2009 HARLEY-DAVIDSON Fxdb

WHILE RIDING MY 2009 HARLEY DAVIDSON STREETGLIDE MY ABS BRAKING SYSTEM APPEARED TO FAIL. I WAS AT A STOP WAITING FOR TRAFFIC TO CLEAR SO THAT I COULD SAFELY PULL OUT. WHEN I STARTED TO PULL OUT A CAR "FROM NOWHERE" APPEARED. I HAD TO BRAKE. WHEN I DID, THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM ACTIVATED AND CAUSED THE MOTORCYCLE TO "FREEWHEEL" .IN OTHER WORDS MY BRAKES DID NOT WORK. I HAD TO STOP THE BIKE BY PUTTING MY FEET DOWN. THE PAVEMENT WAS DRY AND CLEAN AND I WAS GOING LESS THAN 5 MPH...NO REASON FOR THE ABS BRAKES TO ACTIVATE. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO STOP I HAD THE REAR BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED TO IT'S FULLEST EXTENT BUT NO BRAKING OCCURRED. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING SIMILAR INCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED WITH OTHER PEOPLE. THE ABS IS A FACTORY INSTALLED OPTION AND NO MODIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE TO IT. THE MOTORCYCLE HAD APPROX. 5200 MILES ON IT WHEN THIS OCCURRED. I STRONGLY SUGGEST YOUR ORGANIZATION LOOK INTO THIS MATTER. THE MOTORCYCLE IS PRESENTLY IN STORAGE AT MY LOCAL HARLEY DAVIDSON DEALER AND I HAVE VOICED MY COMPLAINT TO THEM. I HAD ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH MY FRONT TIRE AND HARLEY SEEMS SLOW TO RESPOND TO THESES TYPES OF COMPLAINTS. ALTHOUGH AFTER A CALL TO HD DIRECTLY I DID GET THE TIRE PROBLEM RESOLVED. AND THEY DID SEND OUT A BULLETIN TO THEIR DEALERS ON THE SUBJECT. HOPEFULLY YOU CAN LOOK INTO THIS MATTER BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED. *TR

SEVERAL TIMES I CAME VERY VERY CLOSE TO REAR ENDING ANOTHER VEHICLE.THE REAR BRAKING POWER OF THE REAR BRAKES IS FAR BELOW ADEQUATE THE REAR BRAKES WON'T EVEN LOCK UP IF PEDDLE IS STOOD ON WITH ALL ONE'S WEIGHT. THE REAR ROTOR WAS REPLACED ON ONE SIDE OF THE HARLEY DAVIDSON TRIKE ONLY WITH THE SAME RESULTS, NO BRAKING POWER. APPARENTLY THE PROBLEM RELAYS IN THE BRAKING SYSTEM ITSELF. 2009 HARLEY DAVIDSON FLHTCUTG TRI GLIDE TRIKE (NEW MODEL). *TR