2000 Victory V92SC Sportcruiser

2000 VICTORY SPORTCRUISER: I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE TRANSMISSION. SYMPTOMS ARE AS FOLLOWS: A) FALSE NEUTRAL BETWEEN 2 AND 3 GEAR - THIS OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY IN BOTH UP-SHIFTS AND DOWN-SHIFTS. THE CONDITION GETS MORE PRONOUNCED WHEN THE BIKE IS WARMED UP. THIS HAS OCCURRED AT LOW RPM SHIFTS (3000) AND HIGHER RPM SHIFTS (4500+). B) DURING A 2 TO 3 SHIFT, THE LEVER WILL HANG IN THE "UP" POSITION UNTIL I ENGAGE (LET OUT) THE CLUTCH. AT THAT POINT IT WILL FALL BACK INTO ITS NORMAL POSITION. IT DOES THIS MORE OFTEN THAN A) BUT NOT ALWAYS. I HAVE CONTACTED A LOCAL DEALER AND HE SUGGESTED THAT I CONTACT POLARIS CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SEE IF I CAN GET A COMMITMENT FROM THEM TO PROVIDE AN UPGRADE KIT FREE OF CHARGE. THEY HAVE DONE THIS FOR NUMBEROUS OTHER OWNERS. I RECENTLY CONTACTED POLARIS CUSTOMER SERVICE BUT IT IS TOO SOON TO EXPECT A RESPONSE. THE SPECIFIC INCIDENT WHICH OCCURED ON 6/29/05 REGARDED A 3 TO 2 DOWN SHIFT IN A 90 DEGREE LEFT HAND TURN. I HAD DOWN SHIFTED GOING INTO THE TURN BUT DID NOT RELEASE THE CLUTCH UNTIL JUST PAST THE APEX. I DID NOT ACCELERATE AS EXPECTED DUE TO THE FALSE NEUTRAL. THE COMBINATION OF BIKE LEAN AND UNEXPECTED LACK OF ACCELLERATION CAUSED ME TO CROSS THE CENTERLINE PRIOR TO REGAINING CONTROL OF THE BIKE. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO ONCOMING VEHICLE. TWO OTHER TIMES THAT DAY, I EXPERIENCED A FALSE NEUTRAL BETWEEN 2 AND 3 GEARS. THE OTHER OCCURANCES DID NOT CONTRUBUTE TO A DANGEROUS CONDITION BECAUSE THERE WAS NO VEHICLE FOLLOWING CLOSE BEHIND. I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE SYMPTOMS ARE THE FIRST SIGNS OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON THE 99 AND 2000 MY VICTORY MOTORCYCLES. I PERFER TO BE PROACTIVE RATHER THAN TO WAIT UNTIL I EXPERIENCE A REAR WHEEL LOCK UP AS OTHERS HAVE.

REPEATED FALSE NEUTRALS WHEN SHIFTING TRANSMISSION. ALSO OCCURING LESS FREQUENTLY, DROPPING OUT OF GEAR WHEN PRESSURE IS RELIEVED FROM DRIVETRAIN. THE FALSE NEUTRALS OCCUR BETWEEN THE 2-3 GEAR SHIFT. WHEN THEY OCCUR THERE IS NO INDICATION OF BEING IN A NEUTRAL SELECTOR POSITION (IE: NEUTRAL LIGHT). I MUST UPSHIFT THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN. NO ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURED, BUT I HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF CLOSE CALLS. THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED PREVIOUSLY TO NHTSA. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SHIFT FAILURES, OVER MY OWNERSHIP IS 50+ (OCT 2001). THE NUMBER INDICATED ON THIS FORM IS JUST FOR 05-29-05.

I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT WHAT I BELIEVE IS A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION ON MY VICTORY MOTORCYCLE. I OWN A 2000 VICTORY SPORT CRUISER MADE BY POLARIS. THE MOTORCYCLE HAS ROUGHLY 5000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING SEVERAL PROBLEMS: 1. WITH INCREASING FREQUENCY THE BIKE WILL GO INTO NEUTRAL WHEN UPSHIFTING FROM 2CD - 3RD GEAR CAUSING THE ENGINE TO RACE. I WOULD ESTIMATE THAT THIS HAS OCCURRED 3-4 TIMES IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS OF ONLY OCCASIONAL RIDING. IT WAS HAPPENING LESS FREQUENTLY BEFORE THAT. 2. ON TWO OCCASIONS, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO UPSHIFT FROM 3-4TH THE ENGINE HAS DROPPED INTO 2CD CAUSING A MILD SKID IN LOOSE GRAVEL, COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. 3. I TALKED TO MY LOCAL VICTORY DEALER MAINTENANCE GUY AND HE TOLD ME THAT OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME YEAR BIKES HAVE REPORTED THE SAME PROBLEMS. HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT IF THE TRANSMISSION STARTS TO MAKE A "GRINDING GRAVEL" NOISE, ESPECIALLY IN A LEANING POSITION THAT THIS MAY INDICATE A WORSENING PROBLEM. AS PREDICTED MY BIKE HAS STARTED TO PRODUCE THIS NOISE. EVEN (AND ESPECIALLY) WHEN THE BIKE IS COASTING OR MILDLY ACCELERATING. THIS IS A DIFFERENT NOISE THAN SIMPLY A LOUD WHINING NOISE THAT VICTORY BIKES ARE KNOWN TO HAVE. IT IS MORE ROUGH AND IRREGULAR LIKE GRINDING MARBLES OR GRAVEL. IT SEEMS TO GET WORSE AFTER THE BIKE HAS BEEN RIDDEN FOR A WHILE. ANYWAY, HE FELT IT MAY PRESENT AN UNSAFE SITUATION AND RECOMMENDED UPGRADING TO AT LEAST A 2003 TRANSMISSION BUT POLARIS HAS NO CURRENT OFFER TO COVER THIS AND THE EXCHANGE WOULD BE PROHIBITIVELY COSTLY. MY LOCAL DEALER IS ROCKY MOUNTAIN MOTORSPORTS, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. *JB

1 NORMAL RIDING. DEALER SERVICED VEHICLE. 2 SPUN REAR WHEEL BEARING, WHEEL DAMAGE. POTENTIAL LOCK UP OF REAR WHEEL AND LOSS OF CONTROL OF MOTORCYCLE. INJURY AND DEATH OF RIDER AND PASSENGER. 3 I WILL HAVE TO FIND A REAR WHEEL. VEHICLE PURCHASED IN 2000. PER THE DEALER THE REAR WHEEL WAS OBSOLETE. PER THE DEALER THEY WILL NOT WARRANTY.*AK

MY SC HAS ALWAYS SHIFTED A LITTLE HARD AND LOUD. BUT AFTER DURING A 1200 MILE TRIP IN FLA. THIS YEAR FROM BIKEWEEK THINGS STARTED GETTING WORSE. TRANNY SEEMS TO MISS SHIFT AND HIT NUETRALFOR NO REASON. AND SHIFTING HAS GOTTEN HARD AND MUCH LOUDER.NOT SURE IF I WANT TO RIDE IT, I AM CONCERNED THIS COULD CAUSE SOME SORT OF ACCIDENT. I WAS PULLING OUT ACCROSS TRAFFIC LAST MONTH AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN 1ST GEAR AND THE TRANNY WENT INTO NUETRAL AND WE ALMOST GOT HIT.