Polaris has issued a recall for the 2008 Victory Vision for a problem with loose wires on a circuit breaker. Please read the details below.
Manufacturer: Polaris Industries, Inc.
Model Year: 2008
Models affected: Victory Vision
NHTSA Campaign Number: 08V446000
Potential Units Affected: 2444
Problem: Polaris is recalling 2,444 model year 2008 Victory Vision motorcycles. The terminal nuts that secure the main power supply wires could be loose at the circuit breaker, which can cause an unexpected loss of electrical power to the motorcycle and the current fuel ignition map pre-programmed into the electronic control module (ECM) can cause engine stalling. Either condition could cause the engine to stall, increasing the risk of a loss of control and a crash.
Corrective Action: Dealers will inspect and tighten the circuit breaker terminal nuts and re-program the ECM free of charge. The recall is expected to begin on or about September 15, 2008. Owners may contact Polaris/Victory at 1-888-704-5290.
Derek says
i got a chance to see one of these when they first came out. very… diffrent. the gas tanks were wierd on either side of the bike hiden under the badges.
Billy says
I’m honestly surprised 2,444 have been sold. Its even more unattractive in person.
Derek says
diffrent is not always better.
sam9870 says
Maybe I’m getting old but I think they are cool. Being different is not about being better, it is about being different.
I worry when bikers start using the term”unattractive”, have you looked in the mirror recently.
Maybe we should all just ride the same bike so as to not be different and be hated upon.
You laugh because I am different, I smile because you are all the same.
Skizick says
I used to watch Commander Cody as a kid. I think he’d ride one. I think they should have landing wheels that would engage when you came to a stop. You wouldn’t have to put your feet down. Maybe a big gyro inside. Then you wouldn’t even need the landing wheels.
Billy says
Hey Sam9870
I just looked in the mirror and damn I’m good looking, even after all these years.
And its OK that you like an ugly bike, heck you can even ride with me. I like to ride with older people on ugly bikes as it makes me look even better 🙂
Derek says
I also wanted something diffrent. Just not stupid diffrent. I found Buell.
Larry says
I had a chance to take one around a parking lot. I agree, the Jetsons look is not for me, but what a comfortable and great feel/balance this machine has. Very light and easy feel.
Clive M-Sanders says
Its a concept bike that made it to production. Way ahead of (or behind) its time. I havent seen anything this stylized in my lifetime, the last example of something with that much flare was a galaxie 500.
in my opinion, almost every buell, the triumph street triple (or any of the naked triples) and the ducati multistrada are the ugliest motorcycles in existence, this one is just over the top. Which i applaud, but wouldnt be caught dead on.
Allen says
I got to say while the styling of this bike is not for everyone it is a very comfortable well balanced bike. One will most likely end up in my garage after the first production year is over.
B.Case says
Alas, there’s really only two ways a concept can go: It can be polarizing or it can be non-polarizing. Either way will generate a few dissenters, but most of the time the intent is to “appeal” to certain tastes, not “all” tastes. Every company does this including Victory, and even Buell, as mentioned above.
As far as the recall, it sounds like a minor fix to me. Most first-run models (made by companies legitimately in the business of making street-legal vehicles, that is) have some sort of recall issue for safety. And, those have to be filed with NHTSA to maintain legal status. In my mind, these issues only come to surface on a macro scale (i.e. production) and are nearly impossible to detect in pre-production or in a small-batch scale.
And, Clive, I assume by “anything this styled”, you mean compared to “traditional” American motorcycles, no? If you want to bring cars into this, are you sure there hasn’t been anything more “stylized” since the Galaxie 500? Sure, there was the Detroit dark period, but “style” can be defined by much more than the typical Jetson-Starship-Enterprise-Flash-Gordon influences.
Clive M-Sanders says
No, I really meant to say this has a very post modern swoopy overly sized childish 1957 nuclear age poodle skirt thing going for it.
Larry says
Any recalls on the Flux Capacitor yet?
B.Case says
Yeah, it’s got that going for it, but then it wouldn’t be postmodern, it would just be retro. This style would have been just modern back in the ’50s, but now, this is obviously just a modern interpretation of old American styles, i.e. “retro”.