem with the battery or the terminals deteriorating from the elements. Whatever; I am going to put something over it to protect it at least a little bit.
Here are some pic's. I'll post a little more later about it later. Hope to learn more about it from the rest of you; as time goes on....
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Visionary
Posts: 3773
Pittsburgh, PA | Congrats! I'm guessing from your post you bought a 2010 or earlier ? |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 741
Central New York | Congrats! The more you ride it the more you will enjoy it, a Vision never gets 'old'. You defiantly do want to loose that front brake habit. Hit the front brake at slow speeds with just a little bit of turn in the bars and you will learn first hand how the tip overs work. |
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Visionary
Posts: 1365
Central Maryland | It is a 2011 |
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Cruiser
Posts: 206
Lumber Bridge, NC United States | welcome, congrats, and enjoy.
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Cruiser
Posts: 273
Midlothian, Va. | Congrats, glad you found the way over from VTXOA which BTW is still home for me. My description of the Vision is it's a big tourer with a cruiser feel but all the comforts of a tourer. Lot's of help here so don't be bashful. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 639
Tri Cities, WA | Welcome to the vision family. Yuo will ove that victory the more you ride it and break it in. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 785
Mt. Vernon, WASH. | A set of molded silicone ear plugs will help a lot with hearing the radio as they eliminate a massive amount of wind roar from your helmet and will help cut down on noise induced headaches and fatugue on long rides. |
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Cruiser
Posts: 262
Flowery Branch Ga | The quiet exhaust will loosen up some. It's best cured with slip ons such as Atom Bombs or You can go the Thrush route as many here have done. Welcome and have fun.
Wayne
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Cruiser
Posts: 117
Kansas City, MO | welcome aboard - love my VV, miss my wife more these days... |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 1109
| Welcome, nothing quite like a Vision. Some speaker upgrades will help your radio. |
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Cruiser
Posts: 188
Tifton, GA | Welcome Radioteacher did a GREAT how to on Ipod and Vision. I just finished getting mine set up and it is wonderful. Just like my Vision |
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Hi! My first post here (New Vic owner)