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| I have been riding Victory's since 2007, so seeing a Vision, although exciting, isn't something new. But since owning my Vision, I am shocked by how many people it attracts, most of the comments being positive. It seems I can't fill the tank up, stop for a bite to eat, or even stop at a light, without being approached and asked questions on some level. The Vision has attracted more folks in the month that I have owned than my KP has ever attracted, even after it was painted and chromed out, in the three years I have owned it. Its amazing.
Is this a pretty common occurrence for everyone? I thought with the Vision being around for a few years now that the excitement would have worn off. |
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Memphis | Wait til you go to a restraurant with other riders. You'll all be sitting inside and watch people come and go and the Vision will always get the most attention. Your friends won't believe it's that different until gawkers pull out the cellphone and start taking pictures of it. Until they own one, other riders think we are exaggerating about the different level of attention compared to any other bike. Screamin Eagle owners are the poster children for state of denial.
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Pittsburgh, PA | i went on a 1900 mile round trip (pa to ks) and i had truckers giving me thumbs up, blowing their horn. i had people follow me into a rest stop only to ask me WHAT IS THAT.! even after 2 years of ownership every day i ride is like day 1... Some people think i had it custom made ! i even had a few people come right out and say.. (Wow what do you do for a living?!!) lol that one makes me laugh.. i noticed though little boys love it.. i had one right as i entered kansas i stopped at a gas station/rest stop and this little boy stopped dead in his tracks. his dad kept calling him and he went deaf..lol he just starred... the dad had to walk over and actually pick the boy up! it was just he just witnessed the most amazing thing his young eyes have seen... once again... made me laugh.. the father said to me.. "im sorry". i just said, IM USED TO IT.. |
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Litchfield Park, AZ | First day I owned the Vision I stopped at a fast food restaurant. Watched as 3 different groups stopped and took pictures while we were inside. When we came out, we were stopped for about 20 minutes talking about the bike. The next day I went on a HONDA ride for kids and rode to the event with a group of Goldwings. While in riding formation I had a van pull up along side me for several blocks taking pics. When we stopped several of the Wingers came over laughing as they could not believe how much attention the bike got on the ride over.....that was all in the 1st 24 hours of owning the bike. |
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Rockford, IL | At about the same time you get used to the attention you may also end up getting slightly annoyed by it. |
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Pittsburgh, PA | i agree with the annoyed part. after about a year of it i started to have enough.. then winter comes and i forget about it. then all the sudden spring time and it begins all over again... |
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Jasper, MO | They certainly do get the attention. I've had mine for 2 1/2 years, and it still draws attention. One of my favorite situations was when I rode to Roaring River State Park near Cassville Missouri with some friends who were riding Goldwings. My Vision was parked with the Goldwings when a group of Japanese tourists came into the parking lot. They all came over to our bikes and took turns taking pictures of each other standing by my bike. My 'Winger buddies tried to ignore it. 
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Richmond, Virginia | Seriously. you get ANNOYED by attention.?????????? S E R I O U S L Y I suspect that within each of us we want the attention or we would have purchased some other bike that looked like all the rest. Lets all bitch and whine about something else.
If people admiring your bike annoys you, you do have the ability to simply say "thank you" get on your bike and ride off. No one is forcing you to stand and do a sales pitch........ Personally id be annoyed if i bought a bike that looked like everyone elses and when i got out into the parking lot, I couldnt determine which bike was mine from the rest of them. A VV doesnt offer that issue |
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San Antonio, TX | As I have stated here before......
There should be a sticker that states the following over the key switch when you go to ride off with your new Victory Vision.
Warning: If you do not like meeting total strangers, answering questions about Victory (or parent company, Polaris, stock symbol PII), answering questions on the Vision and it features, demonstrating the motorized windshield, describing or physically demonstrating the tip over points, pointing out the cruise control switches, heated seats and grips, opening the mp3/iPod player area, the gas cap door, and all luggage compartments, providing the price you paid for the Vision, the location of the nearest honest Victory dealer, the free demonstration rides that the dealers provide and the bikes top speed, do not buy the Vision.
Please know the engine displacement in cc and ci, gas mileage city and highway, max horse power and torque (in four configurations stock, staged, with cams, air box and controller and finally....nitrous).
