2015 HARLEY-DAVIDSON XG750

My Street 750 has 11,800 miles. While riding at 65 mph, sudden loss of drive. Pulled over to notice the motorcycle's belt missing and debris on the belt guide and the back wheel. The bolt holding the front sprocket was out of place and made a hole in the cover. The front sprocket was out of place. I was able to walk back my path and found the belt shredded.

I COMPLAINED ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BIKE AND THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT I HAD TO JUST BREAK IT IN. I HAD OTHER PERSONS RIDE IT AND TOLD ME THAT PERHAPS IT WAS THE THROTTLE AND OR FUEL INJECTOR. I CALLED AND COMPLAINED AGAIN AND THEY SAID THAT I NEEDED TO JUST RIDE IT MORE AND GET USE TO IT. I SAID IT WAS LOSING POWER AND MAYBE THE INJECTOR WAS CLOGGED. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO THEN SAID THAT BECAUSE IT'S UNDER A WARRANTY AND THE FUEL INJECTOR IS COMPUTERIZED THAT THE BIKE SHOULD BE LOOKED AT BY THE DEALER. I CALLED THE DEALER AGAIN AND EXPLAINED TO THE TECH WHAT I WAS TOLD. HE SAID WE WILL MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. HE SAID I CAN HAVE A TRAILER PICK IT UP AT MY COST OF $50 OR SO EACH WAY. UNFORTUNATELY, WORK GOT IN THE WAY AND COULD NOT TAKE IT. THE NEXT SEASON IN 2017 I HAD THE SAME ISSUE EXPECT THIS TIME IT CAUSED MY ACCIDENT. THIS PROPELLING OF FUEL ALL AT ONCE TO MY BIKE ALMOST KILLED ME AND INJURED ME SEVERELY. THE FUEL GAUGE WENT ON AS I WAS ROLLING TO A STOP AND CONTINUED THROUGH IN FIRST OR SECOND GEAR AND THEN SUDDENLY THE BIKE BOGGED DOWN AND ACCELERATED ALMOST ON IT'S WITH SUCH INTENSITY I LOST CONTROL. HIT FRONT AND BACK BREAK BUT BACK FAILED TO ENGAGE ENOUGH TO KEEP ME STRAIGHT ENDED UP LIFTING BACK TIRE AND FLYING OVER HANDLE BARS.

WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEED, 65MPH, FRONT BELT PULLEY BOLT BROKE CAUSING PULLEY TO DISLODGE. CAUSES BELT TO WRAP AROUND SHAFT AND JAM LOCKING REAR WHEEL. LUCKILY THE PULLEY DID NOT FALL OFF BELT GUARD AND HIT MYSELF OR ANY OTHER VEHICLES. THIS HAS NOT BEEN ADJUSTED DUE TO NOT NEEDING NEW BELT, AND WAS AT SAME SPECS FROM FACTORY. UPON RESEARCH, FOUND MULTIPLE OWNERS SAME YEAR HAVING SAME FAILURES. SO FAR NO ONE HAS WRECKED OR CAUSED INJURY, HOWEVER HAD I BEEN INEXPERIENCED I LIKELY WOULD HAVE. UPON CONTACTING MY LOCAL DEALER WHERE PURCHASED I WAS TOLD THAT HUMIDITY COULD WEAKEN THE BOLT AND CAUSE FAILURE. THIS WAS FEB 27 @ 1330. WAS TOLD I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND REPAIR. I'M SURPRISED THAT HUMIDITY COULD BE BLAMED FOR FAILURE, AND THEN HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIR. I OPTED TO REMOVE BROKEN BOLT ON OWN WITH BASIC TOOLS PREVIOUSLY . DID NOT WANT TO ASSIST IN WORKING WITH MAIN MANUFACTURER OR INVESTIGATE THE MULTIPLE FAILURES.

