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Cruiser
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REXBURG IDAHO | Has anyone heard anything about a new bike that will be indroduced from victory in Dec or JAN? Also was talking to a dealer and they seemed to know that there may be some changes coming to victory. Any one heard anything? |
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Tourer
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New Mexico | Cross Roads Classic LE ??
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Visionary
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | Boots - 2011-11-17 5:22 PM Cross Roads Classic LE ?? Harley WHAT ? |
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Visionary
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | donetracey - 2011-11-17 6:15 PM Boots - 2011-11-17 5:22 PM Cross Roads Classic LE ?? Harley WHAT ? NO WAIT ! It's a Yamaha, right? |
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Iron Butt
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Mt. Vernon, WASH. | I've had a few bikes over the years that had the windscreen mounted on the bars and wouldn't have another! Crosswinds and huge trucks and you better be adept at sailing a small sailboat 'cause you're going on a divergent ride. One of the reasons I don't even look at Miwaukee middle busters., looks nice but sure wants to be a Toad Ring |
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Visionary
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Sand Rock, AL United States | I think it's beautiful but I still want a Vision.  |
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Visionary
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Ruskin, Fl | I got an e-mail from Victory yesterday announcing the new LE yesterday.
http://www.polarisindustries.com/en-us/victory-motorcycles/touring/...
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Puddle Jumper
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Natick, MA | It is a stunning bike in person and is great to ride, had one at the dealership that I threw a plate on for a bit..... Still bought the Vision! Even if I had gone with a cross bike it would have be the XCT. |
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Visionary
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | Looks pretty good, they'll probably sell quite a few. If I was gonna get a Victory other than a Vision I'd choose the new Cross Country Tour though........ |
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Fountain Inn, SC United States | A new bike wouldn't be out of line for Victory. When I talked to my contacts at Victory, they eluded to being bullish on the market and releasing a new model every 6 months for the next few years. I usually take this info with caution because it hasn't always been true and sometimes wonder if it's misinformation just to throw off competitors. That was told to me about 18months ago and since then they've released a new model (admittedly some had the same frame with different treatments) along that timeframe.
I do know that Victory has big plans extending well into the decade. The Vision was just the start of breaking the motorcycle mold.
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | the LE is old news. The positive thing about Victory trying to look mainstream is that it is still a Victory. If the public wants Vanilla ice cream, that is going to be on the menu even if you are trying to push strawberry. I've critisized Victory trying to be Harleyesque, but grant it folks, what do an manufacture got to work with beyond two wheels, a motor and a seat. I can pick any Victory out of a crowd of anything else, and there are some bikes starting to look like Victorys.
The Vision is still the mold breaker and the X-bikes are the ones that follow the bloodline with a more traditional look. The public still wants Vanilla, I'm just glad that Victory is the only one offering Strawberry, or in my case Black Cherry!  |
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Visionary
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| Electric Vision |
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Iron Butt
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North Orange County CA | Im hoping street legal CORE, without the wooden saddle, please. |
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Iron Butt
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| cw1115 - 2011-11-18 7:26 AM I got an e-mail from Victory yesterday announcing the new LE yesterday. http://www.polarisindustries.com/en-us/victory-motorcycles/touring/... Got the same email |
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Tourer
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Bay of Gigs, WA | What's that ugly shroud in front? For the oil cooler? Might as well go water buffalo. Looks like a hog-clone. So much for the bike of the future. yuk. |
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Tourer
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| Is the battery up there? |
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | unveiling dec 9, something to do with crossing lines, perhaps a sports bike... what a line up, cruisers, tourers and sport...no other hint other than "some lines are meant to be crossed..." |
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Tourer
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Albuquerque, NM | Based on past intro's, it will probably be a Cross Roads high ball or 8 ball. I'd bet on a CR High Ball. A totally new model intro, IMOP, is unlikely.
Edited by nailer 2011-11-18 7:53 PM
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Visionary
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Gainesville Fl Home of the Gators | SYNSTR - 2011-11-17 9:31 PM
I've had a few bikes over the years that had the windscreen mounted on the bars and wouldn't have another! Crosswinds and huge trucks and you better be adept at sailing a small sailboat 'cause you're going on a divergent ride. One of the reasons I don't even look at Miwaukee middle busters., looks nice but sure wants to be a Toad Ring
Ya'know.....I was riding a Vision this afternoon, and thought of this post. My X bike with frork mounted fairing, or my previous bikes with fork mounted shields; were never pushed around as much as a Vision. Side winds make the Vision feel like the bottom is being pushed out from below, and passing a large truck at speed produces a very scary wobble |
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Visionary
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Pittsburgh, PA | Not a fan of that big black plastic piece up front |
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Visionary
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Memphis | You're hangin on too tight. I can ride a 30kt crosswind with almost no pressure on the handlebars. The chassis will shimmy but the tires will hold a 6" track all day long. 18 wheelers are nothing. |
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Visionary
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | kevinx - 2011-11-18 5:55 PM SYNSTR - 2011-11-17 9:31 PM I've had a few bikes over the years that had the windscreen mounted on the bars and wouldn't have another! Crosswinds and huge trucks and you better be adept at sailing a small sailboat 'cause you're going on a divergent ride. One of the reasons I don't even look at Miwaukee middle busters., looks nice but sure wants to be a Toad Ring Ya'know.....I was riding a Vision this afternoon, and thought of this post. My X bike with frork mounted fairing, or my previous bikes with fork mounted shields; were never pushed around as much as a Vision. Side winds make the Vision feel like the bottom is being pushed out from below, and passing a large truck at speed produces a very scary wobble Only if you fight it, Kevin. I can pass in crosswinds with both hands in my lap ... except the Co-Pilot slaps me when I remove both hands. Since my first fork-mount windscreen, I have hated pushing a barn door thru the air. The Vision is the BEST I have ever been on - so there. Nyah !!!! |
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Visionary
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Gainesville Fl Home of the Gators | SongFan - 2011-11-18 9:00 PM
You're hangin on too tight.? I can ride a 30kt crosswind with almost no pressure on the handlebars.? The chassis will shimmy but?the tires?will hold a 6" track all day long.? 18 wheelers are nothing.
LOL it's not like I just started riding, and the side slip deal is nothing new. Just stating facts as they really are |
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | SongFan - 2011-11-18 9:00 PM
You're hangin on too tight.? I can ride a 30kt crosswind with almost no pressure on the handlebars.? The chassis will shimmy but?the tires?will hold a 6" track all day long.? 18 wheelers are nothing.
agree - I've followed a tour bus passing two semi's using no hands except to bump up the speed on the cruise control. The Vision is a ride all to its own. |
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Tourer
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Akron Ohio area | SongFan, you are most assuredly correct with the problem being hanging on too tight. |
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