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Fountain Inn, SC United States | Where would it be?
What would we do?
When?
Piggyback it to an existing event? |
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New Bohemia, Va | I think the first go around should be a piggy-back to a more prominent event. We could ride our Visions on some of the local outrageous twisties and swap tales of exploits over all you-can-eat lobster provided by Vision-Riders with all you can drink Diet Mountain Dew and Dr. Pepper. Of course all the other answer would be on the primary event.
I think it is a great idea and hope to meet all you all at the first annual Vision-Rider's Lobster and Ride Fest!
Edited by Cap'n Nemo 2011-03-30 3:42 PM
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Richmond, Virginia | VaRyder should lead us all to the mother ship where we can form a large V on the ground and chant................... oh wait, thats another television show.......... nevermind. |
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Rhode Island | sorry double post.
Edited by RhodeTrip 2011-03-30 5:01 PM
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Rhode Island | I don't know if you can have just 1; any distance over 600mi and you are pretty much looking at more than a long weekend; 1 day out, 1 day back and 1 day to ride in the area. For us in the north east I guess that is around VA, western PA, SE Canada. If doing more than a long weekend it is pretty much a 2012 trip for me and I'm sure many others are the same. But it would be great to have 30 or so vision riders all meet in one location WV would be my pick for a long weekend.
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New Bohemia, Va | VaParadox - 2011-03-30 4:43 PM
VaRyder should lead us all to the mother ship where we can form a large V on the ground and chant................... oh wait, thats another television show.......... nevermind.
of course V |
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| HD factory parking lot. O.O
NY state fair or some other large state fair.
VMC.com NE get together?
U.S.S. Constitution
Gettysburg
Some chicken wing joint from the Travel channel? |
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Perry Hall, MD | RhodeTrip - 2011-03-30 5:46 PM
... WV would be my pick for a long weekend.
Jim
WV has the added draw of having a MC friendly Governor. They even have MC road maps with a picture of Mr. and Mrs Gov with their HD and wearing their HD jackets. Maybe we can get them on a Vision and take some pics for their next set of maps. You know that once Mrs. G sees how nice it is she'll have him out making the trade.
WV does offer some great rides and easy access to a lot of other prime areas that attendees could take advantage of while in the neighborhood. |
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flagstaff, AZ | Jedi Jeff - 2011-03-30 2:04 PM
Where would it be?
What would we do?
When?
Piggyback it to an existing event?
If its just to be a quick weekend, one of the sides of the country maybe left out. I'm up for something in 2012, and dont mind riding across the country but would prefer maybe a Thursday thru Sunday event.
Edited by roundtwig 2011-03-30 5:37 PM
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Sturbridge, Mass | Come to Vermont the weekend after Labor Day- piggy back of the Killington Classic- I can be a travel coordinator for those coming in.
Fall in New England is beautiful. |
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, IA | Where's vermont |
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| Wichita Ks.
Is the center of the lower states. That might a place we should look at as it might be equal for most of the long haul riders.
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Republic of Tejas | Texas Hill Country for a Southern Region. Come ride '3 Twisted Sisters' (FM335, 336, & 337) just Northwest of San Antonio. Are you with us or against us? ;-) |
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Tucson,AZ | Rolling Thunder / Memorial Day weekend! Stay Tuned for more information.
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Iowa | Many people on this site also are members of the VMC. Maybe meet up at the AVR in Augst and have a Meet n Greet there. The event is Victory specific and people could tour the plant to see where their bikes were built. |
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, WI | The Victory Rally sounds like a good location.
I have had a chance to meet a lot of riders at the Rally. |
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Jasper, MO | To start, I would suggest piggybacking it to an existing event. Later, it could be moved to a different region each year like the 'Wing Ding does. The AVR in Spirit Lake would be a good place to start. The VITO (Victory In The Ozarks) gathering (in Eureka Springs, AR) is in its 7th year now, and we have two motels booked up already for this year. It's pretty casual with lots of great riding in the area and fun around the campfire at night. There is also a huge national event down the road in Fayetteville, AR called Bikes, Blues, and Barbeque http://www.bikesbluesandbbq.org/ if folks want to have a good reason to go to a meet. All these are central to the USA.
I love the Smoky Mountains/ Appalachians and the Rocky Mountains and would gladly ride to either of those areas. I'm allergic to big cities and you won't see me there.
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New York State | The Factory Rally sounds like a good idea the Vision Riders could meet at a Hooters or similar location and ride a Flying V formation on to the Mother Soil.
Edited by Trekwolf164 2011-03-31 8:15 AM
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Simi Valley, CA | I can think of only one place... the future birthplace of one James Tiberius Kirk. Riverside Iowa.
http://www.riversideiowa.org/
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| Definetely piggy back it with a national event. We just did that with Bike Week on the VOG and it turned out to be a good time and had a really good turn out. |
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| We could all meet in Sioux Falls,Sd. and ride over to Sprite lake. Take hwy 9 right into the rally. Its 87 miles and I know Sioux Falls have plenty of bars and 39 motels hotels.
Its on the way back from sturgis if your going to the rally any how. What I site that would be all Vision's in one paring lot to say nothing about all going down the hwy at one time. If we got a peraid permit maybe we could run all the stop lights. Heck we can stop traffic |
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Iowa | When the Vision first came out, I was at the plant in Spirit Lake to take the tour when about 30-40 Visions came down the road. They had been at the plant in WI and road over in a group. What a sight. But an even bigger site was the Polaris 50th Anniversary when over 250 bikes road through Minneapolis to St. Paul and the state fair grounds. That was unbelievable to see and participate in.
