Victory Vision- Love/ Hate the looks

[NCrider]

OK. This thing is ugly! If you look at all it has, it looks like they took a K12LT and made everything "more extreme." No ergonomic testing or any functionality testing. Just make it extreme...

I believe it to be a fad that will fade away. Right noe thye're "cool" looking to some, give it a year, people will be saying, what were we thinking...

My thoughts. So, do you lke the looks, hate the looks, or undecided.

[hallzee]

They've been out for a while, and I have only seen one on the road.

Maybe a face only a momma could love?

[katnapinn]

There 's one running around here, the only thing I can say is "FUGLY"

[NOGILLS2]

I put it in the catagory with the RUNE! IT just doesn't do it for me.

[Rockdoc]

Right noe thye're "cool" looking to some, give it a year, people will be saying, what were we thinking...
I don't find it ugly but I don't find it at all attractive, either. Some designs fade, as you say, while others grow on people. I can remember seeing one of the first Honda CX-500s on display, pre-launch, in Douglas on the Isle of Man during the TT Races. I stoutly declared I hated everything about it and would never consider buying a bike where the engine was so high in the frame and you needed a telescope to find the plugs. Not many years later I bought a nearly-new 1981 example and absolutely loved it.

It had its drawbacks, of course. I think it was at least as unstable at low speeds as the LT, the heat-path from the radiator emerged under your crotch so a sweaty bum was inevitable on warm days and it used vast amounts of petrol if you squeezed the throttle for even a short distance. In its favour it was dead easy to maintain, utterly reliable and economical if you kept the revs below about 4,500 rpm, which still gave you reasonable performance.

Keith

[pkpr1998]

I put it in the catagory with the RUNE! IT just doesn't do it for me.


Floyd, when you said Rune, that just ruined it for the Vision :p

[bigpapa]

I voted hate the looks cause I do, but that thing is by far the most comfy 2-up bike on the planet. When I start doing long distance riding w/ my wife, I'll look for a much discounted used one. We took a 45 min. test ride, and my wife and I loved it. We liked it better than my RT, the LT, and HD Roadglide.

But yes, it is ugly...

[djfalkenstein]

I like it, a lot. Wanna know why? It doesn't look like every other bike. Someone took a chance with the design (bet the farm it seems) and I appreciate that kind of courage.

I have ridden BMW's my whole life; four of them for about half a million miles. What was the last chance BMW took (beside the LT final drive)?

Style is a personal choice, but I will bet anyone on this or any other forum; if ten different bikes were parked in front of a diner, the Vision would capture the most attention; because it is different.

[ATFLT]

I like it from some angles but hate it from some as well. The 10th anniversary color is excellent but it still looks bad from the same angles.

[spokane1200lt]

I test rode the first one in Spokane Washington. The ride for me was comfortable but my SO complained about excess vibration on the back seat. I thought they liked that???

Anyway the transmission still had the Victory clunk that I was used to. I owned a 1999 Victory and the transmission was very loud. The Vision was pretty comfortable at 70-80 MPH but nothing like the Beemer.

I think it is a niche and was very over priced for what you get. The power curve was Ok but again not like the Beemer so I think that the LTC is a better touring machine.

Have a great day,

Al
Spokane WA

[Briantime]

I really wanted to like the Vision. I loved the Vegas and the Kingpin and anxiously awaited the Vision...yuck.

I think for me it's the trunk I don't like. The way it sit on what looks like a pod. I much prefer the way it looks without the trunk, but that is something I need in a bike. I hope it sells well enough to keep Victory in the touring market. Competition for our dollars is a good thing.