Opinion on the Victory Vision...

This has probably been polled before but...

Is it god's greatest creation or the worst looking thing that ever strapped on two wheels.

I am more in the latter camp than the former.

 

It's not for me, but I like the front better than the ass.

It looks better in person, but the back is too swallow-tail for me.

 

It looks like a UFO. I wanna ride a motorcycle, not have a close encounter...

 

Not something I would buy, but I like it. I think it looks better in person, but I also like the B-King (except the mufflers - there is already after market cans for it) and the Super Duke.

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Having seen one up close, they do indeed look better than photos suggest. I must give credit where it's due. Victory said "F it, we're gonna make something NO ONE has ever seen". They did just that. About the only thing I would tell Victory is to make the saddle bags a useful size. As they are right now, they're all about following the lines of the bike & thier capacity suffers.

Would I buy one? No. If I ever buy a bike in this catagory, it will either be the Honda ST1300 (only if they finally put a 6sp in it) or a BMW.

KC-10 FE out...
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Ah, I guess you prefer to view the swallow-tail over the cockpit?

That backside has only exhaust vents and limited junk in the trunk - with the trunk being an option.

 

that rear end looks like my grandma wearing a thong.

 

oof. that bike was better off as parts. Im all about form following function. Not just form for the sake of looking weird.

It looks like a merry-go-round chair. yikes. Back to the drawing board!

 

Ugh! No thanks...kudos for trying something different but to me it is ugly. The 70's bike version of the Riviera!
The B-king...eh. The Super Duke...reasonably OK (I can ride my boss's). It rides great...looks? Well, kind of form-follows-function thing going on....

And the St1300 only has a 5-speed? WTF???!!!

And of course, the VFR is so darned purdy!

 

my .02

I for one give those guys credit for doing something different.

If I get one I would park it next to my Honda Rune! LOL

 

Halfway between a scooter and a Goldwing...

 

Hey Kbrick, my neighbor has a RUNE, and a GOLDWING, and a ST1300! Quite the collection...he isa Honda fan, eh? My VFR looks so small next to his rigs.

 

an oppinion

My dealer has a Rune on display in his window... the thing is a feast for the eyes, all the chrome, the weird Earles fork girder front end and the headlight from a 1932 Peerless touring car the designers really out did themselves.

Its cool but I work too hard for my money should I replace my Gen6 it would probably be for a retro I understand like a T100 Bonneville.

 

Not a Fan.

 

Drewl, that is the most disturbing image this site has ever put in my mind. When did *you* see your G-ma in a thong? Stuka's pictures did not do her justice. :wink:

(no grandparents were actually viewed in the conceptual phases of this post, any similarity to actual grandparents is purely coincidental)

 

I thought the Rune was ugly until I saw a Victory Vision.

 

Well, having had the oppurtunity to sit on one(Vision) it is possibly the the best thought out & comfortable bike I sat on @ the Minneapolis Cycle World show. I also like the styling, as it has the appearance of being retro while also appearing futuristic to some degree. I see you guys are hammering on the B king as well, appearance wise I'm luke warm but the fit was like slipping on a custom taylored Italian suit, you definatly feel like you are sitting in the bike not on the bike. I have added both of these bike to my short list of future "used market" aquisitions.