My CB finally came in the week before Easter. So, Easter Sunday, hubby & I went through the fun of putting in the wiring harness, CB, and antennae. It was an all day event. (Next time, I will read ahead in the Tech forum and see that someone else already figure out that you should do the antennae install first....) Anyway, went to fire the bike up the next morning to go to work, and it wouldn't start. Put it on the charger, tried it later, it started on the charger but not off. The needle was going nuts on the charger, btw. So, we call the stealer later in the week, and they tell us to bring in the battery, they'll cover it under warranty. Probably a bad cell in the battery. Finally got around to that the end of last week. I was out of town over the weekend, so hubby put the battery on my bike and started it, everything's good. I got home yesterday (and was REALLY jonesing for some seat time, after not riding for over 2 weeks!!!), so I rode my bike to meet hubby for dinner yesterday evening. My stereo console was locked up...wouldn't switch between AUX, FM, WB, etc., or adjust volume, nothing. Then, when I got to the restaurant, the light on the stereo wouldn't go off, even with the key out of the ignition. It started OK when we went to leave, but then I saw that neither my speedo, tach or gear indicator were working, not would my stereo play any noise. Parked it in the garage, light still on, much to my dismay. It wouldn't start this morning. So, we jumped it and took it to the dealer this morning. Now, they are saying that we might have voided the warranty by working on it ourselves, they'll have to check with Polaris.

My question... why do they sell after market accessories with install instructions, right from the Mother Ship, if it will void the warranty to work on it your self? Anyway, whatever.... I will gladly pay to get my bike going again.... Don't need no $20,000 paperweight in my garage...

Hope all works out for you GAgirl, it should be under warranty even if you did it yourself following the supplied instructions. I would deal directly with Polaris if the dealer says otherwise. The only way I would say that a warranty doesn't cover it is if you did your own wiring from other than that supplied from Victory. However, I'm certainly not an expert.

It sounds though something got miss plugged in, that is, something is plugged in to something else that it should be plugged into. Do you have a wiring schemactic? That would help you track it down if you are good at that kind of thing. Or if you were so incline, let the dealer trace down the error and fix it, provided they didn't charge you too much labor.

g1nomad - 2008-04-09 1:33 PM I want a bike with a communications system, and I do not trust a dearler install, nor a self install. I wanted this factory done, and I specified so prior to taking delivery of the bike. When I took delivery of the bike last September, Victory didn't even have the module for sale yet. This is my only unmodified bike, and it will stay that way. I won't sell my other bikes because of how much money I have invested in them. I have been considering selling the Vision. The wife still loves the Vision, so It has stayed this far. I don't know how much I'd lose? Herb

In spite of the problems folk have had, My CB was installed with no issues. I've had some haunting experiences with the electrical, both before and after the install. I think one of the good thing with the Vision that it has come pre-wired for all the production planned accessories, so it has the plug and play ability. For me, this would be the same as factory install provided you didn't have to "replace" wiring, only hook into existing connections. I think in the long run you would not regret doing an after delivery install while still under warranty given the comfort for both pilot and pillion. I also see this machine being very reliable, but too each his own.

Well, my $20,000 brick still sits at the dealer (took her up yesterday)... they have traced it down to the radio problem that DesertJim mentioned, although trying to blame it all on a set of under body lights that hubby and I put on (he drilled both holes in the dash template for the earphone plug in before reading that you could drill either/or... so had to fill the other hole with something so we decided on a switch!) Well, hopefully, I'll be on the road soon...

Herb, I know we both bought our Visions at the same dealer. I had someone in the store today asking about my bike, as he's thinking of getting one. He has a Victory TC now, and was telling me that there is a dealer up in Swainsboro, I believe, with a Victory factory trained tech. I believe he said it was called Bellamy. I go to our dealer, because we do a lot together professionally, but it bugs me that, as a Victory dealer, they don't have a single tech on staff who is factory trained.

I wish this were a plug and play installation! You would think that the Mother Ship would install the $40 audio wiring harness on every Vision! Running that mother, and making room for it amid the web o' wires under the seat was fun! Now, I want to get the XM module just to make it all worthwhile....

I went for a conjugal visit with my baby today....

It's been at the dealer since last Tuesday (4/8/08). They finally got it on the rack yesterday.... (Don't even get me started...)

