Forgive Me For I Have Sinned

[ManWithAVision]

Forgive me fellow V4 riders for I have sinned. Yesterday I took a 2010 Victory Vision for a test ride and by the end of the day I was making arrangements to turn over my 06 RSTD Midnight to the dealer.

 

I have read several reviews and watched several You Tube videos about this bike and every one of them says that Victory got it right with the Vision, so I had to find a reason to hate this new spaceship on two wheels. Unfortunately my mission did not succeed and I am now on the factory delivery list. Perhaps it was those heated hand grips and dual control heated seats. After all it was only thirty-five degrees at the time of the test. Perhaps it was cruising along at 70 in 6th gear with my face shield up on my helmut behind the electrically adjustable windscreen and being hard pressed to know that the motor was really running. Or maybe it was those more common new bells and whistles like ABS brakes and electronically controlled fuel injection that Yamaha just doesn't want to give us V4 riders. At the end of the test ride I reluctantly decided to turn over the bike that I loved and invested heavily in over this past year for this unorthodox looking spaceship on two wheels.

 

If any of you are looking for a very nice and very well pampered 06 RSTD Midnight with less that 5000 miles (8250 Kilometers) on the OD, my baby should be on the showroom floor at Peak Powersports in Burlington Ontario in about a weeks time. It comes with a custom tour pack c/w top rack, Mustang seats, Kuryakyn grips and highway pegs, passing lamps, HD Road King muffs, a Baron handlebar tach LED tail lights, licence plate light and rear turn signals, Strebel horn, and various other OEM and aftermarket accessories totalling close to $5K. The dealer gave me $10K on the trade-in value which also saved me $1,500 in taxes on the Victory.

 

I am also going to have a number of accessories that I will be posting for sale that won't be turned over with the bike such as the lifting cradle, shop service manual, OEM seats and mufflers, a still in the package OEM front fender trim rail, and possibly the OEM detachable backrest c/w luggage rack (need to confirm this one with the dealer). I will post the items in the classifieds once the bike is turned over, but feel free to PM me in the mean time.

 

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[RandyR]

Sounds like you found what you were looking for. The Vision certainly has the amenities and is supposed to handle very well. Bring it to maintence day next year so we can take a look at your new ride.

[CMIKE]

Nah you have not sinned.

IT is your money and you do what you want with it.

Enjoy it and keep us updated.

We need someone here that can clue us in on the little querks of that bike. They all got a little something here or there.

 

I think this group has just about everything else...so why not a space ship bike.

 

To each his own.

[PBJ]

You are forgiven my brother .... After all the Visions looks much more like a First Gen anyway Who wouldn't love it.

[Squidley]

One mans trash is another mans treasure (Pun Intended) The Vision is a radical departure from what we are used to, but innovation has many faces. I personally dont like them, but if it makes you happy then thats all that counts. And as always, dont try to leave us, we'll hunt you down and drag you through the streets kicking and screaming...enjoy the new scoot

[scotty]

Congrats on the new scoot!

Remember we need pics!

The only problem is, for the next few months you will going out to the garage to..umm..check the radio, ya thats it making sure the radio still works. (a good stereo at sufficient volume will mask vroom vroom nioses)

[mini-muffin]

Congrat's on the new bike. Now I guess you're gonna have to change your name on here. At least you got a little time to figure that out. Now like Squid said don't think you can get away from us otherwise we send the boys to get ya.

 

Margaret

[1 Canuck]

What...no more carbs to sync, no more floats to adjust, no more cassette deck? (oh ya... that's the RSV not the Deluxe)

What are you gonna do now? Oh ya, just enjoy ride!

[Hummingbird]

Somebody is gonna get a real nice Venture - and you're gonna get a real nice Vision.

 

Congrats

[Guest tx2sturgis]

I will say this, the Vision is a nice ride. BUT:

 

You will cuss those tiny saddlebags. And you will experience a white-knuckle effect in strong sidewinds.

 

That said...it has many other perks...I test rode one several years ago, alongside the Venture, and bought the Venture.

 

To each his own of course....enjoy.

 

[Skid]

To the new VisionRider....

Congratulations on the new ride.....

[lonestarmedic]

Don't let them cause you any regrets. I am getting ready to plunk down money for a 2010 Vision myself. I will keep my 1st Gen. One of the best handling bikes I have ridden. And the saddlebags hold a lot if you pack right and use the door storage organizers. Go over to www.vision-riders.com and introduce yourself. I am on there as well. Same screen name.

 

JB

[Wolf]

I am next in line for the space ship I think. I want to see what the new wing looks like, which should be out mid 2010? I will also gove Yamaha until November 2010 to empress me with a new model, but as of now, thew Vision is tops on my list. Congrats!

[Yammer Dan]

I've stopped and looked at those things several times. I LIke Them!! Did you get the 5 yr warrenty they are doing on some of them?

[Guest tx2sturgis]

The new Victory Cross Country is looking pretty good to me...not ready to buy of course, but takes the touring cruiser in the right direction...in my opinion.

[ManWithAVision]

Ah gee, thanks for all the kind words folks. I do plan on sticking around this forum because it is full of great people and tons of information. And besides, what else is there to do in Toronto in January and February. I guess my handle will have to change in time. How about 10VVRider?

