NHTSA Complaint #10535938 — 2008 VICTORY VISION TOUR

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 30 MPH AND COMING TO A STOP, THE MOTORCYCLE SUDDENLY BECAME UNSTEERABLE, AS IF THE STEERING CONTROL WAS LOCKED. I COASTED TO A STOP AND FOUND THAT THE BOTTOM REAR EDGE OF THE FRONT FENDER WAS LODGED IN THE LOWER BODY FRAME OPENING OF THE MOTORCYCLE, MAKING STEERING IMPOSSIBLE. THE FRONT FENDER OF THE VICTORY VISION IS COMPOSED OF TWO PIECES, WITH THE FRONT HALF METAL AND THE BACK HALF PLASTIC, ATTACHED WITH TWO SIDE BOLTS AND TWO TOP PINS THROUGH HOLES IN THE PLASTIC REAR PORTION. THE PLASTIC HAD CRACKED COMPLETELY THROUGH AT THE TWO SIDE CONNECTIONS AND BROKEN. THE PLASTIC REAR PORTION WAS ONLY BEING HELD ON BY THE TWO TOP PINS, ALLOWING THE REAR PIECE TO FLEX AND TO SWING BACKWARD AND JAM INTO THE OPENING IN FRONT OF THE ENGINE. THIS LOCKED THE STEERING CONTROLS AND PREVENTED STEERING INPUT. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC AND THIS HAPPENED ON A MOSTLY STRAIGHT ROAD. *TR