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Cruiser
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Flowery Branch Ga | Machines are made by man and man is not perfect, therefore the machines won't be as well.
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Cruiser
Posts: 244
| Well the problems is solved, A Pinched wire in the front fairing area. Blew the fuse for heated seat, heated grips & cruise control. BUT the lite on the cruise control panel would come on when I turned on the cruise. I love riding this bike, only bike I ever felt safe on at 75 & 80 |
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Cruiser
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| So.....why in the hell are you yelling? Take off the CAPS LOCK.
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Tourer
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scotts valley, California | Customarily caps are used for acronyms. I've been pondering over this for days, just can't figure out the full meaning of "C H E A P A S S". Any guesses? |
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Visionary
Posts: 8144
New Bohemia, VA | Can He Ever Accept Polaris As Something Superior? |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 721
| varyder - 2011-09-20 8:47 PM Can He Ever Accept Polaris As Something Superior? ROLMFAO!!!
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Tourer
Posts: 329
scotts valley, California | That's going to be hard to beat, Va!! |
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Puddle Jumper
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Dayton, OH | ridingcowboy - seems like to me a lot of complaining about issues the warranty should cover. I got a 5 year unlimited mileage warranty when I purchased my 09 in Mar 2010 and haven?t used it yet. Just turned 22K miles without any issues other than losing one of those upper wind deflectors and the stock 3.5mm audio cord that requires some jiggling every once in a while. Granted, there are things I wish were better like the anemic audio system, but hell, it plays and I will continue to use it like it is until I upgrade it. I don't consider that a major fault in the workmanship or quality of the bike; it's just the fact that I'm somewhat of an audiophile and desire/require something better. The wife and just about everyone else that hears it thinks it's just fine. The bike overall has exceeded my expectations and I thank GOD every time I ride it. I still get compliments and requests to take photos of it all the time, it a natural conversation starter and it hasn't gotten old yet.
By your own rationale you?ve indicated Polaris makes good schitt and 99% of the participants on this forum agree with that assertion, especially as it relates to the Victory Vision. Personally, IMHO, I think I have one of, if not the best riding, looking, sounding touring/cruising motorcycle built to date, but that?s just my opinion. You can complain about your $24K purchase all you want but you?re not going to get much sympathy here; we drink the Victory Vision Kool-Aid and like it, love it, want more of it. I hope you get your issues resolved to your satisfaction or get rid of your headache. Hell, maybe you got a lemon, it happens with the best of things.
At any rate, tomorrow is supposed to be sunny and 75, I?m going riding and I pray I don?t have any of the issues you are experiencing.
Peace!!
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Tourer
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New Orleans, La, | I have an 08 VV with 44,500 mi. on the clock purchased one week before Christmas of 07. That being said I've had the following issues 1) fuel pump failed, 2) radio display went out, 3) left grip heat element wire cut, not the fault of Victory or rider, 4) seat splitting at the seams on both sides, 5) trunk lid ratles like crazy, all 4 speakers blown. Of these issues the fuel pump, front speakers, and the radio were done under warranty by Performance Powersports on MLK Blvd in Houma, La., yes I am plugging for my deaaler, to my satisfaction. The wire issue will be addressed by them soon and a local upholstery man will be doing the seat. Some of these issues are peculiar to the first year VV and seem to have been resolved on subsequent models. No company can boast of 0 product or customer issues ever. My only gripe with Victory/Polaris is that they have absolutely 0 customer service accessible by the customer and cast a wooden ear to the people that spend their hard earn dollars on their products when they have issues. |
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Visionary
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | Damn, this one of the longest and most commented on post I've seen on this site. I see both sides, there's always SOMETHING to complain about and that goes for GMC, Ford, Chrysler, Honda, Nissan and Rolls Royce too. Over all I'm very happy with my "old" 08 Vision.........
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Visionary
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Brighton, TN | If you want the seat covered under warranty, tell them the heating element in the seat is erratic and sometimes works and sometimes not. The covering is not coverable, but there ain't much they can do about the heat elements. I know quite a few folks who have gotten theirs replaced this way. |
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Iron Butt
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Orlando, FL | Is this thread still going on and on and on and on and on? |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 763
Anderson, IN (48mi NE of downtown Indianapolis) | It seems like many of the issues with the Vision were with the '08's that were delivered in '07. My '08 was delivered in June of '08 and I have not experienced many of the problems I read about on this forum. Maybe I don't have as much time on the bike as others who had issues and I will eventually see the same problems. So far my Vision has never let me down, left me stranded, or performed less than an exceptional motorcycle. If it does, then I might change my viewpoint.
Anyone agree that the early '08's had more issues than the later ones or is this an incorrect impression I'm getting from this forum? |
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Visionary
Posts: 8144
New Bohemia, VA | victoryvisiontour - 2011-09-22 11:29 AM
It seems like many of the issues with the Vision were with the '08's that were delivered in '07. My '08 was delivered in June of '08 and I have not experienced many of the problems I read about on this forum. Maybe I don't have as much time on the bike as others who had issues and I will eventually see the same problems. So far my Vision has never let me down, left me stranded, or performed less than an exceptional motorcycle. If it does, then I might change my viewpoint.
Anyone agree that the early '08's had more issues than the later ones or is this an incorrect impression I'm getting from this forum?
If you want to call them issues. To me, issues are in the form of recalls, which this bike had a few of them. All of my "issues" were resolved, that involved recalls. I had a fuel pump failure that was replaced under warranty. Some may call this an issue, but I only know of a very few other folks from the forum that had to have theirs replaced as well. To me, this is not an issue, just a problem with some. Also, consider the thousands of owners we never hear from because they never frequent the forum. The forum users are just a small segment of the ownership, very small segment. |
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