1999 Victory V92 Problems

I PURCHASED A 1999 VICTORY V92 MOTORCYCLE AND THE THIRD GEAR IMMEDIATELY MALFUNCTIONED. I FOUND A RECALL TO PREVENT THE FAILURE. DOES THIS APPLY TO THE FAILURE ITSELF. I SPOKE WITH POLARIS AND THEY WANT $3400 TO REPAIR THE BIKE AND THEN THEY WILL COMPLETE THE RECALL REPAIRS. *TR

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 1999 VICTORY V92 MOTORCYCLE. ABOUT A WEEK AFTER I BOUGHT THE MOTORCYCLE IT STARTED SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL WHEN YOU TRIED TO UPSHIFT, THEN WHEN YOU TRY TO UPSHIFT AGAIN IT IS IN THE WRONG GEAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES NOW. THIS HAPPENED WHEN A CAR DID NOT SEE ME AND I NEEDED TO GIVE IT SOME THROTTLE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY, INSTEAD I WAS BUSY SEARCHING FOR THE RIGHT GEAR. LUCKILY I WAS NOT RAN OVER. I HAVE READ MANY REPORTS OF THE SAME THING HAPPENING TO OTHER PEOPLE,SOMETIMES WITH THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTING RESULTING IN A SKID, BUT THERE IS NOTHING BEING DONE ABOUT IT. THE PROBLEM WITH THESE MOTORCYCLES NEEDS TO BE FIXED BEFORE PEOPLE ARE INJURED OR KILLED, WHICH I AM SURE SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN. *TR

COMPLAINT TYPE: INFERIOR/DEFECTIVE/FAULTY ENGINEERING/SOURCE OF A CRITICAL INTERNAL ENGINE COMPONANT, RESULTING IN PREMATURE FAILURE AND EXTENSIVE, AND POTENTIALLY UNNECESSARY COSTLY REPAIR.*AK VEHICLE: 1999 VICTORY V92C MOTORCYCLE COMPONANT: COUNTER-BALANCER BEARING COMPLAINT: A POST FAILURE EVALUATION LEADS TO REASONABLE CONCLUSIONS: 1.) THE BEARING, QUITE STANDARDIZED, WITH MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS, WAS INCORRECTLY CONFIGURED FOR THE SPECIFIC USE IN THE BOTTOM END OF THE V92C ENGINE: A.) METAL NOT HARDENED, THUS NOT SUITED FOR HEAT AND VIBRATION COMMONPLACE FOR THIS PARTICULAR COMPONANT. B.) THIS FAILURE TO PROPERLY SCALE/ENGINEER THIS COMPONANT RESULTS IN AN EXTENSIVE REPAIR. AN $18 REPLACEMENT PART, REQUIRING A FULL BREAKDOWN OF THE V92C ENGINE. C.) FURTHER, AS THE REQUIRED ENGINE BREAKDOWN AND RE-ASSEMBLY IS CONDUCTED, VIRTUALLY ALL ENGINE GASKETS ARE REQUIRED TO BE REPLACED AT SUBSTANTIAL ADDITIONAL EXPENSE. CONCLUSION: THE MANUFACTURER'S ENGINE ENGINEERING TEAM SHOULD CONSIDER THE RAMIFICATIONS OF SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS FOR CURRENT OWNERS, AS WELL AS FUTURE OWNERS EXPERIENCING FAILURES UNLESS THIS SPECIFIC COMPONANT/ SPECIFICATIONS ARE REVISITED AND REEVALUATED WITH FAILURE FREQUENCY DATA CONSIDERED. IT IS MY CONSIDERED OPINION THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAS AN OBLIGATION TO INVESTIGATE, COLLECT DATA AND ISSUE A RECALL IF THIS FAILURE FREQUENCY FALLS OUTSIDE THE PARAMETERS OF MEAN TIME BETWEEN FAILURE TO BE EXPECTED FROM AN INTERNAL COMPONANT SUCH AS THIS, REQUIRING SUCH AN EXTENSIVE AND COSTLY REPAIR PROCEDURE.

