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The Bettsville American legion riders are having their 3rd Annual Motorcycle Swap meet and Bike Show on June 28th from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Rain or Shine. Admission is $2.00 or is included with the purchase of a $15.00 Event T-shirt. There will be Vendors, a Live Band, a Beer Tent, and lots of Food & Beverages. The Motorcycle Show entry fee is $5.00 and there will be five classes: Custom, Touring, Street, Trike, and Antique. There will be awards for Best in each Class and a People's Choice Award. We're also having a Cash raffle and tickets are $5.00 each or five for $20.00. Cash prizes are: 1st place $1000.00, 2nd Place $500.00, 3rd Place $250.00, and 4th Place $125.00. Tickets are available at the Post or from any ALR member. Vendors are wanted, a 10x10 foot space is $10.00 and there are a few limited indoor spaces with power and a 6 foot table for $25.00 each. After may 15th there will be an addtional $5.00 per space. The Legion hall is located at 3751 W, State Route 12 on the west end of Bettsville Ohio (about 1/2 way between Fremont and Fostoria Ohio). For more information contact Doug Long 419-721-3320 or Jim Nagle 419-619-1756

Is there a limit om picture size or megabytes of data that prevented my pictures from uploading? Every time I try it goes through all the motions, then says the upload has failed.

I rode up to Maumee Tuesday as Honda East had the Victory Demo Truck there. I demo rode four 2013 Victory models including the Vegas 8-Ball, the Hard Ball, the Boardwalk, and the Vision Tour. Here's a few pictures:

I know a young guy who tried to start out on a GSXR 750, which he wadded up in a ditch the first day. Luckily he only got a concussion and cuts & bruises but it ended his desire to ride. Yeah a 600 could concievably work for you, but I'm thinking more like a 500 would be better to be a newbie on.

The Victory Motorcycles Demo truck will be at Honda East in Maumee on May 6th & 7th

A guy named Charlie here in town did that with his Ultra. Removed the tour pack and put a low chopped windshield on the batwing fairing. Looks just like a Street Glide with lowers now.

The Guv just signed it into law and it goes into effect on July 1st, so it's real.

These were taken shortly after I got the bike from American Powersports in Findlay. Some of my mods weren't done yet. D&D Slip-on Mufflers Stage 1 remap and air filter Stainless steel extended mirror stalks Billet Brake Pedal 7 Jurock 14" tinted windshield with "flip" Victory Lock-N-Ride Trunk

There are plenty of raffle tickets. $5 each and with only 1000 tickets, four cash prizes the odds are 1 in 250 of winning something. Way better than the lottery!

I like the Victory Lock-N-Ride Trunk. Easily taken off and put back on.

Never had a Harley so I guess I don't know what I missed!!! 43 years of owning motorcycles and have had Yamaha, Honda, Kawasaki, Triumph and Victory. Seventeen bikes in all.

A bunch of my fellow American Legion Riders have Ultra Classics and they swear by them. I reckon the Victory Cross Country tour is close to the same equipment wise. My 2012 Cross Country started out being more like a Street Glide but since I added the tour pack trunk with rear speakers it's now a bit more like an Electraglide Classic. No lowers on it.

Honda used to make the Magna 750 which had a version of the VFR motor in it. It used to kick ass on much bigger cruisers performance wise. Not a bad looking bike either.

Those old 1982 bikes didn't really have a feet forward riding stance nor were the seat heights very low. Just stepped seats, buckhorn handlebars, short mufflers and a fatter rear tire. In every way they were just styling changes to standard UJMs. The 1996 Honda ACE 1100 actually nailed it as a lot of people mistook mine for a Harley back when I had it.