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| Today I went down in a turn around road side stop..A fellow rider had to use the port-o-potty and we pulled into the lot that was mostly dirt and gravel..I turned to sharp leaving the lot, barely moving, and down she went on the left side...Hardly any damage, a few knicks in rear tip-over edge, which I touched up. Thanks Victory for this great innovation as it saved, potentially, a lot of otherwise damage to a $24,000 motorcycle...... |
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Iron Butt
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Mt. Vernon, WASH. | YEP! Ya won't find those on a Flintstones Flyer now willya? 'potoato-potato' that. |
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Akron Ohio area | Touch your front brake at slow speed with the wheel turned and you should expect to go down.
Rear brake only when traveling at slow speed.
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Flowery Branch Ga | I like mine so much that I've used them several times, always work great!
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Columbia, SC | Definitely nice to have. Almost dropped out backing out of the driveway this morning - have to back out at about a 30 degree incline and the driveways don't have a smooth entrance to the street. Some wierd thing where the curb is the same whether it's the sidewalk or driveway. But I wasn't TOO worried with these tipover guards.
Alexi
PS - Done the gravel thing too. It happens. |
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Springfield, TN | I was at the back of the line of about 20 "brand X" riders I caught up to Saturday and the leader dropped his dresser at a stop sign... his passenger laid flat on her back for a minute... probably too embarrassed to get up and look behind her. My question would be; what did that cost? He dumped it pretty hard all the way over onto the fairings, saddlebags and handlebars. Glad to see them get up and back on ok but it wouldn't have been near as bad on a Vision... just as embarrassing but not nearly as expensive. Hope the guy wasn't with a "date"... she didn't seem to be too impressed with the whole deal.
I'm like wtwhitelaw... I use 'em all the time. Actually do use them when polishing the left side pipes and chrome. (I place a couple short pieces of 2 x 12 board stacked on the floor and lay it over on them... not as hard to pick up.)
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| Vision are the best if you have a tip over.
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Troy, NY | It's laying so comfortably - LOL! |
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Kansas City, MO | did that in the garage - watch out for the walls....
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Sullivan, IN United States | Yep, dumped mine over in a DQ parking lot. I just knew the bike was going down hard and it scared the crap out of me cause now I figure I am going to be pinned underneath it untill someone can get it off of me. However she came to rest on the tip overs, I crawled out from underneath it, unhurt except for my pride, stood her back up and took off again. Thanks to the engineers at Victory you saved me some $$$ that time. |
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Northern NJ | IMHO the best thing to do once the Vision tips past the point of no return is keep your feet on the boards and hold on.
In most cases a human leg is not as effective as a tipover protector.
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Northern NJ | Mikeebiker - 2011-07-12 10:38 AM
Actually do use them when polishing the left side pipes and chrome. (I place a couple short pieces of 2 x 12 board stacked on the floor and lay it over on them... not as hard to pick up.)
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Puddle Jumper
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| Welcome from across the pond.
Ref the tip-overs; it's good to see that it's not just me who has had to use them. Always at slow speeds though. My friend and his wife dropped theirs on a road with a difficult camber at about 20mph and he couldn't believe how effective they were.
Take care, ride safe
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Cruiser
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| + 2 on how well they work. Dump mine twice on one inch thick mud coming out of the Harley Renzdevous in NY. mud and of camber road with fully loaded bike don't mix. Not one bit of damage just a lot of mud on the under body. Great design Victory!! |
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Puddle Jumper
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Coquitlam, B.C. Canada | Great reminder to take the front disk lock off in the morning ( hell of a way to wake up )
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Puddle Jumper
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| Leaned mine over last night (on purpose) in the garage for the first time (did remember to take into account the garage walls...lol). Saw the salesman do it at the dealer but first time doing it myself. Kinda gives you an empty feeling in your stomach doing it the first time hoping it stops on the way down! Great feature knowing how it works now. |
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Moravia, IA | ukmal - 2011-07-14 9:20 AM
Welcome from across the pond.
Ref the tip-overs; it's good to see that it's not just me who has had to use them. Always at slow speeds though. My friend and his wife dropped theirs on a road with a difficult camber at about 20mph and he couldn't believe how effective they were.
Take care, ride safe
Mal
I must have had some bad luck then......
I put mine on the ground at about 10mph......approaching some railroad tracks the front end washed out in a pothole.
Bent the right tip over up against the engine, the bike continued over on its side....busted plastic fairing, boards, etc......$4050 worth of damage.
Ive used them in the garage for cleaning, maintenance etc - was really expecting them to be robust enough to take a slow speed drop.....surprised me when I looked back at the bike all the way over on the ground, was expecting to see it just setting there waiting for me.....sadly it was not to be. |
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Fort Walton Beach, FL | Anybody given any consideration that the engineers who designed the "tipovers" knew that they had a top heavy bike that is prone to "tipping over"? Bikes shouldn't tip over... they only have two wheels, but should be designed and counted on to remain upright. I have been riding all style of bike for 47 years... never an accident or "drop" until I rode this Vision. Now the count is 4... yes 4 drops at slow speed. AND I have figured out the reason... top heavy design... radial tires with a soft sidewall... and too much "turn" in the front end. It's either "high side" it or drop it................