I like what I'm seeing for suggestions. Good stuff. |
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| miles/ miles/ miles/ miles are my only request. I made the mistake of gong to Daytona Bike week and Thunder beach Bike week last year....NEVER AGAIN. I guess i am not inot what others brands do....trailer your bike to town and park it in front of a bar hoping someone will notice it. I d rather be ont eh Cherahola or BRP ripping it up, or rolling to ALASKA (like i will be in June od 2010!) good news is i have found that Daytona bike week is good for something.....the BRP is empty...no slow harleys to slow you down, they were all trailered to Daytona.....SUCKERS |
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West Knoxville TN | Just come to Helen GA the first weekend in June for the SE rally. Way fun and the more visions the merrier.
Edited by Candyman 2011-04-01 12:15 PM
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Troy, NY | RedRider - 2011-03-30 6:12 PM
HD factory parking lot. O.O
NY state fair or some other large state fair.
VMC.com NE get together?
U.S.S. Constitution
Gettysburg
Some chicken wing joint from the Travel channel?
I love the idea of a Harley Parking lot. I'm still cracking up!
Seriously I like the, link it to another event idea. Northeast in the fall is nice, or Blueridge in May/June. As you can tell I'm on the east coast  |
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Lansing, MI | I don't know but I want to be part of it! How about a "central" location that would have good riding and nice scenery. Like the Missouri / Arkansas / Tennessee / Kentucky area.
OR Michigan... YEAH!
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New York State | Cometman - 2011-03-31 9:24 AM
I can think of only one place... the future birthplace of one James Tiberius Kirk. Riverside Iowa.
http://www.riversideiowa.org/
Lets ride!
I'm in when |
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Ruskin, Fl | 1+ on rolling Thunder. |
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2 mi from Jim Beam n KY | WV is a possiblility |
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | Biketoberfest |
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | Laconia |
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Prescott, Az | How about the National VMC Meet in Prescott, Az. Aug 4-7th? |
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Northern NJ | RhodeTrip - 2011-03-30 5:46 PM
But it would be great to have 30 or so vision riders all meet in one location WV would be my pick for a long weekend.
Jim
+1 on WV.
Great riding, and centrally located on the east coast.  |
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Tucson , AZ | Easier if we can get something a little more centralized.. dont get me wrong. The east coast is beautiful.... and i have tons of clients out there. But is is a long haul for us in the middle of the desert. Please give us enough time to plan ahead..............2012 would work for me. |
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | Should be an event for all Victory riders not just Vision Riders, eventually there will be alot more CC & CR bikes out there than Visions. If we want it to grow we need to include these guys too................All Victory aftermarket vendors should be there too, lloydz, cycle ops ect....... |
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | Should be an event for all Victory riders not just Vision Riders, eventually there will be alot more CC & CR bikes out there than Visions. If we want it to grow we need to include these guys too................All Victory aftermarket vendors should be there too, lloydz, cycle ops ect....... |
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Lansing, MI | That's what The VMC is for. They have about 10 kazillion events every year for all Victory modles...
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Central Wisconsin |  + 1 on the Ozarks, account of the most centrally located. 
The Black Hills of South Dakota would be nice in September, cool nights and warm days.
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Memphis | Maybe two events/year. Fly-in "West" could be somewhere along the Rockies at the beginning of summer. Fly-in "East" could be Sept/Oct Fall colors anywhere from the Carolinas to New England. It would be nice to have dates by the end of the previous year since I have to pick all my vacation time in November for the next year. |
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | How about Destination Daytona, the giant Harley dealership, hahahaha................. |
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Regina Saskatchewan Canada | Nelson, British Columbia, Canada . . awesome roads in all directions, beautiful small city. |
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| HERE IS A IDEA.
WHERE IA,WISC, MINN, MEET BY THE MISSISIPPI RIVER
GREAT RIDING COUNRTY |
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Iowa | Add Illinios to that idea and you could follow the Great River Road. |
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Mount Vernon, WA United States | I'm just say'n... This is just ONE road of many many roads.. Sea level to 5400 feet and back to sea level. You could ride it a dozen times and not see everything there is to see along the way.
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East TN | I saw Arkansas!!! Middle of the country....almost! |
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New York | How about Lake George NY... Americade is coming this June! |
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Jasper, MO | Lots of good ideas for locations for a VV meet. Most of them sound great to me.
Here is a suggestion for a somewhat centrally located place that is in a lightly populated part of the country, offers good riding, has plenty of places to stay and to eat, and caters to motorcyclists. Room rates and meal costs are reasonable and lower than some other parts of the country. The actual town itself looks like a little slice of Bavaria. In the Spring, the Dogwoods and Redbuds are in bloom in the hills and in the Fall you get lots of color, better than the Rockies, but not as good as the Smokies/Appalachians. The Ozark Mountains are just hills when compared to the Rockies or Appalachians, but the riding is still good and the traffic, for the most part, is light. I'm referring to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. The population of the town is about 2350 people and the whole town is on the National Register of Historic Places.
http://www.eurekasprings.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_Springs,_Arkansas
http://www.arkansas.com/city-listings/city_detail.aspx?city=Eureka+...
http://wikitravel.org/en/Eureka_Springs
Ronnie
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