CONSUMER STATED DEALER IS TAKING TO LONG TO PERFORM RECALL # 02V263000, FUEL SYSTEMS. DEALER # 865-577-6377, PLEASE PROVIDE THE NAME AND ADDRESS. PH

CONSUMER STATED THE FUEL TANK WAS TOO TALL, WHICH CAUSED THE MOTORCYCLE TO TIP OVER ON THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK. THE CONSUMER STATED IT TOOK 10 MONTHS TO GET THE RECALLED FUEL PUMP FIXED. (VICTORY V92C 1999) *JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT PARTS FOR FUEL PUMP RECALL 02 V 263 000 HAVE NOT BEEN AVAILABLE FOR OVER A MONTH PER ORLANDO PARK MOTOR SPORT; OAKFOREST IL;708-429-2194. TS

WHILE UNDER ACCELERATION SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR ENTERING A HIGHWAY FROM AN ON RAMP, THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO DISENGAGE CAUSING THE ENGINE TO REV UP TO A HIGH RPM MOMENTARILY THEN SUDDENLY RE-ENGAGE WITHOUT WARNING. THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS UNDER HEAVY ACCELERATION ESPECIALLY WHEN GOING INTO TRAFFIC ON TO A HIGHWAY WHEN I CAN LEAST AFFORD TO LOSE ACCELERATION. I PURCHASED THE BIKE BRAND NEW IN MARCH 2000 WITH 1 MILE ON THE ODOMETER. IT HAS BEEN WITHIN THE LAST THOUSAND MILES OF DRIVING THIS HAS STARTED TO OCCUR. IT MOST RECENTLY HAPPENED ON JANUARY 1ST WHEN TRAVELING TO A CLUB SPONSORED "FROSTY NUTS" NEW YEAR'S DAY CRUISE. BIKE NOW HAS APPROX. 17000 MILES. I CONTACTED THE DEALER ABOUT THIS, IT IS VERY WELL KNOWN THAT THE 1999 V92 SERIES HAS THIS ISSUE AND I HOPE THAT THE MANUFACTURE WILL ISSUE A RECALL BEFORE THIS KILLS OR MAIMS RIDERS, DRIVERS OF OTHER VEHICLES OR PEDESTRIANS. AT THIS TIME (3/23/2016) THE DEALER STATED IT IS A VERY BIG JOB (=BIG$$$) TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, IF IT CAN BE CORRECTED AT ALL DUE TO LACK OF FACTORY SPARE PARTS BEING MADE AVAILABLE BY POLARIS/VICTORY.

I WAS ENTERING A FREEWAY ON RAMP ACCELERATING WHEN I HAD TROUBLE SHIFTING FROM 3RD GEAR TO 4TH. INSTEAD OF SHIFTING INTO 4TH IT WENT INTO A NEUTRAL STATE AND NOTHING IN THE GEAR BOX FELT LIKE IT WAS ENGAGING.

THE MOTORCYCLE TRANSMISSION ABRUPTLY DOWNSHIFTS FROM GEAR 3 TO 2 CAUSING A SUDDEN SLOWDOWN. ALSO EXHIBITS FALSE NEUTRALS WHEN SHIFTING FROM 2 TO 3. *AK

BOUGHT THIS MOTORCYCLE FROM A FRIEND OF THE DEALER WITH VERY LOW MILEAGE, AT FIRST, WHEN RIDING GOING FROM 2ND TO 3RD WOULD GO TO A FALSE NEUTRAL OCCASSIONALLY, NOW AFTER A BIT MORE RIDING, THIS OCCURS OFTEN...ON 2 OF THOSE OCCASSIONS WAS IN A TIGHT SITUATION WITH A CAR AND ON 1 OCCASSION WAS ALMOST HIT DUE TO THIS PROBLEM...MENTIONED THIS PROBLEM TO THE DEALER AND WAS OFFERED A TRANSMISSION UPGRADE FOR A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS ALSO WHEN SHIFTING THERE IS A LOUD CLUNK....THE SHOCK HAS SOME KIND OF DEFECT AS WHEN MY WIFE RIDES WITH ME AND WE HIT A BUMP HER NECK AND SPINE GETS HURT....THE BIKE SHAKES TREMENDOUSLY AND MY HEADLIGHTS HAVE COME LOOSE OFTEN AS WELL AS MY TAIL LIGHT. *AK