Cruised down to Arlen's last night and hung out with him for a while. I have met him a number of times, great guy and just really enjoys bikes. He was having a bike night at his headquarters. As I was talking with him we started talking about the Victory's and I mentioned that other than my Roadie it was probably the only other bike I would consider. He asked if I had ridden one, I said no. He goes "come with me", we walk inside, he grabs some keys and tosses them to me and points to one of his Victory Vegas out front and says "give it a try". So I have the King of Choppers asking me to ride one of his bikes. Let's see, hmmm, should I?
All I can say is that bike is superb, hell of a ride, smooth and really nimble. Pulls more linear than the Roadie but just as strong. Nice layout and very comfortable. It also absolutely convinced me that our tank is way too damn big at the rear (though I already thought so). I get back and he says you want to ride a Vision? I said thanks but it has too much crap on it, I like mine simple. He laughed and said "you really are old school aren't you?"