2000 Victory V92

MY TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF 3RD BACK INTO 2ND, ALSO THERE IS SOMETIMES A FALSE NEUTRAL BETWEEN THESE GEARS, AT FIRST IT WAS ONCE A DAY, NOW IT'S SEVERAL TIMES IN A HUNDRED MILE RIDE. I SPOKE WITH MY DEALER, HE IMMEDIATELY CALLED VICTORY AND THEY TOLD HIM THEY HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF A TRANNY PROLBLEM, BUT WOULD LET HIM INVESTIGATE. IF ANYTHING WAS FOUND TO BE A FLAW THEY'D TAKE CARE OF THE PARTS, IF NOTHING WAS FOUND I WAS ON MY OWN.( MEANING I HAD TO PAY FOR THE BILL FOR THE WHOLE THING PARTS AND LABOR. I NOTED MY FIRST TIME I REMEMBERED IT ACTING UP AS MY INCIDENT DATE.

I OWN A 2000 POLARIS VICTORY. OVER THE LAST YEAR THAT I HAVE OWNED THE BIKE I HAVE EXPERIENCED MANY DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT ALARM ME ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION. I HAVE BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF POLARIS MECHANICS AND THE ONLY RESPONSE THAT I RECEIVE, IS THAT THIS WAS THE WAY THE 99 AND 00 TRANSMISSIONS WERE. I AM ALARMED TO DRIVE MY BIKE BECAUSE OF THESE ISSUES. SOME OF THE ISSUES CONSISTS OF SLIPPING IN BETWEEN GEARS WHILE UP SHIFTING AND MORE SO WHILE I AM DOWNSHIFTING. ALSO LOCKING IN BETWEEN GEARS WHILE DOWNSHIFTING. NOT BEING ABLE TO GET IT INTO GEAR WHILE SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT. I HAVE TO SLAM THE TRANSMISSION INTO SECOND THEN SLAM IT BACK DOWN TO GET IT INTO FIRST. THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE THAT I FEEL POLARIS SHOULD BE ADDRESSING MORE THEN WHAT THEY HAVE. I ASK OF YOU TO PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS ISSUE AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE FOUND. I KNOW I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THIS YEAR. BEING ON TWO WHEELS THE THOUGHT OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE IS NOT A PLEASANT THOUGHT. *JB

(2)TRANSMISSION MISSED SHIFTS AND CONTINUALLY "POPED" OUT OF GEAR. TRANSMISSION BEGAN LEAKING OIL AT REAR PULLEY APPEARANTLY DUE TO AN IMPROPERLY TORQUED RETAINER NUT. UPON DISSASEMBLY OF THE TRANSMISSION, THERE WAS OBVIOUS DAMAGE TO SHIFT FORKS AND SHIFT DOGS ON SOME OF THE GEARS. (3) DEALER ARRANGED TO HAVE THE PARTS SUPPLIED BY VICTORY WHILE I PAID FOR THE LABOR TO INSTALL THE PARTS. THE COST TO ME WAS APPROXIMATLY $1000. THE BIKE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY BY OVER 1 YEAR WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. *AK

1: MY MOTORCYCLE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN HAVING TROUBLES FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW. NOTHING TRAUMATIC HAPPENED TO CAUSE THIS TO HAPPEN, ITS' JUST A DESIGN FLAW. MAJOR DESIGN CHANGES WERE MADE AFTER THE 2000 MODELS TO PREVENT THESE PROBLEMS.*AK 2: AT FIRST I WAS MAINLY GETTING FALSE NUETRALS. MOST OF MY PROBLEMS ARE BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD GEAR. SOMETIMES IT WOULD JUST GO BETWEEN THE GEARS AND NOT INTO ONE. THE NEXT PROBLEM CAME WHEN IT STARTED COMING OUT OF THIRD GEAR AND INTO THE FALSE NUETRAL. THIS FALL IT HAS ON TWO OCCASIONS SHIFTED OF IT'S OWN ACCORD FROM THIRD GEAR DOWN INTO SECOND. THIS IS BY FAR THE MORE DANGEROUS OF THE PROBLEMS AND UTTERLY TERRIFYING. 3: MY DEALER AT ONE POINT REPLACED SOMETHING CALLED THE "SHIFT DETENT MECHANISM". FOR A TIME THIS SEEMED TO HELP. TRANSMISSIONS IN YEARS AFTER MINE WERE REDESIGNED TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM.

MOTORCYCLE TRANSMISSION WILL FIND A FALSE NEUTRAL BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD GEARS. ALSO POPS OUT OF THIRD GEAR ON OCCASION. CAN CREATE A VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITION, INJURY, DEATH IF THE TRANSMISSION FAILS OR POPS OUT OF GEAR AT A CRITICAL TIME. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED MULTIPLE TIMES AND EVEN TEST RODE THE MACHINE, BUT DIDN'T EXPERIENCE ANY PROBLEMS. THEY TOLD ME THAT ONLY IN THE EVENT OF A FAILURE WOULD THEY FIX THE TRANSMISSION. AT THE TIME MY MOTORCYCLE WAS UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. I BELIEVE THAT WARRANTY HAS SINCE EXPIRED.*AK