Do not forget to mention that it is an American Motorcycle. Designed in Minnesota and built in Iowa.
Be prepared: People will check out your Victory Vision at stop lights. (Once a blond in a Land Rover smiled and gave me thumbs up.) Some will even roll down the window to ask a question (see list above) or make comments like, Cool, Wow! *Dat is da Real Playerz!
If purchased: You must also be kind to those who walk around your Vision when you are eating or shopping.
When you are asked silly things about the Vision such as "When did you steal George Jetson's bike" or "I saw this in the Batman movie", be thoughtful in your reply since, they might really want a Vision but have to many HD tattoos to turn back now, really do not want a Vision but that is OK and everyone should ride a motorcycle that they identify with, third be embarrassed that they paid more for their HD Ultra Electra Glide but do not want to admit it or finally; they go home, do some research and they might just buy a Vision for themselves.
*I had to look up the "Real Playerz comment" because I had no clue what it meant.
Ride Safe!
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seattle, wa | I didn't buy the bike for attention. I rarely ride with anyone else, or go on group rides, so I don't get much attention because the only time someone has a chance to say anything about the bike is when I am getting gas. But today is another story. I am in the land clearing business, I work along side truck drivers, loggers, equipment operators, etc. I got my bike parked at the jobsite today and this fat ass equipment operator walks over and I already know what he's thinking, he says "wtf is that, the Bat bike??, thats the ugliest bike I ever seen!" And I say "c'mon, why ya wanna say that?" Oh, thats your bike??? he asks. Then he goes on to tell me about the Knucklehead in his garage, and how he went on a four month ride with his "Bros" back in 73. I just had to laugh. |
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Winston-Salem, NC | Makes me wonder how it must be for a good looking woman who gets stared at (leered at by Harley riders) ALL the time. I gotta admit that sometimes when I am riding, all the stares do get to be a bit too much especially when pulling into a parking lot full of Harleys. I like the comments even though usually they can vary from being good to weird. But the Vision is both good and weird, might even say that it is bold. Thats why I like its appearance. I like the story above about the spellbound boy. I appreciate my Vision for bringing back the sense of joy I had when I was a young boy riding my bike. |
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Memphis | +1 on the kids being spellbound. Pulling up next to a bus full of kids is always a party on wheels. The kids nearest to me plaster their noses against the window and start pointing. I crank up the radio to about 14 and start bobbing my head along with the music. (Now they are really beaming down and rocking in their seats.) When I cycle the windshield up and down a couple of times, all bedlam breaks loose and you can see the bus shake as kids stampede from the other side. By then the light changes and as I roll past the bus driver they are killing me in their minds with a laser beam stare. Good times. |
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Pittsburgh, PA | One thing BAD about the attention and being on a vision is.. if your the type of person that speeds through town and causes trouble, your not getting away with $hit.. lol |
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LaPorte,Tx. | The attention you get from the Vision is because of the guy on the left...and a few others. I agree with the kid attention, when they are looking out the car back window, you can only imagine what they are thinking.
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Hartland, , WI | If I get a snide (rarely) comment on the VV it is from a HD owner. People that have not been instructed by HD what a motor cycle is suppose to look like...kids, women (in general), cotton top/retired folks...or people in general that are a "blank sheet" ALL say what a cool looking bike.
I have had all the experiences everyone else has had...gas stations, stop lights, Interstate riding and people boxing you in because they just stare at it, restaurants...I rarely ride with anyone else so I don't get the group experience...but I have recently seen another VV rider while going down the Interstate and we simultaneously point at each other and grin ear to ear. (that?s now happened like 3 times in the 3 years I?ve owned the bike)
The latest new experience was when the wife and I were checking out one of our lovely state parks on a lovely lake (a Sunday ride) and as we looped through the parking lot to get a closer ride by of the beach area...everyone?s head turned away from the water and just stared. My wife said..."now that feels awkward" and we laughed.
But ultimately the only closed minded people I have come across are the HD gang!
