2011 Victory Vision

ALMOST ALL OWNERS I KNOW ARE HAVING REAR BRAKE FAILURES ON THEIR VICTORY VISIONS WITH ABS. THE BRAKES SEEM TO TAKING AIR IN AND YOU ARE LEFT WITH NO BRAKES. 2011 TO 2017 I HAVE GONE TO USE MY BRAKES AND FOUND I HAD NONE IN THE BACK. CAUSING ME TO USE ALL FRONT BRAKES AND OF COURSE A MUCH LONGER STOPPING DISTANCE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS.

REAR BRAKES, WHICH IS THE LINK SYSTEM FOR THE ABS, CONTINUE TO FAIL. WILL WORK AND UNEXPECTEDLY COMPLETELY FAIL, REAR PEDAL WILL GO TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT ANY STOPPING. HAVE 21,500 MILES, THE REAR MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED AT 18,500 MILES. ON GOING ISSUE THAT PUTS RIDER SAFETY IN DANGER. I HAVE HAD THE BRAKE LINES BLED REPEATEDLY AND IS ONLY A SHORT TERM FIX. THIS CAN HAPPEN AT ANYTIME, AFTER BEING STATIONARY OR WHILE RIDING. ON-GOING ISSUE, TO MANY DATES.

BACK HALF OF 2 PIECE FRONT FENDER BROKE AND SEPARATED FROM FORKS BECOMING JAMMED BETWEEN TIRE AND LOWER FAIRING ASSEMBLY. STEERING BIKE BECAME DIFFICULT. I'VE READ ON VICTORY OWNER WEBSITES OF MANY OWNERS HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES. TOOK MOTORCYCLE TO DEALER WHERE I WAS TOLD THAT IT IS NOT COVERED BY ANY WARRANTY NOR IS THERE ANY RECALLS. I NEED TO PAY FOR A REPLACEMENT PIECE AND INSTALLATION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 VICTORY VISION MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR BRAKES FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

WHILE TRAVELING OUT OF STATE ON A TRIP, THE LOWER BLACK PLASTIC FRONT FENDER CAME LOOSE FROM THE FORK ATTACHMENTS AND JAMMED ITSELF INTO THE "MAW/LOWER JAW" OF MY FAIRING MAKING TURNING THE MOTORCYCLE IMPOSSIBLE AT LOW SPEEDS AND NOTICEABLY "DIFFERENT" AT HIGH SPEEDS. THE HOLE PROVIDED IN THE PLASTIC PART WORE THROUGH ALLOWING THE WIND TO CATCH THE LOWER FENDER AND LODGE IT INTO THE FAIRING. TALKING TO OTHER VICTORY VISION OWNERS HAS LED ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE BREAKAGE OF THE FRONT FENDER IS NOT A RARE OCCURRENCE AMONG THOSE OF US WHO PUT SUBSTANTIAL MILEAGE ON OUR MOTORCYCLES. SOME OF THE FENDERS MOUNTING HOLES WEAR THROUGH, LIKE MINE DID, AND SOME OF THE FENDERS ACTUALLY BREAK OFF AT THE MOUNTING POINTS. FOR PHOTOS OF THIS PART AND OTHER STORIES OF FAILURE, PLEASE VISIT A FORUM POSTING AT; HTTP://WWW.THEVOG.NET/FORUM/THREAD/20731/REAR-PLASTIC-FRONT-FENDER-DESIGN-FLAW/PAGE_1/ AND' HTTP://WWW.THEVOG.NET/FORUM/THREAD/20731/REAR-PLASTIC-FRONT-FENDER-DESIGN-FLAW/PAGE_2/. *TR

UPON COMPLETION OF CROSS COUNTRY TRIP DISCOVERED BROKEN REAR HALF OF FRONT FENDER.THE BREAK WAS ON RIGHT SIDE AROUND MOUNTING HOLE TO FRONT LOWER FORK.NO APPARENT CRACKS OR BREAKS YET ON LEFT SIDE.POLARIS REGARDS THIS AS A COSMETIC FLAW NOT STRUCTURAL OR DESIGN. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF BOTH FENDER MOUNTS BREAKING CAUSING FRONT FENDER REAR HALF TO SEPARATE AND GET WRAPPED UP IN FRONT WHEEL AND STEERING FORKS CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *TR

I WAS SLOWING DOWN AT THE STOP SIGN AND AS I STARTED TO STEER THE BIKE TO THE RIGHT THE BIKE WOULD NOT RESPOND. I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE BIKE SAFELY DUE TO MY SLOW SPEED AND UPON INVESTIGATION, I NOTICED THAT THE REAR PART OF THE FRONT FENDER (WHICH IS MADE OUT OF PLASTIC) BROKE AT THE MOUNTS AND LODGE ITSELF INTO THE LOWER PART OF THE FRONT FAIRING THUS LOCKING UP MY STEERING. I WILL BE TALKING WITH MY DEALER ABOUT THIS ON MONDAY. HOWEVER, I HAVE HEARD THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH MANY OTHER VISION OWNERS ON THE DIFFERENT MOTORCYCLE FORUMS THAT I BELONG TO. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT I FILE A COMPLAINT ON THIS SITE AS IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT VICTORY IS DOING ANYTHING TO ADDRESS THIS OBVIOUS DESIGN FLAW. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 VICTORY VISION TOURING MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE REAR BRAKES FAILED. THE CONTACT MERGED TO THE SHOULDER AND NOTICED THAT THE BRAKES WERE STILL FAILING. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S HOME AND WAS LATER TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THE BRAKES HAD TO BE BLED DUE TO AIR ENTERING THE BRAKE SYSTEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE 10,385 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 10,400. UPDATED 11/30/12 *CN UPDATED 12/03/12