Something for all you snow-locked VR Riders

[Guest KitCarson]

I went to a meet and eat yesterday in North Carolina. We visited the Richard Petty Race Car Museum........I am not really into cars....but sitting in the showroom was one of the new Victory Vision V-Twin 106 Bikes. I suppose it would be a hate it or love it at first glance....I can tell you the photos you see of it do not do it justice.......it is a large nice looking, highly visible, bike, with large and well defined lights all over it, yes people will see you on this one. (I like it)

The front fairing is large....very wide......the windshield is electrically adjustable and up front are two wings you can move to allow air to the rider or block it off. The fairing is plastic......but while they were not looking...I inspected a little.....lots of the side trim is aluminum!! One of my first concerns was hey......I do not see any crash bars.....un oh tip it over all this fancy body work is going to get messed up. But looking carefully......you can see at the back two curved crash bars.....a different design but they are there. and the front foot rests seem to be the front guards.

I sneaked a measure of the seat too!! It is pretty low.....a little over 26 inches off the ground.....so I suspect it is well balanced. The controls are all highly visible and easily reached it looks like they put a lot of thought into safety and visibility.

As far as performance.....nope have never ridden one......but I can tell by looking at the big twin........lots of low torque......bet it is fun!!!

The brakes are not ABS......but hey they are linked......and have less surface area than the venture..........so some thought went into the brakes as well.

One thing though......it is belt driven..and the belt adjustment is all hidden up under those saddle bags.......do they come off easy? I have no idea.......you have to study those saddle bags too.......they look a little small at first......but they are not......bigger than you think.

I liked the bike........I think it is neat........would you want to bet me that if and when they design a new venture.....it will be unique also?

 

Kit

[FJR Rider]

A rider on another site just picked his new Vision up a couple of weeks ago (had it on order most of the year)...so far he really likes it...likes it considerably better than the LT1200 he also has in his arsenal of bikes.

 

Curt

[Lone Eagle]

Sitting on the bike at the IMS show, I really liked it as well. The only thing I think is very wrong with the bike is the lack of room in the saddlebags, the trunk was OK. Don't know if I would buy it, but it was a comfortable sit for me.

[mini-muffin]

Looked pretty nice to most of us. All the guys spent some time checking it out. I liked the idea of heated seats like the wings. That would be a nice added feature on the next gen venture. Passenger seat looked pretty comfy too. We couldn't get on it, that would have been nice but it was a museum. I got some nice pics of it. When I get home I'll post them.

Margaret