This is the only thing that I do not like about this bike... Polaris and their Victory engineers should be working more diligently on reducing the number of tip overs by design improvements that lower the center of gravity and the development of a front tire which can support the weight at slow speeds.
This bike could very well be the best touring bike ever, but it needs to be safer at slower speeds...ie stopping and pulling up to a fuel pump... especially when you are riding 2 up!!! |
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Moravia, IA | Handyhoward - 2011-07-18 7:35 AM
Anybody given any consideration that the engineers who designed the "tipovers" knew that they had a top heavy bike that is prone to "tipping over"? Bikes shouldn't tip over... they only have two wheels, but should be designed and counted on to remain upright. I have been riding all style of bike for 47 years... never an accident or "drop" until I rode this Vision. Now the count is 4... yes 4 drops at slow speed. AND I have figured out the reason... top heavy design... radial tires with a soft sidewall... and too much "turn" in the front end. It's either "high side" it or drop it................
This is the only thing that I do not like about this bike... Polaris and their Victory engineers should be working more diligently on reducing the number of tip overs by design improvements that lower the center of gravity and the development of a front tire which can support the weight at slow speeds.
This bike could very well be the best touring bike ever, but it needs to be safer at slower speeds...ie stopping and pulling up to a fuel pump... especially when you are riding 2 up!!!
Guess I didnt think the bike was all that top heavy.....not even close to as top heavy as a GL1500 Goldwing, atleast in my opinion.
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | Dang - I feel "left out of the club"....
My Vision is so perfect - I haven't come close to finding out what y'all are talking about. And I hope I don't !!! |
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Puddle Jumper
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| Wow! Not a scratch I'm thinking either huh?
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Iron Butt
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New York State | I was waiting in line to pull in to the start of a poker run in Erie PA there was many bikes ahead I shut Deer crusher off and hoped off.
The bikes in front of me started to pull in I reached over and hit the key I had left her in first she jumped forward off the stand and the rear tipover pinned my right foot to the pavement. A rookie move it not only hurt so bad I could not free myself it was in front of Harley people.
A bear sized HOG guy helped set me free. Had MC boots on so I was badly bruised and limping but still had five toes intact.
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Iron Butt
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New York State | Donna and I landed on the tips today in a sloped parking area I stoped on an incline nose up when I leaned left we all went over Donna hit the pavement with her shoulder. No damage just stoped on both tips. Donna is well and I never left my seat. I swear Donna was leaning and that was the issue but she says I should have never stopped moving.
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Quad Cities, IL | I love my tip-overs (3x)...and so does my dealer! I had to laugh when they were recently servicing my bike and I went in the back to chat it up and the bike was sitting on the tip-overs for easier access to their work. LOL Works for them.  |
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Iron Butt
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Anderson, IN (48mi NE of downtown Indianapolis) | The tip-overs work great. I purposely demonstrate them frequently to non-believing brand X riders. That is followed by a demo of how easy I can upright the bike by myself. |
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Puddle Jumper
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Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada | Tip-overs saved my brother in law from both financial and several physical pain.
He doesn't ride, couldn't even tell you which one on those levers is the clutch.
However, if "big sis" can handle a bike, how tough could it be?
Before she could stop the process, he got on it and up-righted it (he tends to do things on the spur of the moment).
Due to the low center of gravity, and putting too much effort into it, he put it completely over on its right tip-overs.
He was considerably chastened by this event and understood what had happened, he said "those tip-over things saved me a lot of money!"
Probably saved more than that, I think she would have hurt him for damaging her favorite bike of all time.
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| My wife and i hit the tips around 5 miles an hour due to some slick clay under a street light. Best thing...thebike popped back up with me and the wife still on the bike. My instinct caused me to counter steer out of the tip. Tapped the gas and the bike turned 180 around in the clay. What a bike! Name another bike that can go down while moving and pop back up. Dont suggest trying this. Lol. My wife now has more confidence in the bike....AND my riding skills. I call it God looking over us. And some great victory engineering .
In response to the fella that stated the bike is top heavy...this bike is not top heavy. I'm 165 pounds, 5'7, with short legs...never felt so comfy and secure on a bike. Many of my friends hds feel much much heavier. Dont even mention a goldwing. Never thiugh i would ride a bike this big until i rode a vision. Just my 2 cents.
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Cary, NC | I found that it is easy to test the tip overs when you pull into the garage, get off and realize that you forgot to put the kickstand down. |
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Columbia, SC | Or when you bring a new person on a ride as a passenger,mand after telling them to mount and dismount on the left, you prepare yourself and they quickly jump off on the right. Wasnt ready for that change in weight. |
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Bullhead City, AZ | Want to be the center of attention? Just get off and push it over at a bike rally, everyone there will have a stiff neck trying to see what you did even the Kawasaki salesman in mid salespitch. |
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | Just a reminder for some of you newbies:
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