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Cruiser
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| When I rode the two Visions we noticed they both made loud clunks when shifting. It seemed louder thanother bikes I've ridden. I'm sure it's a non-issue, but for $22,000 I'm curious. Can someone on here explain away the noise? |
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New user
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Prior Lk, MN | I found the same thing when I test rode one, make's me want to wait a year or so until they can take care of that... |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 600
Linwood, MI | When I took my ride I rode on three different Visions (2 Tour, 1 Street). I noticed the "clunk" on the first one I rode (a silver one, I'm pretty sure...), but not on either of the other two. There were a couple of other minor issues that other people noticed and mentioned to the Victory engineer that was present (Dave-something-or-other) and he said that the bikes we were riding were pre-production and that those problems had already been addressed and fixed on the production models. |
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Puddle Jumper
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Colorado Springs, CO | I noticed the "clunk" also.
I sure hope they fixed this issue.
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Iron Butt
Posts: 849
, FL United States | Obviously you guys aren't riding "older" Vic's. My 2000 SC has major "clunks" from the tranny but it's as solid as a rock.No problem 4 me! |
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Puddle Jumper
Posts: 10
| Man you guys are way too skiddish !
Relax fellas....All Vic trannys clunk into 1st - its your signal that you are "now ready to carve-up some twistys"
...ENJOY 
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Cruiser
Posts: 223
Valdosta, GA | Yep, the "clunk" is normal on all Vics. Don't know exactly why, but it's there and it doesn't seem to hurt anything. I must say, though, that the "clunk" on the Vision is less than the previous Vics I've owned. |
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Cruiser
Posts: 266
Stockton, Ca. | Yes I agree, I had my test ride today and the clunk is not as bad as my Kingpin. It still shifts very smooth and was a dream to ride. Mine should be here next week, can't wait! |
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Visionary
Posts: 1324
So Cal | From what I see in the parts catalog Victory uses constant mesh gears with dogs for gear engagement. A little noisy but very durable. Almost bullet proof. Definitly a 200,000 mile trans. |
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Visionary
Posts: 1484
LaPorte,Tx. | My 04 KP Deluxe also "clunks", but have not had any issues, the bike has 30,000 miles on it. I've noticed riding with my HD buddies, theirs is just about if not just as loud when going into first gear. One way I've found that reduced the "clunk" is to pull in the clutch about 10 seconds before shifting into first. |
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Visionary
Posts: 1324
So Cal | The trans is just like the Harleys. No synchos just dogs to lock two gears together. You can shift this kind of trans without a clutch if you had to without causing any major damage. Very durable trans. The clunk is the two dogs meshing together to lock the two gears. Meshing to hard steel gears together is going to make a noise. Long stroke v twins produce more torque lower in the rpm range. Requiring a stronger trans. 4+ cylinder, short stroke metric motors delver torque also but not as harsh as a long stroke motor. |
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Tourer
Posts: 550
Tacoma, WA | My old VT1100c has always clunked too, but with over 60,000 miles and no problems, I highly doubt it is an issue, especially on the Vision.-----Metalguy |
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