1999 Victory V92C Problems

I HAVE A 1999 VICTORY V92C. AND NOW AT 23,000 I HAVE LOST 4TH GEAR WHEN SHIFTING FROM 3RD UP. I SEE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY, MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH THE EARLY MODELS FROM VICTORY. VICTORY OFFERED TO PAY FOR HALF THE COST OF PARTS BUT NOTHING FOR LABOR COSTS. THIS OFFER ENDED 10-07. I PURCHASED MY V92C IN JUNE OF 2008. IT SEEMS THAT VICTORY KNOWS THERE IS DEFINITELY A PROBLEM OR THEY WOULD NOT MAKE THE OFFER AT ALL. IF THAT IS THE CASE WHY ARE THEY NOT BEING HELD 100% RESPONSIBLE LIKE OTHER VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 VICTORIA V92C MOTORCYCLE. WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 30-35 MPH THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY SLIPPED OUT OF THIRD GEAR AS A RESULT OF THE VEHICLE STALLING. THE GEAR SELECTOR WAS THEN SHIFTED INTO SECOND GEAR AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THE TECHNICIAN RECOMMENDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED FOR THE MALFUNCTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 16,000.

FAILED FUEL PUMP CAUSED ENGINE TO QUIT WHILE IN TRAFFIC. VEHICLE TOWED TO RESIDENCE. *AK

VEHICLE DIED WHILE DRIVING OR AT A STOPPING. SOMETIMES, MOTORCYCLE WILL RESTART OR IT WILL HAVE TO BE TOWED INTO DEALER. FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED, BUT DEFFECT KEPT REOCCURRING, AND CAUSE WAS UNKNOWN. *AK

TRAVELING 495N WENT TO SHIFT FROM 2ND TO 3RD THE GEAR KICKED BACK TO 2ND GEAR AND AFTER THAT, TRIED SHIFTING BACK BUT THE TRANSMISSION GAVE AWAY NONE OF THE GEARS WORK NOW, THIS WAS AFTER THE TRANSMISSION RECALL WAS DONE.....VICTORY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE BUT YET THEY KNOW ABOUT THE ISSUE... *TR

I WAS TRAVELING HOME AFTER PURCHASING THE BIKE FROM THE SECOND OWNER. A VICTORY V92C MADE IN AMERICA, ONLY 5,203 MILES WHEN I GOT IT. I IMMEDIATELY NOTICED A VERY HARD HITTING, LOUD SOUNDING CLUNK WHEN I SHIFTED GEARS COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE IT WAS JUST THE NORM FOR THIS BIKE. I FOUND OUT I WAS WRONG AND IT NEARLY COST ME MY LIFE. THE FIRST INDICATION THAT I MAYBE IN TROUBLE WAS THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT PROPERLY SHIFTING IN TO 2ND GEAR OR 3RD GEAR. WHEN I WOULD SHIFT INTO SECOND IT WOULD POP INTO NEUTRAL AND SOMETIMES WHEN SHIFTING INTO 3RD IT WOULD SEEM TO GO INTO 3RD FOR AN INSTANT AND THEN DROP INTO 2ND AGAIN. I AM NEW TO MOTORCYCLE RIDING AND THOUGHT THAT I WAS DOING SOMETHING WRONG AND TRIED TO BE MORE ATTENTIVE TO MY SHIFTS. ABOUT 80 MILES INTO MY TRIP HOME IT STARTED TO RAIN. I HIT EXIT 50 OFF OF I-71 IN OHIO AND INTENDED TO HEAD FOR COVER AT THE PILOT FUEL STATION THERE. AT THE TOP OF THE EXIT RAMP WAS A STOP SIGN. I STOPPED AND PROCEEDED WITH CAUTION. JUST AS I HIT THE APEX OF MY LEFT HAND TURN I SHIFTED FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR, RELEASED THE CLUTCH, FELT THIRD GEAR ENGAGE AND WAS IMMEDIATELY THROWN THE ROAD WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED BACK INTO SECOND GEAR. AFTER RESEARCHING THE INTERNET I HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS REGARDS TO THESE TRANSMISSIONS. LUCKILY MY INJURIES WERE MINOR. PLEASE DO SOMETHING BEFORE THERE IS A DEATH IF NOT MULTIPLES. SINCERELY, NEW TO CYCLING IN GALLOWAY, OHIO. *TR

RE REPEATED TRANSMISSION FAILURES SAFELY RESOLVED, BUT POTENTIAL FOR MAJOR ACCIDENT IS EXTREME. RE DISC BRAKES ROTORS REPEATEDLY WARP, BUT MANUFACTURER WILL NO LONGER REMEDY. DT

THE FRONT BRAKE SYSTEM ON MY BIKE HAS A TERRIBLE UNSAFE SURGING. WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST BRAKES, IT STARTED EARLY IN MILES. POLARIS REPLACED MY PADS AND DISC BUT IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE THE SURGING STARTED AGAIN. I CANNOT USE MY FRONT BRAKES ON MY MOTORCYCLE, MAKING IT VERY UNSAFE, ESPECIALLY IF I REALLY HAD TO STOP FAST. WHEN THE FRONT BRAKES ARE APPLIED UNDER 20MPH THERE IS SUCH A SURGING ACTION THAT IT JUST ABOUT THROWS ME FORWARD ON THE BIKE. WHEN I COMPLAINED OF THIS PROBLEM FOR THE SECOND TIME, POLARIS SAID IT WAS A NORMAL WEAR PROBLEM. IT'S NOT NORMAL AND MANY OTHER VICTORY RIDERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND I FEEL AS THOUGH POLARIS SHOULD HAVE TAKEN CARE OF IT FOR ME BEING IT IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE......IT'S A FACTORY DEFECT PROBLEM THAT THEY'RE JUST LEAVING ME OUT IN THE OPEN ON....ON MY OWN.

WAS CRUSING ALONG AT ABOUT 25 MPH AND THE REAR END LOCKED UP ON MOTORCYCLE CAUSING ME TO WRECK. I INJURED MY HIP...AT THE TIME COULD NOT FIND CAUSE OF ACCIDENT...SO I FIXED THE BIKE AND CONTINUED TO RIDE...THEREAFTER, THE BIKE WOULD OCCASIONALLY JUMP OUT OF THIRD GEAR UNTIL THIS APRIL 25TH, WHEN IT TOTALLY LOST THIRD GEAR...MANUFACTURER REFUSES TO ADMIT THERE IS AN ISSUE, BUT I KNOW OF SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH SAME MODEL THAT HAVE HAD EXACT SAME PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION IS NOW BEING REPLACED BY EXTENEDED WARRANTY COMPANY. VICTORY NEEDS TO RECALL ALL OF THE '99 TRANSMISSIONS AND HAVE THEM REPLACED PRIOR TO FAILURE. MY BIKE HAS BEEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR OVER TWO MONTHS NOW DUE TO INABILITY OF DEALER TO GET CORRECT PARTS FROM MANUFACTURER.*AK

HIGH SPEED WOBBLE TO EXTREME AND CRASH, RESULTING IN SEVERE INJURIES. *AK

RE REPEATED TRANSMISSION FAILURES SAFELY RESOLVED, BUT POTENTIAL FOR MAJOR ACCIDENT IS EXTREME. RE DISC BRAKES ROTORS REPEATEDLY WARP, BUT MANUFACTURER WILL NO LONGER REMEDY. DT

I WAS DOING 55 ON THE MOTORCYCLE WHEN SOMETHING LOCKED UP IN EITHER THE TRANSMISSION OR ENGINE ,WHICH CAUSED INTERMITTIENT SKIDDING AND PULLING ME INTO THE GUARD RAILS. DEALER IS HESITANT TO TEAR THE ENGINE OR TRANSMISSION APART TO FIND OUT WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURE.D. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT PROPERLY INTO THIRD GEAR OR WILL JUMP OUT OF THIRD GEAR. THE BIKE WILL JUMP OR LURCH OUT OF CONTROL , LOCKING UP THE BACK TIRE CAUSING THE RIDER TO LOSE CONTROL. SOMETIMES THE BIKE WILL BEGIN BUCKING/JUMPING FORWARD UNCONTROLLABLY THIS AGAIN WILL CAUSE THE RIDER TO LOSE CONTROL. THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL/YEAR /MAKE IS WELL DOCUMENTED. THE DEALERS KNOW OF THE PROBLEM, POLARIS KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM BUT REFUSES TO RECALL OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS NEEDS TO INTERVENE NOW BEFORE MORE RIDERS AND THE PUBLIC IS HOUR OR KILLED BY THESE MACHINES. THIS IS THE PINTO/CORVAIR OF MOTORCYCLES. I HAVE CONTACTED YOU IN THE PAST AND HAVE CONTACTED POLARIS ON THIS MATTER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE THESE BIKES WERE FIRST SOLD. THE PROBLEM HAPPENS DAILY,WEEKLY EVERY TIME YOU RIDE. *TR

WHEN RIDING ON COLD DAYS SPEEDOMETER FOGS AND IS TO HARD TO READ.

KICK STAND WILL RETRACT WHEN WEIGHT IS REMOVED FROM IT. AS SOON AS YOU CENTER THE BIKE THE KICK STAND RETRACTS. WHEN PARKING THE BIKE YOU MUST HOLD THE KICK STAND IN THE DOWN POSITION WITH YOU LEFT FOOT UNTIL ALL THE BIKES WEIGHT IS ON IT. THIS CAUSES THE RIDER TO PLACE HIS FOOT CLOSE INTO THE BIKE WHILE ROLLING THE ENTIRE WEIGHT OF THE BIKE TOWARDS THIS WEAK LEG. RESULTS ARE RIDER IS OFF BALANCE AND IF THE STAND WERE TO FAIL HIS/HER LEG WOULD BE TRAPPED UNDER THE BIKE AS IT ROLLED OVER. THIS HAS HAPPEN ON TWO OCCASSIONS AND WITH A BIKE WEIGHTING IN AT OVER 639LBS SERIOUS INJURIES COULD RESULT. ON BOTH OF THE PREVIOUS INCIDENTS NOONE WAS INJURED BUT THE RIDER WAS TRAPPED UNDER THE BIKE AND IT TOOK TWO BYSIDERS TO FREE THEM. DT

VEHICLE DIED WHILE DRIVING OR AT A STOPPING. SOMETIMES, MOTORCYCLE WILL RESTART OR IT WILL HAVE TO BE TOWED INTO DEALER. FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED, BUT DEFFECT KEPT REOCCURRING, AND CAUSE WAS UNKNOWN. *AK