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Cruiser
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Fort Covington, NY | the wife and i went to stay with her brother in syracuse ny for a night do a little partying and then off to the state fair to watch a good friend pull his 4-wheel drive truck against the big boys. the trip down was 189 mile we hit rain 40 miles into the trip but we didin't care. my says we can't ride in the winter. temp half way to syracuse was 58 degrees had to use the hand and seat warms, they work good!!! stop raining the last 50 miles or so. had a great supper at a new rest.(quaker steak and lube but not as good as the dinosaur bbq). sunday moring went to the state fair nice weather, alot to see. 1 pm went to the grand stands for the pull, beer was $7.00 a cup bullshit!!! buddy did great came in 6th place. walked around fair, drink $3.00 beer went to hotle with 6 other, drink rest of night away had some good pizzia. monday morning had a good breakfast with sister and brother in law started to watertown to do some school shopping. 3 miles outside of watertown doing 75 hit something small in road. felt something wrong with bike pull over and rear tire was down on air so off i went 55 mph the last mile to shopping center just before i pull into center tire went flat!!!! went into center parked at gander mnt. call roadside assistance told 3 hrs before get here. ok wife went shopping i looked for hole in tire maybe i will fix it. found hole or should i say 1 inch cut. dealer 9 miles away so i try to fix it. 3 plugs still leaking and dealer closed labor day weekend. 3 hrs later flat beds is here. guy very nice and gentle with bike. stay at hotel for the night my calls in to work, school teacher. call the dealer in the morning and guess what no tire for my vision!!!(they don't make that many different sizes but still no tire). call my father ask him to come after us, wife can't miss another day school just started. weds after my wife gets home from work off to watertown to get my bike. 130 mile no rain. bike is ready and the are some what friendly. $358 later i'm off to eat and head home. food is good and no rain untill 50 miles from home and dark as shit. rain hard have to stop 2 times and finally make it home cold and wet but bike is in garage with new tire. still love my vision, rides great!!! can't wait for this weekend as my wife say can't ride in the winter. 54 degrees today with rain. wanted to wash the vision but think i will go look at my polaris fusion, dream about the white gold and riding in the winter. |
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Cruiser
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Fort Covington, NY | sunday at the fair i did get to eat at the dinosaur bbq. best bbq food in the northeast!!!!! |
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Cruiser
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mansfield, MA United States | I know they probably took it to a Vic dealer but your tires are the same as a Honda Gold wing. They are a very popular and well stocked tire at any Honda dealer. Just for future reference. I ran into the same problem I got it to a Honda dealer and they looked at the bike and said ?What the hell is that? after telling him how to disconnect the shock to drop the tire he had if changed in no time. He said it was a piece of cake! |
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Visionary
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LaPorte,Tx. | I think it is important for all Vision riders that don't know how to remove the rear wheel for a tire change, get that info from the elctronic service manual, print it out, and keep on the bike. That way any cycle shop can do a tire replacement. The E-3 rear tire is a very common tire and with the instructions, any dealer service or Mom & Pop MC shop should be able to get you going. Even if you can't get a motorcycle tire to fit, without a long wait, you might be able to get the Darkside tire and put on to get you home or to keep on. I think most Darksides are 195/55R/16 tires.
Edited by VisionTex 2010-09-09 12:19 PM
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Cruiser
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Fort Covington, NY | electronic service manual? |
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Visionary
Posts: 8144
New Bohemia, VA | The Vision rear tire is very easy to remove and install, well, a little finese when you install because of the brake bracket is required. Never force anything when reinstalling.
Also, as you found out don't plug a hole that big, even it if did work you're asking for more trouble. Unless it is just a nail puncture, replace, rather than try and fix it, even if it is a temporary fix. I only mention this as other folks not fully understanding will try plug a tire on their bike and unknowingly put themselves at great risk. We all have a tendancy to take the chance instead of being prudent in these kind of situations.
The electronic manual, argh, is the PDF version, I think there is a link if you search here on the site for "manual" |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 669
Peachtree City, GA | The service manual burn to a CD or DVD... Or a memory stick - flash drive
Edited by Webhair 2010-09-09 2:19 PM
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good start/bad end
