1999 Victory V92

WHILE TAKING A MORTORCYCLE TRIP FROM MY HOME TO RENO, NV, MY 1999 VICTORY V92C STARTED POPPING OUT OF GEAR INTO A NEUTRAL STATE. ALMOST CAUSING ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE MOTORCYCLE. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE AT THIS POINT TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. I AM AWARE OF OTHER VICTORY MOTORCYCLE OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEMS WITH THESE EARLY TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THIS MOTORCLYCLE HAS ONLY 21,000 MILES ON IT WITH MAINTENANCE DONE ON A REGULAR BASIS. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE DUE TO A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION. REPAIR FOR THIS WILL QUITE COSTLY AND SHOULD BE COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER.

BIKE INTERMITTENTLY "MISSES" SHIFTS, SOMETIMES DELAYED ACTION IN SHIFTING, FALLING INTO GEAR SECONDS AFTER SHIFTER MOVED. PARTICULARLY DISCONCERTING WHEN MERGING ONTO FREEWAY AND GETTING "NEUTRAL" WHEN THIRD GEAR DESIRED. POSSIBLE SAFTEY CONCERN HERE. NO MAJOR FAILURE OR ACCIDENT YET, JUST AN ANNOYANCE SO FAR, BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF FURTHER INCIDENTS AS TRANSMISSION WEARS. IN THE WRONG SITUATION, THIS COULD RESULT IN AN UNEXPECTED INABILITY TO ACCELERATE, AND POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE MOTORCYCLE.*AK

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.

1999 POLARIS VICTORY MOTORCYCLE. I WAS RIDING AT 50MPH WHEN I SHIFTED INTO 4TH GEAR. THERE WAS A LOUD GRINDING NOSE AND THEN A CLUNK IN THE TRANSMISSION, THEN THE TRANSMISSION LOCK UP AND I HAD WENT INTO A SKID. AFTER COLLECTING ALL MY THOUGHTS,I TRIED TO SHIFT THE TRANSMISSION IN THE NONE RUNNING MODE AND IT SHIFTS TO 1ST,2ND,3RD,5TH, BUT NO FOURTH GEAR.THIS IS ONLY ONE COMPLAINT OF THE FEW I'VE FILED HERE ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION. ONE OF THE OTHERS WAS JUMPING IN AND OUT OF 3RD GEAR WHICH MY HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE THEN.*AK