WHILE RIDING AT LOW SPEED ON CITY STREETS, THE STEERING FELT UNUSUALLY TIGHT. UPON ARRIVING HOME, I LIFTED THE FRONT WHEEL OFF OF THE GROUND AND CONFIRMED THAT SOMETHING WAS BINDING IN THE STEERING HEAD, CAUSING INCREASED STEERING EFFORT AND A "NOTCHY" FEELING. I DEEMED THE MOTORCYCLE UNSAFE TO RIDE. SEVERAL DAYS LATER, I DISASSEMBLED THE STEERING HEAD ASSEMBLY TO INSPECT THE BEARINGS AND FOUND EVIDENCE OF WATER INTRUSION. I FOUND THE UPPER BEARING SLIGHTLY RUSTED AND THE LOWER BEARING SUBSTANTIALLY RUSTED, AND DETERMINED THE RUSTED BEARINGS TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE BINDING. WHILE DISASSEMBLING THE MOTORCYCLE, I DISCOVERED THAT ONE FRONT WHEEL BEARING FELT ROUGH. UPON REMOVING AND DISASSEMBLING THE DEFECTIVE WHEEL BEARING, I FOUND IT TO BE RUSTED INTERNALLY. THIS MOTORCYCLE IS THREE YEARS OLD AND HAS ONLY 2,356 MILES ON THE ODOMETER, AND IT REQUIRES NEW STEERING HEAD BEARINGS AND FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS.

2015 HARLEY DAVIDSON XG 750. PROBLEM WITH NEUTRAL LIGHT FLASHING. WHILE IN NEUTRAL. DEALER REPLACED NEUTRAL SWITCH. NOW THE LIGHT IS INOPERATIVE. OTHER HARLEY DEALERS INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT FLASH WHILE IN DRIVE GEARS. ALSO MY TRANSMISSION HAS DEVELOPED A CHATTER WHILE SHIFTING WHEN FULLY WARMED UP. HAS BEEN AT DEALER FOR 2 WEEKS.

THE HARLEY-DAVIDSON STREET 750 HAS BRAKE FAILURES. THE FAILURES ARE SYSTEMIC TO THE REAR BRAKE CYLINDER CAUSING. I HAVE ACTUALLY HAVE THE LINKAGE BRAKE OFF BECAUSE OF NO THREAD LOCK BUT THE REAR BRAKE JUST SLIDES OVER THE ROTOR AND NEVER STOP THE BIKE ON IT OWN. HD SOLUTION IS TO INSTALL THE SAME DEFECTIVE PART. BIKE NEEDS A RECALL. BELOW IS INDEPENDENT TEST DOCUMENTING THE FAILURES. HTTP://LANESPLITTER.JALOPNIK.COM/HARLEY-DAVIDSON-STREET-750S-BRAKES-COMPLETELY-FAIL-IN-M-1729350316 THE ONLY THINK THAT WILL MAKE HD FIX THIS DEFECT IS A GOV RECALL OR DEATHS AND LAWSUITS. I HAVE INCLUDED A DOCUMENT OF AN EMAIL I SENT TO COWBOY HD OF AUSTIN. DESCRIBING ALL THE PROBLEMS I HAD WITH THE BIKE.

BOLT ON THE FRONT DRIVE PULLEY (MADE OF SOFT METAL) BREAKS WHILE DRIVING AND DRIVE PULLEY COMES LOOSE FROM THE ENGINE DRIVE SHAFT AND DESTROYS THE SHIELD AND DRIVE BELT, CAUSING THE MOTORCYCLE TO LOOSE ALL MOMENTUM AND LIKELY REAR TIRE LOCKUPS. CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME WHILE MOTORCYCLE IN BEING DRIVEN...AT ANY SPEED....THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! HTTP://WWW.HDSTREETFORUMS.COM/FORUM/HARLEY-DAVIDSON-STREET-GENERAL-DISCUSSION/11921-LIST-ISSUES-YOUR-STREET-2.HTML THIS LINK WILL SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THIS PROBLEM, HASN'T HAPPENED TO MINE, BUT IT COULD ANY TIME AND COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH!