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| We're not "Vision-Riders" or "Vision Pilots" we are "Victory Vision Ambassadors". First I mean this in a good way and I love the "Vision-Riders" & "Vision Pilots" labels. I say "Victory Vision Ambassadors" because after the wife's and I trip to the Smokey's that's what we felt like. Every place we stopped we had people come over and ask questions. Even little kids ask questions and point at us and beg mom and dad to let them have a closer look. People who aren't riders look and ask questions. Tough guys ask questions. Weak guys ask question. Even a woman whose husband HATES bikes said she wished she could ride on one. Many times we found people following us just so they could get a look. On 4 lane roads (we rode mostly back roads) we had cars pull up beside us and look us over. Lots of fellow riders gave us the thumbs up as we through Smokey Mountain National Park yesterday. My fat head and big belly while riding my bike is now in many folks picture archives. Deals Gap found many riders taking pictures while we went inside to check things out. Oh yeah WARNING! If you're not a people person and don't like talking to people DON'T buy a Vision! Hermits would have a hard time hiding when on a Vision. Now to the ride. HOT! Weather that is. Gee, it's the first week of June and temps were anywhere between 90 and 97 degrees everywhere we went except in the mountains. With the humidity and heat hydration was an important need. Took about a day to get use to the heat. Since I live and work in air-conditioning this fat boy had to adjust. What surprised me is I expected more heat coming off the engine. It was there, but it nothing like what this farm boy had to deal with growing up riding tractors on the farm. The pegs were nice since I could put my feet out and feel no heat on my legs. I wear cowboy boots all the time (I grew up in boots so I feel naked without boots). Feet sweated no more (I think less) then riding a horse on a hot summer day. The wife: She only complained about her butt losing some feeling from sitting so long. She was always comfortable and content. She did stay tense when we rode The Dragons Tail. The Dragons Tail: Ok I rode it once and have never ever no need to ever ride it again! WHY? Bike handled well and after riding so darn many goat trails for 3 days I have gotten quiet use to sharp curves that go on for miles and miles. The Sports Bikes give me the magibbers on The Dragon! How there's not a major crash everyday just shows that many of those guys can ride, and the other riders try to stay out of their way. Crowded for a Friday it was too! Deals Gap was packed and we got lucky since a couple bikes pulled out as we pulled in. Loved riding the Skyway and the parts of the Blue Ridge Parkway that we rode. Friendly riders everywhere we went. The Smokey's must have been filled with 10,000 bikes since we saw so many. My favorite place that we stayed at was Maggie Valley, NC. Wife and I stayed there 25 years ago on our Honeymoon and she wanted to stay there again. The bike: We were loaded. All the boxes were filled and a small bag on the rack. I noticed it when stopped, but riding it was just fine but did notice the load while cornering on The Dragon (trying to stay out of the way). The wife bless her heart did I said, and that's just lean with the bike and don't fight it. That she did! Even when I stopped! If the bike leaned over causing me to fight it back centered she leaned over with it. I did have to scold her and inform her it's would help if she did not lean with the bike when I was topped. (Did me no good since she about toppled me when I pulled up the garage door when we got home!) Back to the bike: I do wish the saddlebags had a bigger opening. We have the fitted bags and they fit (after they are in the hole). Hard to stick a full bag through a hole that is smaller then the bag. I wish they made the edge of the box the same size as the inside. I wanted to just pitch the bags since I could get more in the storage without the ‘fitted bags', but the wife likes having luggage. Next trip the bags stay home and I'll just take out what we need every night. We did hit two rainstorms. With the heat and the wind we just hammered on and the biggest one only lasted 4 miles (my shoulders and upper body got soaked in that almost blinding downpour). I find it's much easier to see if you lower the windshield while it's raining. Silly wife kept complaining on the intercom that her face was getting wet. Silly girl had her face shield up! Just asked wife if she's ready to take another trip. She said yes! However, "next time we are going to stop more"! Ok so I like getting were I am heading. I was proud that my last piece of chrome showed up before we left (the lower tail piece). I am proud the way the bike looks and it's nice that everything works well. I did notice that my replacement AM/FM radio doesn't pickup stations as well as the original radio. Oh yeah, bike isn't setup to put maps were you can get to them while riding. I tried but I just can find a place to place a map. My wife is now convinced that a Space Cruiser like a Vision must have GPS and XM! Woooh whooo!  Another thing. Met 3 riders who have been looking at Visions and they talked about reading Vision Riders to get the good and bad. They like many others, have, and are, making their decisions based on what they read on this board! Plus, they all have been searching out Visions riders while out on the road. Only one real negative. There are people in this Country that hate motorcycles. These people stick out like a sore thumb and they are dangerous. Some purposely do things to screw with you and they love pulling out in front of a bike or cutting you off. You have to watch for them because they are more of a menace then those who for some reason can't see a bike coming at them. Oh course there are those on bikes who dislike everybody. They are few but they are hardazzes. I wave at them anyway. After this trip I feel more confident on my bike, and I just love making the little kids smile.  Edited by Indiana RoadRunner 2008-06-08 11:49 AM | |||
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