2008 VICTORY VISION TOUR — Problems, Recalls & Safety Data

HAVE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH REAR BRAKE FAILURE. REAR BRAKE PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN, AND DOES NOT ENGAGE THE BRAKES. NO LEAK SIGNS OF ANY FLUID. THIS SEEMS TO BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH VICTORY MOTORCYCLES AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ON LINE. WWW.VISION-RIDERS.COM. I HAVE HAD MY BIKE IN THE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES WITH THIS ISSUE. THE BRAKES WERE BLED EVERY TIME THE REAR BRAKES FAILED. I WAS TRAVELING ON A CITY STREET, A BLACK IN COLOR CHEVROLET TRUCK HAD PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME. I IMMEDIATELY APPLIED BY FRONT AND REAR BREAKS. WHEN I APPLIED MY REAR BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOD. I DOWNSHIFTED AS FAST HAS I COULD IN ORDER TO AVOID STRIKING THE VEHICLE. THE BIKE WAS THEN TOWED HOME. I WAS TOLD THAT AIR WAS IN THE SYSTEM BUT NO LEAKS HAVE EVER BEEN FOUND. VICTORY DEALERSHIP STATED THAT NO RECALLS HAVE BEEN PUT OUT BY VICTORY. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MATTER BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR EVEN KILLED. THANK YOU. *TR

MY GAS GAUGE IS NOT READING THE FUEL LEVELS CORRECTLY. THE GAUGE WILL ONLY GO THE 1/4 LEVEL EVEN WHEN THE TANK IS TOTALLY FULL OF FUEL. THIS IS A PAIN IN THE BUTT AS SOMETIMES THE GAUGE DOES NOT GO THAT FALL AND THE TANK EMPTY SIGNAL IS ON SO YOU CAN NOT EVEN USE THE MILEAGE GAUGE AS IT WILL NOT WORK. *TR

THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. AFTER THE BIKE HAS SET UNUSED FOR 2-3 MONTHS THE REAR BRAKES HAVE NO PRESSURE. THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY BLEED THE BRAKE LINES AND ALL WAS GOOD. AFTER THE RIDING SEASON AND LETTING THE BIKE SET FOR 3 MONTHS THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN, NO REAR BRAKES. *TR

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

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