is it really THAT bad?

[reckon]

I pull up to a stoplight on my way home from work, and the guy in the car next to me is staring, lowers his sunglasses, and yells "hey is that a yamaha vision"?  "sure is", I answered,....he says " I have never seen one of those things running!" ,..  (I had to chuckle)..." this one runs great!" I retort.

I hoist the front wheel for half a block, setting it down as I shift to third,..........


"NOW he's seen one running!!" I thought as I checked the rearview for uncle smoky.


it's good to be with V  :D

[QBS]

You are obviously on the path to Understanding.

[kwells]

that's awesome...not the easiest bike to get up pogo style but proof that is CAN be done...

[reckon]

that's awesome...not the easiest bike to get up pogo style but proof that is CAN be done...

mine wheelies like a dang dirt bike,....I actually have to work the throttle so it wont flip,.....except wheelies are hazardous to your license status, and your steering head bearings: I have probably lifted the front end about 10 times since I got it,..and of course, the front end NOW clicks when I go in a driveway or hit a sharp bump usually meaning I have either dented the race faces, or cracked the bearing into pieces (pulling it apart this weekend)

[kiawrench]

ahhhhh grasshopper,,, you have now stepped on the path to vision zen,,,,,,



reckon, myrtle beach has three very large bike rallies every year, one for 10 days , all harley and wannabe bikes, another that is all crotch rockets and police reports and a third, in th efall when the more family oriented riders come in. at each, i ride my faithful V and work to help make the bikers welcome here. No matter what , my V gets as much attention as some of the biker build off copies get. 
   
    with your skills, you should get a lot more attention than i get.

[Superfly]

"hey is that a yamaha vision"?  "sure is", I answered,....he says " I have never seen one of those things running!"

I have had a couple of people say the exact same thing to me.

[Brian Moffet]

The one time I had someone ask me if it was a Vision at a stop light, he then asked if I wanted to sell it.

Brian

[YellowJacket!]

"hey is that a yamaha vision"?  "sure is", I answered,....he says " I have never seen one of those things running!"

I have had a couple of people say the exact same thing to me.

I rode mine to the local Yamaha dealer last summer and asked them if they ever saw an 82 Vision.  First response was "not running", second was "not in a long time", third was "whats that".  I told them I had one and the response was "is it running?".  I said sure is, I rode it here.  They followed me out to the lot and of coures, it started right up.  ;D

David

[louthepou]

Similar stories; most memorable? Me and two buddies taking a break at a popular local scenic lookout. All three bikes are, surprizingly, without any badge; all restored numerous times.

A guy comes by, looks at the bikes and says: "Well, I know that's a Suzuki GS, either a 79 or an 80. That next one's easy, it's an 82 Yamaha Seca 750. But I have no idea what the hell the third one is."

Ah, and he thought he knew about bikes  ;D

[JasonJames]

     Me I'm about 155lbs on a good day right, One day last summer, I think it was early september. I have this just absolutley gorgeous mail woman:) she like an13 on an 10 scale...Anyways I'm sitting there warming the V up at an idle, having a smoke, going for a ride after work, she drop off the mail and on her way out the path entry she says...Excuse me, is that a vision? told her it sure is, she said her and her husband had one like 10 years ago, and she wanted to go for a ride. Wound up taking her for a cruise the following saturday. Always a bonus...gotta love the "V"

[Kevin]

My kids, Dustin and Carlie have both ridden their V's with me to the BMW falling leaf rally in Missouri. They always get a lot of lookers and comments on the odd bikes. The local Yamaha mechanic claims they were misnamed, should have been nightmares.