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Iron Butt
Posts: 849
, FL United States | Ever notice that your Vision will choose the MOST EMBARRASSING time to have you demonstrate the great functionality of the tip-over system? Like when the parking lot is full of other brands of motorcycles!
After lunch yesterday, I was making my way through a gravel parking lot from where I had parked to where my friends Charles and Vicky were parked when I lost footing of my right foot and OVER SHE WENT. Charles said he heard "oh,dammit" and knew something was wrong.
Getting Black Cherry back up was easy - 5 guys lifted her up while I was still straddling the saddle and all commented on how "the drop" had caused no damage at all. The t-o's weren't even scratched.
The other brand this time wasn't H-D but a large group of Goldwings that had just pulled into the restaurant parking lot. Nice bunch of guys and gals. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 1109
| I had the same thing happen to me several years ago on my first tour bike which was a Wing. People sitting on the patio were laughing as I tried to pick that beast up with 6 inches over gravel under it. A group of Wing riders came to my rescue and had a few choice words for those laughing. |
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Tourer
Posts: 500
| After dumping mine a couple times in the first year, no damage at all thanks to the tip-overs, I switched to the lower 8-ball seat and "whalla" no more issues so far...Must better ride and feel for me especially at stops and slower speeds in parking lots, etc..... |
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Visionary
Posts: 4278
| Leaving the parking lot with a dozen friends harley riders I drop mine. Three guys were on me like a cheap hooker. Up went the bike and off we went. Next bar stop every one was coming over looking for the damage. Heads popping up and down hands running a long the bike looking for the cracks and chipped paint. Me I was in the bar when they came in they all had to say how could it be no damage.
Just had to tell them its a smarter designed bike the your old tractor bikes. |
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Tourer
Posts: 554
2 mi from Jim Beam n KY | I'm with you bro!!! I've demonstrated those TOPs several times.
THE most embarrassing was on her maiden voyage with the SO. We got about a half mile, rolled up to a stop light to make a right The turn was uphill, but the asphalt rolled off downhill. TOP time!!! And only a half mile!!! And of course, my bro and sis inlaws were with us on their Goldwing. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 935
Rockford, IL | Sheez....five guys to lift it back up?
Watch this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or_JhhwCYrQ
I drop mine ALL the time. I think its a cool feature of the Vision that I like to show off a bit. |
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Cruiser
Posts: 51
lakes region, NH | yup most embarassing TIME! It was during Bike Week in Laconia, NH with my wife on the back we rolled up to a stop where the pavement crested then went down to the right onto the main road, that had about 2000 bikes going by. I tried to stop before my front tire went over the crest but I was late applying the brake and the wrong brake at that time. Yup just a tap of the front brake and down she went. Both my wife and I just stepped off. I turned around and had the bike upright before any one could even stop to help. Couldn't of been easier! Great design!!! |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 849
, FL United States | Lotzafun - 2012-01-23 9:10 AM
Sheez....five guys to lift it back up?
Watch this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or_JhhwCYrQ
I drop mine ALL the time. I think its a cool feature of the Vision that I like to show off a bit.
Yes I know how to right the Vision off the tip-overs but these guys were there so quickly I barely got to hit the kill switch before they had me upright again. |
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Tourer
Posts: 447
Cleveland, GA | My first public demo of the tipovers was back in '08... at Deal's Gap. In the parking lot by the Tree of Shame. In front of about 200 people - none of whom had ever seen a Vision before, and I had been educating them on what a Vision was. As we were leaving, my wife and I showed them how the tipovers work. I must say they were quite impressed and I was quite mortified. |
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Visionary
Posts: 4278
| Very disappointed that we don't have tip over kill sensor on 08 an 09's.
I wish victory would do a recall and put them in the bikes.
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Visionary
Posts: 1350
| "Very disappointed that we don't have tip over kill sensor on 08 an 09's."
Anny has the kill sensor. I have to turn the key off then back on to restart. 2009 Anniversary. |
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Tourer
Posts: 444
Bay of Gigs, WA | I just tell'em I meant to do that.
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Unintentional Tip-Over Demonstration