Another New Vision

[h2olawyer]

Here's a Vision I like better than the Tank brand.  Although the fuel tank fairing area is kind of klunky, it has some neat ideas.  Victory made it & it's just an engineering exercise.  Won't be available as a retail model anytime soon - if ever.  I've seen it on a couple of the cycle shows on Speed Channel.  Has an 800cc parallel twin (again no V-twin  :'( ) with a CVT (Constant Variable Transmission) - no clutch or shifter.  Radical design & at least it has a single rear shock & is shaft drive.  Also, seat height of 28.5 inches.

www.polarisindustries.com/en-us/VRA/NewsEvents/Vis800SurvLink1.htm

H2O

[Mutt]

The "Original Vision"....always imitated, never duplicated. I think Yamaha had it right the first time!? :)

Good thing they put the handle bars on there so you know which way to mount it.? :P

Mutt

[Lucky]

I'll give them points for innovation, but not the transmision.. half the fun is shifting, & that won't be something you can fix on a bench...

i don't think i'm too thrilled about a fuel bladder behind the ft wheel either.. :o

[visionless]

I actually prefer sitting in the same time zone as the front wheel.  Call me picky.
           Chris

[ps2/bikevision]

looks more like they took the sheild off and put tires on a sled.  with all that weight in the front id hate to hit the front brakes real hard.

[Lucky]

i think it looks like a suit of armor laying backwards...

[wolf]

hmmm...better, but odd. Looks like a bike got rammed by a snowmobile, and the sled won.
And yet...the Vision looked fairly odd back then too. But there was a reason for the design changes, and they made for a bike with serious power for its modest size, and it fit like a glove.
800cc,though, would be nice for a serious successor to the vision.