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Southeast Iowa | +1 on the HD gang. From my experience about 1/2 of the HD owners think it's cool as hell. The other 1/2 just don't get it and usually offer up some stupid remark which I always enjoy. It's just too easy to put those types in their place. As for the general population I find about 90% can't stop looking at it. |
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Northeast Ohio | My HD buddy loves the bike and would have gotten one, if he'd had gotten it first. He's one of those guys. On a recent group ride, he said my bike got more attention than a hooker in prison.  |
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Hartland, , WI | ScoreBo - 2010-07-24 11:30 AM
My HD buddy loves the bike and would have gotten one, if he'd had gotten it first. He's one of those guys. On a recent group ride, he said my bike got more attention than a hooker in prison.
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| I don't think it will ever end... Just Yesterday, I was zinging south on I-5 hanging out in the HOV lane, and got look after look... The only thing I don't like is a situation like this.
Some dude in a Tundra (AKA Toyota's Version of the Dodge Ram) rolled up next to me looked over, and didn't put his eyes back front for a few miles... Literally... That stuff makes me nervous, luckilly the traffic was light and I was keeping taps on his path forward. I finally had enough and rolled on the throttle to put some distance between us. Oogle the bike when your stopped buddy. |
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Goldsboro, NC | VaParadox - 2010-07-23 11:01 PM
... Personally id be annoyed if i bought a bike that looked like everyone elses and when i got out into the parking lot, I couldnt determine which bike was mine from the rest of them. A VV doesnt offer that issue Excpet here, perhaps: 
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New Bohemia, VA | TB - that picture is disturbing, beautiful, but disturbing none the less. Because, as VaP tries to point out how we are so much different, as popularity of the Vision gains, it'll start being the same. But until then, it is a rare site and I still have people hang out of the window, give thumbs up, stand and talk about the bike. Some think it is a custom, but many riders are coming to know about the "spaceship" looking bike and will ask how it rides. "Fantastic!" is my reply but that will only lead more to buy, and then make us one of the sheep eventually.
Like I used to do when I was still living at home, mom was an accomplished cake baker and made the best cake, but the running thing was to say it was "terrible" so no one else would want any and I could have it all to myself. So the Vision is the WORSE, AND UGLIEST BIKE ON THE PLANET, PEOPLE! There....
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North Orange County CA | I'm with Kelvininin; that kind of attention while on the road can be a little disconcerting.
Sunday afternoon, I'm riding home in the carpool lane on the I-5 just north of Irvine. I'm following a couple of bike lengths behind my buddy on his 110CI CVO Ultra Classic. His CVO is bike that demands your attention with it's beautiful red and burnt orange flake paint job, and it has enough chrome to blind you when the southern California sun hits it.
A guy in a Camry pulls up next to me and paces me for about a half mile, finally I decided to see what the hell his problem is; so rather than keeping an eye on his left front wheel I take a look at the driver. This dude was grinning from ear to ear and giving me the thumbs up sign like he just found the holy grail or something.
I nod and then he quite happily speeds off, totally ignoring this beautiful $30+K HD less than 20ft in front of him. The only thing thats gets more attention than a VV on the road is a CHP Beemer (but they elicit a very different "eyes straight ahead / check the speedo" type reaction).
Sadly for my friend this kind of thing happens everywhere we go, in fact he no longer parks near me when we stop, my stock SSG Vision gets more attention than his treasured CVO. |
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northwest florida | as least 75% of the time when I stop for gas I have a conversation about "how I like it?" or "does it ride smooth?" or "sure is different!" |
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Goldsboro, NC | varyder - 2010-08-04 1:52 PM
TB - that picture is disturbing, beautiful, but disturbing none the less. Because, as VaP tries to point out how we are so much different, as popularity of the Vision gains, it'll start being the same.
Not to worry... this was just the Anniversary editions lined up at Daytona for the special event they had. It'll never look like that again... ever.
the running thing was to say it was "terrible" so no one else would want any and I could have have it all to myself. So the Vision is the WORSE, AND UGLIEST BIKE ON THE PLANET, PEOPLE! There....
Hear, here! Good idea!
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San Antonio, TX | Tarpits99 - 2010-08-04 1:29 PM
Sadly for my friend this kind of thing happens everywhere we go, in fact he no longer parks near me when we stop, my stock SSG Vision gets more attention than his treasured CVO.
My brother rides a 2009 CVO Ultra Classic and has the same issue when I am with him on my Vision.
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| a99miata - 2010-08-04 11:01 AM
as least 75% of the time when I stop for gas I have a conversation about "how I like it?" or "does it ride smooth?" or "sure is different!"
