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| URL for Victory's CORE website:
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Iron Butt
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Western WA | I didn't realize it was a split tank. . .wow! |
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Memphis | Tiny headlight and tail lights under the rear seat look very cool. Splitter intake and oil cooler housing are also cool. Tiny speedo, radiused license plate holder, overhead view of the pegs and shift/break levers.....the list goes on and on. |
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Carrollton, TX | They should put a demo of this bike at every dealership and encourage people to take a test ride. Once they take a ride on this they will really appreciate the Vision. I couldn't see myself riding this core bike for more than a few miles at a time. That seat looks really hard not to speak of the seating position and lack of everything that makes a bike comfortable. |
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Brighton, Colorado | No place to put my I-Pod!!!  |
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Iron Butt
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Southeast Iowa | It's cool but no place for my butt! I call these types or motorcycles "Bar Bikes" From bar to bar is about as far as anyone wants to ride one. Thanks, but no thanks. I think they should have focused on an entry level bike in the 700-900 cc range for new and smaller riders. They could have also put a fairing and a decent set of hardbags on a Kingpin for people that don't like the size or style of a Vision. Just my opinion........... |
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Mount Vernon, WA United States | Big Vic, you seem reasonable, so I'll ask... A lot of people seem to be treating this as a "bike" or "prototype" of a model to come, it's neither. At least it doesn't seem like it. I mean take a close look at this. Other than the curve of the fairing, it only vaguely resembles the bike that eventually came out. I think this is the same idea. It's just a concept to begin thinking about what the next Prototype might be. Might be a sport bike, might be a bagger, might be a chopper. I guess what I'm saying is I see this as engineers creating art to inspire idea's, and a lot of people are writing it off like it's a model of the next bike? Am I missing something? |
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, FL United States | I like it |
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| Big Vic - 2009-01-16 5:47 PM
It's cool but no place for my butt! I call these types or motorcycles "Bar Bikes" From bar to bar is about as far as anyone wants to ride one. Thanks, but no thanks. I think they should have focused on an entry level bike in the 700-900 cc range for new and smaller riders. They could have also put a fairing and a decent set of hardbags on a Kingpin for people that don't like the size or style of a Vision. Just my opinion...........
beer, what Victory has done here, just as they did with the Vision (which appearantly isn't everyone's bottle of beer with the numbers still on dealer's showrooms) is garner attention to their product line.
I like the looks of this one, think it will sell in limited numbers, but believe it's done everything they wanted it to do.
It's got enough attention a friend of mine who writes for several motorycycle and car rags sent me an early email showing it to me and he loves it. I'm guessing it will be in one of his magazines within a month. |
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Mount Vernon, WA United States | That's an additional aspect I hadn't really thought about much. Like it, or hate it, there are a LOT of people talking about it, and talking about Victory. And that probably is the real bottom line. |
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Pittsburgh, PA | its seems like the Extreme Opposite of the Vision! lol |
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LaPorte,Tx. | BRAVO to Victory and Mr. Song. I really like the concept and the CORE logo. I thought the frame on the Vision was something, this is really cutting edge. After stirring up the motorcycle world with the Vision, you've done it again. |
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Memphis | A major advantage that the CORE bike has over the Vision 800 concept bike is the engine. The Vision 800 has the huge front body section with some little teeny pipes coming out and that R2D2 stand. It looked like something Polaris/Rotax would come out with, not Victory. The CORE has that giant engine wrapped in a minimalist, modern body. It is much more appealing to look at, even if you would never own one. It totally exudes that "Yeah, the cops know where I live." attitude. One phrase keeps popping up...bad-ass. |
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Iron Butt
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North Orange County CA | It looks to me like the idea might be to build a motorcycle that could be created from component assemblies.
Change out the rear subframe (eight bolts) and you could easily have a bike with a rear suspension and a traditional seat.
"CORE" could refer to the core components of the motorcycle. The core being the engine mainframe.
The rest of the machine could be configurable as you ( or the engineers ) desire. Suspension, tanks, fairing, wheels etc could all be designed to bolt on allowing Victory to build a custom motorcycle from a set of options. Or a an entire line from a set of component assemblies. A true model difference based on function rather than cosmetics.
Want a touring bike? Choose from these options.
Want a naked superbike - here you go.
Need more fuel capacity - No problem. Just bolt on a couple of larger tanks.
Interesting!
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Woodland Hills, CA | Sweet! Not sure how it would handle, but I really like it! If nothing else, it would look good in the entry hall to my house (not that I would ever be allowed to do that!). I'd own one, but lose the wood seat.
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Reno County, KS | Spock - 2009-01-16 4:10 PM
They should put a demo of this bike at every dealership and encourage people to take a test ride. Once they take a ride on this they will really appreciate the Vision. I couldn't see myself riding this core bike for more than a few miles at a time. That seat looks really hard not to speak of the seating position and lack of everything that makes a bike comfortable.
Yeah but both miles would be a blast! With that exhaust, this bike can not be ridden very long anyway. Can you imagine the HP to weight ratio on this thing? It would be the rocket bike of Vic line. Of course the final production model will look nothing like this and will be dumbed down to a less aggressive/dangerous bike so younger people can get it insured. I want this one, not the production model! |
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Iron Butt
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Reno County, KS | Plus having a 106 with identical parts will be a big plus in the garage. It's kinda like they took a que from Ducati. |
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Mount Vernon, WA United States | I'm looking at the pictures again based on what Tarpits99 wrote, and damn!!!! It really does look modular. Good eye!! We could be guessing in the wind here, but that would certainly be "concept" to recon with. With the rear bolting on at 4 points, you're right. Everything from those "springer" style rear ends to probably a monoshock would work. I'm not seeing it to the point where the consumer could easily "swap" the parts... but from a manufacturing standpoint... WOW!! A basic "core" and the sky is the limit. |
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Las Vegas, NV | I just want to go on record and say... blllluuuuuuuuuucckkkk. Sorry, I threw up in mouth a little bit.
I know it's a concept, and the modular idea is great. To me it's just trying to hard to look cool. As someone who often eats their words, I wouldn't be surprised in the least if I like the production version (if they do it) and end up buying 1. If that's the case, I'll start stretching my jaw muscles now, so I can fit my size 11s in there. |
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Tucson, AZ | To be honest i had a real hard time getting to like the looks of my Vision, but the ride sold me. Now i cant tell enough people how great the bike is, with this said if the Core became available i would wait in line to get one...man that is sweet in my opinion.
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Gainesville Fl Home of the Gators | Sure it looks cool, but IMHO it is a huge waste of millions of bucks; in the wrong direction. With the huge holes in Vic's model line it would have made sence to at least point the "concept" in the general direction of one. Throwing out an art bike was just stupid. Yes it shows a possible direction in chassis arcitecture, but come on. Rigid rear with a wood seat. What happened to form follows function?? I thought these guys were engineers.
Also hate to brake it to some, this thing is made of 5 pieces, and that means things like modular tanks are not really an option. Speaking of tanks. I am pretty sure it is UNDER the seat, and not in the back bone where the intake is |
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| To be honest maybe Polaris should have spent the money on customer support and dealer network so some people dont have to ride or tow 200 miles to get to a decent dealer......Just my 2 cents worth |
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