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Fountain Inn, SC United States | I can finally let you know of a nice compliment paid to Vision Riders by the folks at the Victory plant in Spirit Lake, IA.
Back in early June Vision Riders was contacted by Ben Lindeman, the Victory Assembly Line Manager. He wanted to know if we could help him reward his line workers for making certain goals and to also help him say thank you for a good year.  Ben would soon be ending his stint in the plant for another position within Victory. He had come across the Vision Rider logo and thought it was great. Thinking it was part of the Victory brand, he contacted the corporate office to get permission to use it on a run of tshirts for the line workers. It was then he found out we (or it, the logo) were a private entity. Luckily Mike Dapper stepped in and gave Ben my contact info. So, in the end, Vision Riders was glad to give Ben permission to use the logo on a limited run of shirts for the proud employees that assemble your Victorys.
So where's the compliment? Well, first off, I'm flattered that he thought the logo was for the employee Tshirt and that it came from Polaris' art department. Lastly, we're happy to hear that all the line workers thought it was a great gift and now wear it with pride. Each worker has their name silkscreened to the front, just under the Victory logo.
Ben was nice enough to send Miles & me shirts as well. Thanks Ben! And good luck on your next Victory challenge, model year 2011!
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Cruiser
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Nebraska | Very Nice. |
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | Great job guys! What a compliment! How can we get one? |
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Tourer
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O'Neill, Nebraska | What would it take to have Victory ship all of us a copy? |
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Tourer
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Scottsdale AZ | Let's give JAM and Miles a hand - We know they are GOOD! |
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Visionary
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Memphis | Cheers guys! The kudos go waaay beyond the logo.
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Iron Butt
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North Orange County CA | JAM
The logo is so well designed that you should be VERY careful to protect your intellectual property rights.
I think that if this "tribute" is any indication, you should be able to make a few bucks by allowing Victory to license the design for retail sales.
I recently received my black Vision Riders t-shirt from the online store and have two comments to make.
While I'm sad that the shirt itself wasnt made in America, it is crazy comfortable and well made, and the print job is excellent! I know because I have been involved in the screen printing industry for almost 30 years. You have a good printer, don't be tempted to go cheap.
The rest of you guys out there, if you havent bought one, you should, this is a real quality product!
Only one question, when are the larger sizes of shirts in colors other than "traditional biker black" going to be available again. I'm covered over in black riding gear!
Since I'm no longer acceptable in HD circles; I need some classier riding gear.
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Iron Butt
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Reno County, KS | If it comes out in the 2010 catalog, it'l run an easy $150 bucks for sure! LOL |
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Visionary
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Jasper, MO | Very nice! Can that design be added to the Vision-Riders store, or did they trademark it?
Ronnie |
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Cruiser
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| Great looking shirt! |
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Visionary
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| JAM, I'm sure the compliment is all yours and well deserved, congrats |
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Cruiser
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Coastal , NJ | If you get me one....I'll call ya back |
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mansfield, MA United States | I just picked my Vision up last Monday so Im new to the site. I love the logo!!! Jam I am in your area! Do you ride with any local groups? I belong to the local VMC and Uplands.  |
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Visionary
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Brighton, TN | That's odd, when I made my t-shirt for myself, I got scolded quite handily. I wonder why the scolding wasn't handed out equally. Oh, well, glad somebody got to use the design. |
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Puddle Jumper
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| That is so Kool, I find the logo also looks Kool as a Nail design, but it's tough to do the pinky.. J/K I want one of those shirt, wait I might have one. I'll get back to ya. |
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Iron Butt
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Linwood, MI | Hey, JAM, is it possible to get a jpeg of the logo? I'd like to see about making a patch for it, or even getting it embroidered on my vest. |
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Visionary
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Brighton, TN | This should be interesting! I'll wait and see. |
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Tourer
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Regina Saskatchewan Canada | I can provide you with the Vision Pilot Logo in jpeg or Adobe Illustrator format. I think Pollolittle is making patches with that logo if he can stay away from the Doctor Pepper. ;-) |
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Visionary
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Brighton, TN | I am "ONLY" working on patches for the VISION PILOT Logo, which is a separate, unique, and distinctly different design than the one associated with this site. Legal Disclaimer. I am using the logo I am working on with permission. |
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Visionary
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| Sorry about being late posting. Glad they liked it.
My only question is will any new shirts have pockets? When you get old like me you need a place to put your glasses. A friend keeps buying me HD shirts with pockets... jerk..... but free cleaning clothes for my Victorys is cool too. ) |
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Tourer
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Mount Vernon, WA United States | Thanks for the props folks...
We are looking into other color shirts, and also looking at doing a "shop" or "mechanics" type shirt.
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San Antonio, TX United States | You can put me down for a Mechanics shirt or even three, especially if it has snap or button down collars. |
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Cruiser
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Twin Cities, MN | I'm all for some other wearables... I own 4 of the t-shirts. (2 for me and 2 for the wife - long sleeve in Black and short sleeve in gray) I do like the idea of some embroidered mech shirts or even a golf polo. Even an embroidered sew on patch! Just do it! The community is growing strong! |
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Cruiser
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mansfield, MA United States | I like both the shirts but I was to late to get the Pilot/ Co-Pilot shirt and the Vision-Rider shirt only goes up to 2x (I'm a 3x kind of guy) Who do I need to ask for permission to use the logo to make a 3x for myself? |
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Iron Butt
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Linwood, MI | Fastfred - 2008-09-09 2:41 PM
I like both the shirts but I was to late to get the Pilot/ Co-Pilot shirt and the Vision-Rider shirt only goes up to 2x (I'm a 3x kind of guy) Who do I need to ask for permission to use the logo to make a 3x for myself?
Same here. But I'm a 4XLT kinda guy. |
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