Honda response to paint issue

[Old Ryder]

Thank you for icing my head . So - it is not only Honda's way (?) . If another companies having similar attitudes , it looks to me , like a globally adjusted "system taking short cuts" to generate most money from the minimum investments .

No - this problem will not discourage me at all and I'm going to keep my B . If protective waxing , glassing will not make any difference , I'll trade her for signature-ized in Russellville bike , or simply re-paint locally.

Not just Honda: Now tell me about your complaints

http://www.victoryforums.com/showthread.php?t=120289

http://www.victoryforums.com/showthr...ighlight=paint

http://www.thevog.net/threads/fuel-p...problem.55532/

[Limoles]

Not just Honda: Now tell me about your complaints

http://www.victoryforums.com/showthread.php?t=120289

http://www.victoryforums.com/showthr...ighlight=paint

http://www.thevog.net/threads/fuel-p...problem.55532/

This is a HORROR , which people accepted already and knowingly decided to live with it .
Sadly , we are affected by greedy globalization up to the point , that is no way out .
Illusional quality disappearing fast and search for improvement became grotesque .

[Old Ryder]

The crazy thing about all of this is that Victory makes an excellent motorcycle. I had over 20,000 miles without a mechanical issue and that is not unusual. There are some GREAT dealers out there--and some that are not--and Polaris don't appear to give a rats rectum about what the public thinks. I could go on and on.

My singular issue came over a nail in my rear tire. Pulled the nail and plugged it with a sheet metal screw and rode it 82 miles --one way-- to have a tire installed. Had my wife follow and then drive me back the next day. The belt on a Vic has to be adjusted after sitting overnight because of the alumumnm frame that expands with engine heat and must cool down overnight to get a proper adjustment. At the time I did not have a belt adjustment tool. Three days before going to Myrtle Beach the 2 closest dealers do not stock tires--1 week wait to get them. So I buy a tire from the local Honda dealer and take it to them and they have no interest in putting it on since I did not purchase the tire from them--Remember--they did not have one and would take a week to get and I was leaving for MB in 3 days. Victory is a bike that is succeeding in spite of the company that makes it and the dealers that service it.

Yep fellas---the paint on my Honda ain't that bad at all!

[Old Ryder]

Oh--by the way---I now have a belt tension tool that I will probably never use again since the B has shaft drive---if somebody needs a deal.

[thatonebiker]

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this is what I deal with every time I wax my bike I have tried liquid glass over 10 coats and I still get this every time I talked to the dealer I got it from and they said they where waiting to hear back from there rep and I called today and the guy I was dealing with quit so now I get to start all over

[Fla_rider]

Wow I have a red 2013 and mine isn't 1/20 that bad. I put LG on it day 1 and have been happy since. In fact, I put a coat on this past weekend and I can still comb my hair in its reflection. oh I had nothing red on my cloth!

[tozco]

I think the hardness of the paint varies quite a bit bike to bike. Mine is so soft, every bug I have ever hit is imprinted into my paint, no exaggeration.
Regarding victory paint, I found it to hold up fine but the orange peel was so dramatic you couldn't feel proud to own it or show it off. Better smoother paint jobs came on appliances than what was on my 2012 Vic.