As most of you know I have owned 4 Vegas's and currently own 3. This doesn't make me the leading expert on the bike but I do know something about the accessories. I hate to even think about how much I have spent on parts for these four bikes and I surely am not going to admit it online but lets just say it is somewhere around the price of a Vision.
Most of my parts are factory parts and I expect to pay a premium but I do expect quality products. In the past I can say the only part that did not meet my expectations was the Arlen Ness Swept Exhaust, other then that I have been very happy.
Well, the other day I purchased a passenger backrest from my dealer (who is reading this and squirming in his seat right now). I went and picked it up and we joked about it saying made in China and the size of the packing material. I finally got around to installing it this weekend...
First thing, Victory really need to invest in a new copier for their instructions. The pictures are horrible. But it is a backrest, not that hard to figure out.
Second, this should be called a butt rest. If your taller then 4' I cant see any part of your back hitting it.
Third, price! This thing is almost $200.00... It isa bent peice of metal with a maxi pad strapped to it.
Like I said, I expect to pay a premium but this thing did not even come close to meeting my expectations. I could have went to JP Cycles and picked up a nice back rest for under $50 and had the peice of metal done at a machine shop for another 50...
That's all, just venting.
Most of my parts are factory parts and I expect to pay a premium but I do expect quality products. In the past I can say the only part that did not meet my expectations was the Arlen Ness Swept Exhaust, other then that I have been very happy.
Well, the other day I purchased a passenger backrest from my dealer (who is reading this and squirming in his seat right now). I went and picked it up and we joked about it saying made in China and the size of the packing material. I finally got around to installing it this weekend...
First thing, Victory really need to invest in a new copier for their instructions. The pictures are horrible. But it is a backrest, not that hard to figure out.
Second, this should be called a butt rest. If your taller then 4' I cant see any part of your back hitting it.
Third, price! This thing is almost $200.00... It isa bent peice of metal with a maxi pad strapped to it.
Like I said, I expect to pay a premium but this thing did not even come close to meeting my expectations. I could have went to JP Cycles and picked up a nice back rest for under $50 and had the peice of metal done at a machine shop for another 50...
That's all, just venting.
