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Visionary
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Pittsburgh, PA | I searched the forum and couldnt find the answers to this.. I seen in reviews of the vision that this is listed as a feature.... What is it and what does it do?
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Tourer
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Tucson, AZ | Dont know if the Vision has one or not but on my previous other American made bike it basically keeps the drivetrain from slamming. Its eithier a system of rubber grommets/springs that take the shock of the torque application and soften it. Good question, but again dont know if the Vision has such a system or not.....now you got me curious..
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Visionary
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Pittsburgh, PA | when i did a google search and put in victory vision torque compensator, I found reviews of the vision and they mentioned in the reviews that the vision had this.. I just didnt know what it was or what it did... |
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Cruiser
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SF Bay Area | The Victory torque compensator is a compression spring ramped assembly designed to prevent damage to the motor and gears from power pulses from the engine. The other brand of American motorcycle uses a Hy-Vo type chain, which has a certain amount of inherent slop... with a tensioning slipper which is a high wear (maintenance) part. The early Vic models had a design which made a lot of noise... they have gotten quieter over the years. My Vision's compensator is quieter than the one on my '99 Vic. The Vic torque compensator is a good, dependable system. |
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Visionary
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Pittsburgh, PA | thank you for explaining that..... |
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Puddle Jumper
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| Buddahead, would I be correct in thinking that, as the tensioning slipper wears, backlash in the drive between on and off throttle conditions would get worse. I'm using a Vision with 5k miles and there seems an awful lot of play and noise in the drive between acceleration and deceleration. Where is the adjustment? Sorry - I'm still waiting for delivery of my own bike so I havent got an owners handbook yet.
Cheers
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Cruiser
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SF Bay Area | neilkf,
Our Vics do not have a tensioning slipper & HyVo chain, the "other" American brand (HD) does. We Victory owners have the gear driven torque compensator... with no adjustment. The good news? Your Vision can probable make that noise for hundreds of thousands of miles! |
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Tourer
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| neilkf - 2008-07-22 5:47 AM
Buddahead, would I be correct in thinking that, as the tensioning slipper wears, backlash in the drive between on and off throttle conditions would get worse. I'm using a Vision with 5k miles and there seems an awful lot of play and noise in the drive between acceleration and deceleration.
Cheers
Neil Foreman
That play you mention is what keeps things from breaking and is normal, btw, the play on my Vision is much less than the play on my 8-Ball..............
After riding the 8-Ball awhile, I learned to compensate for the slop and had almost forgotten about it until I came across this post. |
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