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Iron Butt
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Perry Hall, MD | Cap'n Nemo - 2010-12-24 7:27 AM
Remembering that the passenger footboards will hit the ankle first, I have rode with them down since.
+1 on keeping the passenger boards down as a way to help avoid this. Someone else had suggested it in a much earlier post and ever since the only time mine get pushed up is for a wash. |
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Tellico Village, Loudon TN | +1 on this happening to me. My boot got caught on take off one time and I have been very conscious of the rear tip overs since. I had not heard of using the rear floor boards as a warning device. I'll go put mine down today. |
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Cruiser
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Baltimore, Md | This certainly isn't an exclusive club is it? Me too...still hurts like hell just thinking about it. |
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New Brunswick , Canada | Preacher Man - 2011-01-01 7:59 AM
+1 on this happening to me. My boot got caught on take off one time and I have been very conscious of the rear tip overs since. I had not heard of using the rear floor boards as a warning device. I'll go put mine down today.
Yup ...been there..done that. Victory should probably provide a safety Warning Tag (sticker). Just for safety precaution. I think Polaris has those warning sticker on there four wheelers just for that purpose . The back wheel can take you off the 4wheeler pretty fast. |
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Iron Butt
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Central New York | We've had quite a few new Vision owners over the last few months. thought this thread should be pulled back up front.
Don't get bit, keep passenger floorboards down. |
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Bolivar Missouri | They should also put if you go down keep feet on floor boards and squeeze the S#*% out of the tank and ride it out ..... I went down at 40 mph first to the left then to the right , i put my foot down and broke my leg completely in 2 places and fractured in 5 more ..... Hard way to learn this though .
+1 on keeping the rear boards down |
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Puddle Jumper
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| I've started a habit of stretching my legs out farther than normal, but no so far whereas if you foot slipped you would lose it. It gives you a little more leverage holding the beast up, as well as clearing the tip over on take off. And also, if bike is moving, feet on floorboards. No ands, ifs, or buts! |
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Cruiser
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| This happened to me in front of the dealership the day I picked my bike up.glad I didn't dump it.
JustBob - 2010-12-30 11:49 PM
Walking a bike is the wrong way to do it. You ride a bike. |
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Iron Butt
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Tri Cities, WA | JustBob - 2010-12-30 7:49 PM
Walking a bike is the wrong way to do it. You ride a bike.
BINGO. That says it all. |
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Bullhead City, AZ | One of the first video that I ever saw on the Vision was some English accented rider comparing the Ultraglide, BMW LT, and the Vision. His biggest complaints about the Vision was the small gas tank as it only held 3 gallons and that he had run over his foot multiple times with the tip over. He was filling the tank without putting it on the kickstand and not filling the tank all the way. He lost all credibility when talking about running over his foot. I only ran the Honda 3 wheeler up my leg once before I learned not to put my foot down when turning and only had to runover my foot once on the vision to never do it again. Its not a fun lessson. |
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Rear tip over pulled me off my bike !