Same thing happens to me all the time, the funny part is when a hard core Harley rider asks and I tell him that I love it, they don't appear to believe me........ That's ok. |
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Northern NJ | My Ice Blue Vision Street seems to get a lot more attention than my Midnight Cherry Vision Tour. |
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Edmonton AB, Canada | My black ABS gets tons of attention up here!
Very few know what it is. |
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New York State | I was in a DWI check point, the Trooper was being surly to the cagers as they rolled up to him.
When I pulled up on the Vision his eyes got wide and he asked what it was? I told him "An 08 Victory Vision made in Iowa" He waved me on and told me to have a good night. I didn't even have to pull out my wallet 
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Fargo, ND |
I would have flagged you over for further review, (of your bike...I mean)!
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Lillian, Alabama | Flatsix - 2010-08-05 11:41 AM
I would have flagged you over for further review, (of your bike...I mean)!
:-)
Something like that happened to me last spring. I was on the bike for the first time in a few weeks and was doing about 85 on a nice country road....when I saw blue lights in my mirror.
I pulled over and turned the Vision off and got off the bike. This big ole state trooper got out of his car, put his smokey hat on and walked slowely toward me. Yep, he did look intimidating!!!!
I said "I'm sorry, officer, I haven't ridden in a while and I guess I just got a little carried away."
He said "That's ok, I'm not gonna ticket you. Hell, I wasn't even gonna pull you over until I saw you go by and then I just had to get a better look at that bike. She sure is a beauty. I've never seen anything quite like that before. What is it?"
So we stood there on the side of the road and talked Victory's, Visions and motorcycles in general for about 15 minutes and he told me to be careful...then he got in his car and drove off. |
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | I love it! Whenever I park - I make sure I can see the bike. NOT because I worry about it. Instead, it is so I can see the people admiring it. It's kind of like... well .... an extension of ME !
People may not (well, don't) admire me, but they sure do the bike. And since the bike is a part of me, they are admiring ME !
At least in my head....
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Memphis | My youngest daughter got in a fender bender last summer and two Motor Officers on Harleys were at the scene when I got there. I pulled up on the Vision and the older cop told the younger one to stay with the cars and walked over to me. "Victory Vision, huh?" "Yessir" He walked around it a couple of times and said "That's gonna be my retirement present to myself. Two more years." We then proceeded to walk over to the cars and talk about the wreck for a couple of minutes. We were still talking about bikes 15 minutes after the tow truck left. He should hit the 2012 model Vision perfectly. |
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Tucson , AZ | I have had two different occasions , where a car was trying to take a look at my bike ....he was inching up trying to get closer and runs into the car in front of him.SERIOUS..... its the funniest thing. I had a cop follow me into a circle K to get a better look at what mods i had done to my Vision. I had a guy chase me down for around 10 mi on the freeway til i got off the exit ramp .When i stopped at the light he got out of his truck to grab a business card and looked at the bike. I love the attention.... its great living " outside the box".
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| Its the craziest thing ive ever seen. Alot of people think its a full custom. My buddy Jeff said I should get a recording of George Jetsons car and play it when I laeve a parking lot. |
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Simi Valley, CA | At a charity ride a few weeks ago I was parked in the middle of a bunch of HDs. After I registered and was walking back to my bike, I noticed the crowd around it. I walked over to it, put the key in, hit the mp3 player, and the theme from Star Trek started playing.
One of the guys asked if it had warp engines, I then hit the mp3 player again and the sound affects of going to warp speed started playing. I told then to stand back, when the tires retract it is quite the sight.
This bike is fun even when you are not riding it!
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Hartland, , WI | About 30% of the time I ride two up with my wife so it took her a while to see first hand about all the stories I'd tell her after coming back from a couple hour ride...so here are the three latest and now I get to have fun with it when my wife is on board.
At a stop light going to take a left and get on a ramp to hwy 45...spent the day at the EAA air museum...my wife is laughing through the intercom and I catcher her doing the thumbs up to a lady in a full size white van. The lady is telling her grandmother to look over here at this bike...could read her lips when I looked up...that is so cool!
A wife and husband walking their Golden lab coming towards us as we enter a local town and the speed limit drops to 25...he gets a good look and gives us the thumbs up and I read his lips...great bike! So I ask my wife through the intercom why that guy just gave her the finger...which earned me a wap to the back of my helmet?and a laugh.
