SilvrT Posted May 15, 2013 #1 Posted May 15, 2013 Picked her up today with 3 km on the clock! at around 10am this morning ... 300 km later, I'm back home! She's still a little tight but it won't take me long to get her loosened up Definitely not a Goldwing which is like driving a car on 2 wheels, the CCT handles extremely well, feels much lighter than her 850 +/- pounds but you do know you're riding a V-twin ... which for me is good because I like the "feel" ... feels like a motorcycle is under me. Has ample power but I haven't really tapped into all she's got yet as I never took her over 4000 rpm (red lines at appx 5200). Running at 110 km/h in 6th gear she rolls along smoothly around 2600 rpm (+/- as I can't remember exactly). Twist the wrist from there and she pulls very well. All in all, I'm a very happy camper!! [ATTACH]76474[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]76475[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]76476[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]76477[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]76478[/ATTACH]
deepforkriver Posted May 15, 2013 #2 Posted May 15, 2013 Man, that is one beeuutifullllll bike. Congratulations!
friesman Posted May 15, 2013 #3 Posted May 15, 2013 congrats!!!!! I hope your new bike will give you many years of safe, trouble free riding. It looks great!!! Brian
buddy Posted May 15, 2013 #4 Posted May 15, 2013 Nice indeed ! I like this better than the vision model Let us know how it does later on down the road was looking at this model but couldn't see spending that kind money besides peg said the Wing gives her the best seating. What I like the most on Victory motorcycles is all or most of the models is they pretty much take the same parts .all take the same battery - starter - plugs - drive train etc etc.
BigLenny Posted May 15, 2013 #5 Posted May 15, 2013 Congrats! What a beautiful ride! Okay, I'm officially jealous. LOL.
kevin-vic-b.c. Posted May 15, 2013 #8 Posted May 15, 2013 Does the Casset deck work? It looks fantastic Rick I hope to see it up close soon.
SilvrT Posted May 15, 2013 Author #11 Posted May 15, 2013 Nice looking ride.. Does it come inn RED?... Red was the closest I could get to ORANGE
Wizard765 Posted May 15, 2013 #12 Posted May 15, 2013 Hey Rick: congats on the new ride .. Looks GREAT!!
SilvrT Posted May 15, 2013 Author #13 Posted May 15, 2013 Does the Casset deck work? It looks fantastic Rick I hope to see it up close soon. Does a cassette deck have an iPod connector? This bike has a built-in iPod connection ... now I gotta get one of those
Phoneman1981 Posted May 15, 2013 #14 Posted May 15, 2013 Ride that new thing down here so I can see it in person!!!! Nice.
mother Posted May 15, 2013 #15 Posted May 15, 2013 you are one spoiled puppy. glad you like it, i like em too want me to do the first oil change on her
wideopenrod Posted May 15, 2013 #16 Posted May 15, 2013 Have thought a bit lately that if I ever replace the RSV, that I might like to get the CCT. You sir have a nice looking bike there in my opinion, and the color is great! Boomer Sooner!
SilvrT Posted May 15, 2013 Author #17 Posted May 15, 2013 you are one spoiled puppy. glad you like it, i like em too want me to do the first oil change on her ... only if YOU clean up your own mess
rmac345 Posted May 15, 2013 #18 Posted May 15, 2013 Nice lookin ride, Rick. Look forward to future posts on your thoughts and concerns. I think Victory has got a lot of Yamaha'ers paying close attention!
SilvrT Posted May 15, 2013 Author #19 Posted May 15, 2013 (edited) Nice lookin ride, Rick. Look forward to future posts on your thoughts and concerns. I think Victory has got a lot of Yamaha'ers paying close attention! Once I get it broken in (appx 3-4000 km) and it's loosened up, I will be happy to do a full report. So far though, all I can say is I like it ... did I say that already? LOL Couple things which I like are the side bags can be removed very easily. Just twist a couple locking pins and lift off. The trunk is also easilly removable. Man, there's a lot of room in those. One thing which many who road test them comment on is the clunking when shifting. Ya, it does do that but from all I've read, this calms down some once broken in and once ya learn how to shift it. It seems noisless to shift at low rpm's or if you apply some pressure to the shifter just before blippin the clutch. Dropping down to 1st will always be clunky. Finding neutral is very easy and it has a gear indicator!! The tranny though is rock solid so they say and uses straight cut gears. 'nuther thing I like is the simialarity to the Venture for removing the fairing front cover ... ya remove the headlight, speaker grills and 8 screws which are almost the exact same place as those on the RSV. Wind buffeting is almost non-existant due in large part to the windshield design. The air vent at the bottom cancels out the low pressure zone behind it which occurs on many other windshields that don't have a vent. I did get caught in a wee bit of rain and it blew off and over the top of me at a fairly low speed. The seat is fairly comfortable and you sit quite low. I can plant both feet and still have my knees bent. Due to the ergonomics of how you sit and the handlebars though, I found I needed more back support so will be adding a backrest soon. My only complaint so far is that Nina's feet get in my way when we come to a stop and when starting off ... I keep bumping the toes of her boot with the back of my leg. ... I asked her why she had to have such big feet ... that didn't go over too well So far, I really like this bike ... I think I said that, didn't I ? Edited May 15, 2013 by SilvrT
Richie R Posted May 16, 2013 #21 Posted May 16, 2013 I am just green with envy nice bike, someday if I can talk the boss into one. Now I just made it harder to do installed an alpine amp and new alpine speakers in the back and the clutch basket. Man what was I thinking.
Condor Posted May 16, 2013 #22 Posted May 16, 2013 OK... #1 BIG Congrats on the new scoot!! #2 The color looks great. #3 But.... I can't get enthused by the angular Stelth styling. To me the bike looks boxy. I realize that it's just my tastes in bikes, but I can't see myself standing in line for one..... However.... Nina on the back will make it look a lot better....
SilvrT Posted May 16, 2013 Author #23 Posted May 16, 2013 OK... #1 BIG Congrats on the new scoot!! #2 The color looks great. #3 But.... I can't get enthused by the angular Stelth styling. To me the bike looks boxy. I realize that it's just my tastes in bikes, but I can't see myself standing in line for one..... However.... Nina on the back will make it look a lot better.... I like the looks of it ... far better than that spaceship george jetson model they make LOL It is "different" alright but not so far removed from the "pack". Possibly some fancy graphics of some sort ...... nahhhhh... I'd better leave that alone ... SWMBO said NO PIMPING for a while ... like a couple years maybe did I say I really, REALLY like this bike?
SilvrT Posted May 16, 2013 Author #24 Posted May 16, 2013 someday if I can talk the boss into one. I'd be happy to share my secret method for doing that but not here, in public, where she might see it
saddlebum Posted May 16, 2013 #25 Posted May 16, 2013 Nice looking bike. You never did answer the question about the cassette deck though. It does have one ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Doesn't it?......I need to have a cassette deck.
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