Provide a sane default for the displays.

lib/Drupal/views/ViewStorageController.php

@@ -104,7 +104,17 @@ class ViewStorageController extends ConfigStorageController {
    * Overrides Drupal\config\ConfigStorageController::create().
    */
   public function create(array $values) {
+
+    // If there is no information about displays available add at least the
+    // default display.
+    $values += array(
+      'display' => array(
+        'default' => array()
+      )
+    );
+
     $entity = parent::create($values);
+
     $this->attachDisplays($entity);
     return $entity;
   }

views.module

@@ -1507,9 +1507,7 @@ function views_get_all_templates() {
  *   it can be successfully saved.
  */
 function views_new_view() {
-  $view = new View();
-  $view->vid = 'new';
-  $view->add_display('default');
+  $view = entity_create('view', array());
 
   return $view;
 }