 

W.L.

[ManWithAVision]

I've stopped and looked at those things several times. I LIke Them!! Did you get the 5 yr warrenty they are doing on some of them?

 

Victory has gone back to a two year warranty for the 2010's. The five year warranty was offered for a portion of 2009 to help boost sales during the recession and according to the dealer I am dealing with it worked. He said they did not participate in the recession at all. The standard warranty is one year, but they are now offering an extra year at no charge on the 2010's.

 

One thing Victory does that a lot of others don't is to ensure that demo bikes are available for test rides. It took one hour in the heated saddle to sell me on the bike.

 

In spite of the fact that it weighs about the same as my RSTD, I was blown away at the manouverability due to the low centre of gravity. The fuel tank runs down both sides of the front section of the bike, so I think this makes the difference. The clincher for me was the fact that they are also offering ABS and a electric reverse gear on the 2010's, which I went for.

[tim44]

I have a buddy, who had the first one of those creatures here in CO. It was pain in the a** for the first few months because anywhere we went everyone looked at his bike and we could hardly stop without a crowd gathering. A little jealousy here maybe. Anyway, he has probably 30,000 miles on his bike and still loves it. That says something to me.

Good luck with your bike.

[Guest tx2sturgis]

Ah gee, thanks for all the kind words folks. I do plan on sticking around this forum because it is full of great people and tons of information. And besides, what else is there to do in Toronto in January and February. I guess my handle will have to change in time. How about 10VVRider?

 

W.L.

 

What about: ManWithaVision?

 

 

 

[Yammer Dan]

Hope you get a lot of miles out of it. Anybody can change. I've sure been looking atr a lot of 2nd Gens lately (Yours Included) If I could afford one I ........

 

 

Still would ride my 1st Gen....??

[ManWithAVision]

Don't let them cause you any regrets. I am getting ready to plunk down money for a 2010 Vision myself. I will keep my 1st Gen. One of the best handling bikes I have ridden. And the saddlebags hold a lot if you pack right and use the door storage organizers. Go over to www.vision-riders.com and introduce yourself. I am on there as well. Same screen name.

 

JB

 

Thanks for the link J.B. Looks promising.

 

I would have loved to have kept my RSTD, but the cost of the subsequent divorce would have put me over the top financially.

 

W.L.

[ManWithAVision]

What about: ManWithaVision?

 

 

 

 

COOL!

[Patrick46]

Lucky boy!

 

I've got as friend that has one, and I too thought they looked pretty wyld at first...but i like wierd stuff anyways. But when I sat on it, I fell in love with the balance of this sled.(he's nuts about it)

Another friend has a Victory Vegas that I did get to ride, and LOVED how well it performed...so put the ride and the balance of the Vision, together with the power and performance of the Vegas???...should be an awesome motorcycle...and I wanna ride one!

 

Lucky boy!

[ManWithAVision]

Lucky boy!

 

I've got as friend that has one, and I too thought they looked pretty wyld at first...but i like wierd stuff anyways. But when I sat on it, I fell in love with the balance of this sled.(he's nuts about it)

Another friend has a Victory Vegas that I did get to ride, and LOVED how well it performed...so put the ride and the balance of the Vision, together with the power and performance of the Vegas???...should be an awesome motorcycle...and I wanna ride one!

 

Lucky boy!

 

That's one thing I found very interesting. The dealer actually had two Visions and a few other models parked out front and they were all demos, and available to ride. During this past year, I walked into a H.D. dealership and checked out the Road King and Electra Glide, only to be told that they didn't have any demo bikes available to ride. Same storey at the Kawasaki dealer when I checked out the Voyager. In fact, same storey when I bought my RSTD. The first time I got to ride it was the day I showed up with the cheque in my hand.

 

The 2010 model that I rode was loned out to the boys at Cycle Canada magazine for a 1,300 kilometer trip down the east cost this fall. They took four diffent makes on the trip and all four riders wrote glowing reviews about the Vision. The two main concerns they expressed were the positioning of the mirrors too low in the fairing (there is provision for optional handlbar mounts as well) and one of them thought the noise from the gear lash on the drive train was a little too loud.

 

As a Royal Star rider, the first thing I listened for on the test ride was gear lash, whining, or chirping. I'm happy to say none was heard. I'm going to miss a lot of things about my RSTD, but the whining and chirping won't be one of them.

[dynodon]

Congrats on the new Vision. Like others have said, its about the ride and the people more than the name on the bike. IF you like it then that is what counts.

 

I have been trying to decide what to go with if my '86 VR (that I love) becomes unfixable at some point, or I just decide I want something new. The Vision is on my short list.

 

One point that was made in one of the reviews was that the trunk and bags aren't as roomy as some other bikes, What did you think of that? I need room, because I really don't want to haul a trailer, and my wife's Shadow Ace Tour doesn't have a trunk, so between her two saddlebags, and my bags and trunk we usually get along well on trips, with just one piece of luggage on her passenger seat. IF we got one bike with less room, it would mean leaving something home, like an extra set of clothes or maybe the first aid kit or air compressor.

 

Keep us informed when you get the bike!