Chaz's Homecoming Vision | 2007 Victory Vision Tour

During all this, Armin and another friend, John Stine, decided to surprise Chaz and pull everything they could off the bike and get it all chromed. John knew a friend in the chroming business and sent the parts to him. Chaz had already planned to have the aluminum parts replaced with chrome ones anyway, so it fit into Armin’s plan and made sense.

Chaz came home safely on April 30, 2011. Armin and his other friends had a big bike run and party set up for Chaz’s return on the following weekend. But the bike wasn’t done yet. The paint was done, but there were some issues getting the chrome back. Miracles do happen, and that Friday evening, the day before the big bike run, Armin got the call that the chrome was ready. Chaz went to Armin’s house along with a bunch more of their friends, and they reassembled the Vision that night. That was an evening none of them will ever forget and well worth all the time and effort. Every piece was beautiful—either chromed, painted, or polished. The ghost flames are so subtle that the photos don’t do the job justice. One thing that is for sure: Chaz is one happy Marine.

On June 10, Chaz, Armin, and two other friends left on a 3,300-mile ride across the country to celebrate the end of Chaz’ service in the Marine Corps. Chaz rode his newly painted Vision. Chaz’s wife had moved to their new home in Tennessee prior to his deployment, and the trip was Chaz’s “homecoming ride.” Thanks Chaz—Semper Fidelis B