NHTSA Complaint #10648640 — 2013 VICTORY CROSS COUNTRY

I WAS MERGING ONTO A HIGHWAY LEANED INTO THE CURVE RUNNING ABOUT 45 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE POPPED AND DIED. WHEN THIS HAPPENED IT LOCKED UP THE REAR TIRE CAUSING THE BACK END OF THE MOTORCYCLE TO SKID AROUND AND WHEN IT CAUGHT TRACTION IT FLIPPED THE BIKE IN THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE WAY I WAS LEANING LAUNCHING ME INTO THE ROAD. I WAS APPLYING THROTTLE GENTLY WHEN THIS OCCURRED AND THE RPM'S WERE AROUND 3000 AT THE TIME. AND I WAS NOT SHIFTING GEARS AT THE TIME. AFTER A COUPLE OF ATTEMPTS I WAS ABLE TO GET THE ENGINE STARTED AGAIN BUT THE BIKE MADE A SCRUBBING SOUND IF I MOVED IT. IT WAS THEN TRAILERED TO THE DEALER AFTER THAT. I HAD THE MOTORCYCLE IN TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BEFORE FOR THE ENGINE POPPING AND STALLING. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED TO VICTORY AND SO HAVE NUMEROUS OTHER SIMILAR PROBLEMS AND THEY RESPONDED WITH IT BEING RIDER ERROR. POLARIS, THE PARENT COMPANY OF VICTORY IS TURNING A BLIND EYE TO A PROBLEM THAT LEFT UNCHECKED WILL END UP KILLING SOMEONE. A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH WILL FIND YOU A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. HERE IS A LINK TO ONE SUCH POST ON THE PROBLEM. HTTP://WWW.THEVOG.NET/THREADS/ENGINE-POPPED-AND-DIED.28491/ SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE SOON BEFORE MORE PEOPLE ARE HURT OR KILLED. *TR