From what I read somewhere online, Vista was a company that started up when Schwinn yanked the rug out from many of their shops in the late sixties. That's why there were so many likenesses to Schwinn in the early models. Ashtabula forks, color schemes, etc. Up until two months ago I had a Vista Elite with vertical dropouts. It came with Arabesque 600, and had a complete visual ripoff color scheme of a mid 70's Motobecane. Even down to similar decals and headbadge. This last Sunday at the flea market there was a Vista BMX bike with all the right styling cues for the early 80's. Anodized brakes, and matching handlebars, chrome frame. The visual was the end of it, as it weighed a metric ton. Chrome rims with anodized looking clear shot over them, etc. I didn't even ask how much, though it was definitely cool looking, and mint condition for it's age.,,,,BD

Here's an Elite completed auction. VERY Moto flavor 5-6 years after the fact, and made from Araya 631 (Wannabe 531 perhaps?)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vista-Elite-...p2047675.l2557