I faxed them the recall notice this past weekend, as soon as I got it. They say there isn't anything they can do about it right now, that Victory sent out those notices without sending parts to the dealers to do anything about it. (Should I be getting my shovel out?) They are also saying "We are covering it under warranty, and we are going to go ahead an order the replacement wiring harness for the audio to fix your install of your CB in case that had anything to do with it. We aren't going to say anything to Polaris about you self installing and voiding your warranty." They are saying that there is no evidence that it's a defective radio and that no one else is having this problem.... I want my ViVi back! (I got her personalized tag today.... I put it in her trunk so she'd feel 'special'....)

Thanks, PBR, for all of the info. I will keep that in mind when I call on Tuesday to check on the status. Yes, I did purchase the CB from them (actually, it was part of the deal when I bought it), got the antennae & wiring harness from the Pure Polaris web store. I have been riding my VTX since the Victory has been down (my X had been lonely and feeling neglected since the ViVi landed in the garage...I have put over 1500 miles on my VTX since Easter, now. She's a much happier bike. I can tell it by her purr... )

Ya know, part of me hates to have to get ugly with the dealer. (I am just thinking out loud right now....) I bought from this particular dealer because, my hubby & I own a MC apparel and accessory store in the same city. We do not deal in bikes or service, at this time (although we are looking at putting in a small service area in the near future- tires, install accessories, etc..), but have a friendly business relationship with this dealer (we work together on a lot of the same fund raisers, i.e. stops on the same Poker Runs, etc...). I wanted to support someone who has supported me. We send people there who come in looking for bikes and service (and I talk to everyone, on the road or who comes in my store asking about the ViVi....Have sent a few over there to them, ready to buy, when debating between this and a Wing).... they've sent us customers who have come into their store looking for apparel and gear. We mutually supply each other with "cost +10%" parts for items that we need from vendors who we deal with that the other can't get. They gave me an "ok" deal on my Vision, but, I had honestly found one, same dress level, for a better price, out the door, from a dealer about 100 miles away (about $600 dollars cheaper). We figured we'd buy it from them to keep the money local, and so I could honestly refer customers to them as my "dealer of choice". I have heard a couple of complaints about their service area (some from my stepson, who worked there for 5 months), and I can now understand.... *grumble* *grumble*

I can't ride my ST because she is out out of commission right now. Some butthead at Bike Night about a month ago. (Read here: 50+ year old man, a newbie rider on a BMW K 1200 S, with dealer tags still on it), (I saw this part) walking around his bike, admiring it, (I didn't see this part) bumps into the left side mirror/faring on my ST, and knocks it off. I go to my bike, see the mirror lying on my seat, and I say "Dang! Someone knocked my mirror off!". He's standing there, rather meekly says"Maybe it was loose.". Puts his helmet on, nervously backs out of his spot, and wobbles out of the parking lot, leaving me there to try to repair my bike. As I am examining it under the parking ot lights, see that he has tore off the ends of the electrical connectors to the turn signals, and snapped off the little plastic nub that attaches it to the body. (Yeah, it was this "loose" for the 7 mile ride down there.... ). So, I have to get that bike into the dealer for repairs, as I have no left turn signals now.... Plus, I am going to sell it, as my ViVi is way more comfortable for Touring...

Oh, and my new license plate is "08 ViVi" I'm sorry y'all.... I just had to vent. I hope y'all understand.....

Ok, I picked up my bike from the dealer this morning. It's "kinda fixed" (read this as: "You turn the key, the starter comes on and the engine turns over. Engine continues until the key is turned back the opposite direction." The blue screen for the stereo wouldn't light up when I got going this morning, but the radio worked. Buttons were irrelevant: couldn't change channels or bands ('T'salright: I like the music on the station on the way to work). But, when I left work this evening, the stereo was a brick. No light, no music, no response to when I push the buttons. It's ok, I do enjoy wind noise. I sing karaoke at my best at 80 mph....But, I really want to see if the CB works. They've "flashed" the stereo twice. (I'm a little scared for her. I know these guys... don't think I'd want to be flashed once by them! ) Mother Victory has a new stereo on the way. Just so long as we have my electrical issues sorted out in time for me to do the Kyle Petty Charity Ride this summer. I don't need no stinkin' 'lectrical problems out in BFE!!!

(My dealer only know minutely more than I do about this issue!)