Hmm yeah maybe taking it the track reduced its life but that's why there are so many safeties on the bike. I've had it where it was so cold the bike didn't want to charge, where it shows how many amps is going in it was negative current haha probably because the bike is heating up the battery with the heaters. I've had the regen cutoff due to overheating battery. I've had a bunch of times it hit low voltage cutoff. But I feel that's what they designed this bike for riding it fast.
I haven't really posted any of my trackday videos you'd definitely push the bike to it's limits. The bike is only good for 1 or 2 track sessions and after that the battery gets heat soaked from repeated discharging and charging. After that you have to get used to reduced performance, best thing to do is take another bike to the track with you.
Anyway here's what happened today. I got a voicemail from Zach from Victory Motorcycles who sent me the email about finding a service center. He was following up if I got the email and I sent him an email back says yes I got it and I told him that I was able to find a service center but it was 100 miles away. He said to let him know when I've dropped the bike off and he can get things started on his end. So that's good, Victory is aware of my situation and they're going to do something about it.
I plugged all the connectors back in today and and fired the bike up again and nothing new happened. I think it really is a problem with the battery or the BMS. So the ball will be tossed to Clawson Motorsports next week and see what they can do about it. I also got a voicemail from Clawson Motorsports and they told me to bring the charger in with the bike. I will bring my level 1 charger I guess. I did try the stock evse since they mentioned it and still the same problem. I'm pretty sure it's not the evse but I will bring it with me.
So I was putting the bike back together and I was looking at the fuse box and thought hmm I didn't check the fuse box, that's the most basic of things to check right? Anyway I did check EVERY fuse even the high voltage ones after disconnecting the main power again. It very surprising they don't have a fuse box diagram on the fuse box, I had to break out the owners manual. Anyway I checked every fused by checking the resistance with a multimeter. None of them were blown so that rules the fuse box out. I did pull out the relays and put them back in also. So yes I've done everything I could do
Also yes I have heard Polaris were buying back bikes. It's surprising how common it is for the battery to malfunction on these bikes. I'm also surprised on the battery warranty I would have thought it would be more because the warranty for California Toyota Prius batteries is 10 years and 150,000 miles. I would think a pure EV battery would have a better warranty. Anyway if they can fix my bike and take care of the B9 and B40 faults I will be happy. If they could replace the battery I would be happy, its clearly defective. That would be the best case scenario. If they can't fix it and they buy the bike back that would be the next best scenario because the alternative is a 475lbs paperweight. I wouldn't mind a FTR1200, I wouldn't mind an Energica also. So we'll see what happens, it's such a fantastic bike I'd like to keep riding it, plus not too long ago I put new tires on it for $500 and I just paid the registration on it. I bought the bike when Victory was going out of business and I got the bike for pretty much $7500 after all the discount, credits, and rebates so I'd say I did ok. I was hoping to get more life out of the bike but I'd say I got my moneys worth. If I had paid full price I would not be happy that's for sure.
Also I feel bad for all the Brammo owners they don't have any support. Victory changed the bike so much the electronics aren't compatible. The only stuff that interchanges is the mechanical stuff.