Last Sunday I took a morning ride through several small towns...back roads...enjoying the morning looking for the proverbial little family cafe. Found it in Cambridge and pulled in and circled the place looking for a parking spot and notice all the cars were parked on the one side for a reason...the other side parking lot was coming apart. I park the bike and don't even have my helmet off and the cook comes running out the door with his big apron on asking questions a mile a minute...I keep preparing the bike and locking the compartments answering the questions...he is so excited to finally see one up close...he just bought a Sportster a month ago so he was really getting into bikes.
As we walk into the cafe with 15 people eating at tables...still talking about the bike...he is shouting to the rest of the cafe staff to check out the bike...the owner, the owners wife, the waitresses all go outside to check the bike out. There I am sitting in a booth by myself...looking at 15 customers all looking at me...everyone that works there is outside and all I want is a cup of coffee and a menu. Any of us could have walked up to the til and cleaned it out because no one was watching it. So then they come back in and I figure I'm gonna get my coffee and menu...oh no not yet...gotta answer a bunch more questions. The owner sits down across from me...his wife says scoot over sugar...and sits next to me as they ask a bunch more questions.
Eventually had a great breakfast...prime rib & egg special, hashbrowns, white toast and a glass of milk!!!!
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | My license plate is "SPCSHP" - the other day I walked up to the bike in front of the usual bunch of 'looky-loos' and prepared to depart.
One guy says to me - "are you off to the Stars, or just a romp to the Moon?"
LOVE IT !!!!!
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Pittsburgh, PA | I've had people In Their cage snap a photo of my vision while riding down the street. You look over and see a cellphone pointed at you! Lol |
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Indianapolis, IN | donetracey - 2010-09-12 1:41 AM My license plate is "SPCSHP" - the other day I walked up to the bike in front of the usual bunch of 'looky-loos' and prepared to depart. One guy says to me - "are you off to the Stars, or just a romp to the Moon?" LOVE IT !!!!! On that one I my thoughts were, "It's like a taste of Heaven on Earth every time I head out on my Vision." |
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New York City | With a new Ness Vision I have discovered a troubling problem on Interstate Highways. I always travel maybe 5 or 10 miles above the limit but am respectful and pull out of the left lane to let faster traffic go by when I can. Several times in the last few days I have had a car come up fast behind me and swing to the right lane of me. "OK" I say to myself, "if he wants to pass on the right that's OK. I'll just move over after he goes by to get out of the way." Then he pulls up beside me and stays with me. When I look over at him he's driving 80 miles an hour but looking intently at me bike. I wave at him, he gives me the thumbs up, I return the thumbs up, he smiles pulls on ahead. Not kidding, happened several times. Terrible being the center of attention! |
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West Knoxville TN | bpilgrim - 2010-09-12 8:33 PM
Terrible being the center of attention!
Yes its just awful! |
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Bullhead City, AZ | I work at a clinic and the bike is parked next to the end with big windows, I put a patient on a stepper and he stops and says "what he hell is that and who's is it." Seems he road for the last 5o+ years and misses the ride. He told me that jesse james built one of his first choppers and most of his bikes were customs. But he really liked the way the VV looked and told me to get him better so he could go for a drive. New motivation for my patients. |
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Edmonton AB, Canada | Even my girlfriend has all the specs and features down so she can rattle them off when we stop.
At one Harley infested donut stop a guy jumped off his Sportster and ran over raving about the light up badges! |
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| My Vision gets all kinds of looks, but not when I ride with the wife. Her Spyder gets the googly eyes. When people see us on both bikes they must think we are from another world, and we get slammed with millions of questions.
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New Bohemia, VA | dcramer - 2010-09-22 11:19 PM
Even my girlfriend has all the specs and features down so she can rattle them off when we stop.
At one Harley infested donut stop a guy jumped off his Sportster and ran over raving about the light up badges!
...absurd, Harley riders infest greasy burger joints, Winger are for Dairy Queen and donut shops. But I can understand a Harley rider "raving" about lighted badges if he frequents a donut shop... sounds like a rather happy fellow. |
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | I was surrounded at the The Vortex in Atlanta last night by other bikers wanting to know more about the Vision............... |
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