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Cruiser
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| Here is a pic of the 21"wheel kit by Arlen Ness, wheel is a evil 7 and also put heel toe shifter on and I love it!
http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d93/shane6727/Victory%20Vision/?a...
http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d93/shane6727/Victory%20Vision/?a... |
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Cruiser
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Central Florida | Do You notice any difference in handling with the 21 inch front vs the 18 in stocker?? |
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Cruiser
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| Looks Great, gives the front end of th bike a nice custom look! |
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Cruiser
Posts: 154
| There is a difference in the way way the bike handles, IMO the bike is more agile and responsive, not a huge difference but you will notice it.
Shane |
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Cruiser
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| Thanks... |
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Cruiser
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Florida | Does the heel shifter limit the foot positions? I considered one of those, but I really like that I have multiple positions while touring. |
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Cruiser
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CALGARY ALBERTA | Where can I view these Vision parts on line?
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Cruiser
Posts: 154
| It didnt for me and I have a size 13 foot, plenty of room on the floorboard and I love the heel toe on the Vision..
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Cruiser
Posts: 154
| Dont know about on line, Arlen has a catolog of all the parts for Vision at my Ness dealer and thats where I saw all the stuff I got. Heel toe shifter is from a king pin.
Shane |
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Puddle Jumper
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Oviedo, FL | Shane, I too have been interested in changing my front wheel to the 21" format however, I had some trepidation regarding the handling issues that have been mentioned in previous posts. You related that to you the bike was more agile and responsive. In my mind, that means that it stears or falls into turns quicker and under control without any flop. Does it allow you to stear and direct the front end easier without fighting the bikes weight in slow speed parking lot maneuvers, is it stable and does it hold its line at speed in turns. Speaking of speed, when you travel the slabtop above 70mph is there any wobble. I love the custom appearance but do not wish to destroy its touring capabilities. |
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | Great look Shane. Do you have any full length shots? I'd like to see the overall apperance. |
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Iron Butt
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North Orange County CA | Looks like they trimmed the rear portion of the front fender to make the new wheel, correct?
What size tire did they mount?
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Cruiser
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Stockton, Ca. | Shane, Do you have the modification instructions for the heel toe shifter. There was a link in an old thread but it is no longer working. There is also a link to a site where the parts cam be purchased at a discount at the top in Links, I'll paste it in below. It is actually a Kingpin shifter with some slight mods right?
http://www.twowheelcorp.com/eshopitems_cat_3566-23689-33332.htm |
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Iron Butt
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, FL United States | I also had the KingPin heel-toe shifter installed on my Vis but it limited my foot positions so badly that I removed the rear peg completely. I wear a size 15 shoe/boot & find that up-shifting by just stepping on the shifter shaft works just fine IMHO.
We did a 700 mile trip over Labor Day weekend & had no problems with it. 
Edited by CoolHandLuke 2008-09-02 10:46 AM
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Visionary
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Pittsburgh, PA | I love the way the wheel looks. i have two questions. 1) what kind of rotors are they? and 2) how hard it is to find replacement tires for that size of wheel? |
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Puddle Jumper
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| WOW,where did you get the heal toe shifter? That's one thing I miss about my Kingpin. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 619
Southeast Iowa | Victory is now making a heal toe shifter for the Vision. It is part number 2876577 and list for 169.99 |
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Cruiser
Posts: 294
rhode island | Looks very cool, I went with the ness brake and shifter pegs they are about an inch an a half longer than the stock rubber
ones, very easy to grab a gear. The wheels are a nice touch! |
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Iron Butt
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, FL United States | jglass - 2008-09-06 2:29 PM
WOW,where did you get the heal toe shifter? That's one thing I miss about my Kingpin.
Jim, I had my dealer order one from Victory & had them install it, as I tried myself but couldn't get it aligned properly.
As I said, I removed the rear peg from it because it SEVERELY limited my boot position and I like to move my feet around on a long trip.
I'm also having some "foot positioning" issues since I installed the lower wind deflectors. Will probably have the bottom part of the lowers cut off to allow more room for my big feet.  |
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Arlen ness wheel mod and heel toe shifter install