The lower wind deflectors work great and the highway pegs are also a big help as they allow you to get your legs and feet further away from the engine heat. I ride my bike to work a lot wearing dress slacks and dress shoes which I don't think I could do without the wind deflectors and highway pegs. Wearing heavy jeans, tall boots and heavy socks works great for me even on long rides in 100 degree plus temps in Texas. There have been a couple of days in the 104 to 107 range with high humidity that were really hot just standing.

I have ridden the Gold Wing and Harley Ultra in these temps and the Gold Wing is about the same as the Vision and the Harley is a lot hotter.

I would not modify the fairing piece at all. I talked to a Vision engineer and he said you would not believe all the wind tunnel and simulation testing that went into the airflow design of the Vision.

The lower wind deflectors work great in hot or cold weather.

exharleyrider - 2008-08-14 9:47 PMi'm looking for some way to get gore tex and nylon off the pipes. and can anyone tell me if they make a fire proof rain suit?

Here is a demonstration of a suit that will keep the rain off you and protect you from direct flames.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl_H68zhp_Q 

okthenbye - 2008-08-15 9:09 PM Cutting the swoosh does not appeal to me but installing a closable vent does. I would like to cut a 2" X 10" vent in either side that can open and close. It seems it would direct the air exactly where it is needed especially if the vent door acted as a deflector.

OTB I think you are on to something, it seems it may be a viable solution if done in good taste. However, I guess my ignorance of not riding for twenty years makes me more tolerant of the heat. I always wear long pants, denim, with boots, and even at 100 degrees here in Va. the heat has not been a distractor or a concern. What is interesting is that 100 degrees is hot, period, so if I ride in that, why would a few more degrees bother me. I just don't understand why this is such a hot topic, no pun intended. Next folks will be fed up because they have to put their feet down at a stop light.

Teach - 2008-08-15 12:11 AM ...Victory may have wind tunneled their butts off but they missed the boat in several respects. First cosmetics took priority over function. .... Secondly get behind any vehicle that makes considerable wash and the bike feels like its riding on marbles. So while they ran wind over the bike they forgot to account for traffic turbulence. Of course these issues can be overcome and/or you get use to them......

First, my opinion, and of cours we know about them, is that cutting the swoosh and the results are yet to be determined. If it works, fine, it seems it might in the short term. And of course, a new one can always be order to replace it if proves to be unbenificial.

As to the traffic wash I wish I could understand what anyone is trying to get out of riding a motorcycle. Traffic wash is part of riding if you ride anywhere there is traffic. My assesment of what you said Teach is that we indeed have to get use to it because I think the Vision rides different, but better. To me the ride is superior to anyother bike I've ridden and that is limited. But I will say that it rides superior to any bike out there, just my opinion. When I first rode the Vision and experienced the wash it did feel like marbles as you stated, but my body was not in tune with the way this bike handles. I was trying to ride and anticipate the old way on a less sophisticated bike. Now that my body is in tune, I think I would be a little scared to ride any other bike because it would be like going back to the horse and buggy days on any other bike. Today, when I ride, traffic wash, high winds and other surprises do not give me the concern as it once did, and amazingly they are hardly noticeable because of the way this bike takes them.