2015 HARLEY-DAVIDSON XG750

I BELIEVE THAT THERE MAY BE POOR VIBRATIONAL DESIGN OR QUALITY CONTROL FOR THE LEFT FOOT SHIFTER LINKAGE THAT CONNECTS TO THE TRANSMISSION. I WAS GOING UPHILL AND NOTICED THE BIKE LOSE SPEED WHEN SHIFTING TO 4TH AND 5TH GEAR. AFTER A COUPLE OF HILLS, AS I WAS GOING DOWNHILL THE SHIFTER WOULD NOT DOWNSHIFT. I PULLED OVER AND SAW THAT THE BOLT WAS ALMOST OUT OF THE SHIFTER LINKAGE AND THAT THE FASTENERS WERE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. POSSIBLY POORLY TORQUED OR NOT ENOUGH VIBRATIONAL PROTECTION. HAPPENED AROUND 70 MILES ON BIKE. BIKE IS BEING TRANSPORTED TO SHOP TOMORROW

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 HARLEY-DAVIDSON XG750. WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH, THE MOTORCYCLE PERFORMED AS IF IT WOULD STALL. THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATED AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL AND CRASH INTO A CEMENT MEDIAN. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE LEFT FOREARM AND LEFT LEG, A CONTUSION TO THE RIGHT SHIN AND KNUCKLE, AND LEFT WRIST DISLOCATION THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AFTER THE CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 826.

WE PURCHASED A 2015 STREET 750. AFTER TWO MONTHS OF RIDING (ABOUT 100 MILES), WE DISCOVERED SEVERAL SAFETY ISSUES THAT HAD BECOME APPARENT ONLY AFTER THROUGH ACTUAL RIDE TIME ON THE BIKE. I FIRST CALLED HD IN MILWAUKEE, WE SPOKE TO CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE, DAVID, EXPLAINING OUR CONCERNS. I WAS GIVEN THE REFERENCE NUMBER 2506596. WE WERE SUBSEQUENTLY TOLD TO TAKE THE BIKE TO THE HD DEALER. THE LIST OF ISSUES WERE AS FOLLOWS: 1.FRONT CYLINDER & FINS ARE PRACTICALLY TOUCHING RIDER?S LEGS AND ARE EXTREMELY HOT & DANGEROUS, EMITTING TREMENDOUS HEAT. THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN AS THE EXTREME HEAT CAUSES CONSTANT SHIFTING AND/OR MOVEMENT OF THE LEGS, THEREBY IMPACTING CONTROL OF THE BIKE AND CAUSING A SAFETY FACTOR. 2.THE STOCK MIRRORS DO NOT GIVE THE RIDER A CLEAR FIELD OF VISION DIRECTLY BEHIND HIM, AGAIN IMPACTING DRIVER SAFETY. 3.THE ALL-BLACK BIKE HAS NO RUNNING LIGHTS. THE BIKE IS PRACTICALLY INVISIBLE UNDER LOW LIGHT CONDITIONS, I.E. NIGHT TIME RUNNING, RIDING IN RURAL LOCALES, ETC. AGAIN A SAFETY FACTOR. AT THE HD DEALERSHIP I ASKED IF THEY HAD ADDRESSED THE SAFETY CONCERNS. THEY STATED THE BIKE WAS "LEGAL" AND THEY REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANY ISSUES. I WAS ALSO TOLD THE FOLLOWING: ?IF WE WANT SAFE LIGHTING WE WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE EXTRA LIGHTING AND PAY TO HAVE IT INSTALLED. ?IF WE WANT NOT BE BURNED BECAUSE OF HEAT FROM A CYLINDER HEAD TOO CLOSE TO A RIDER?S LEG, WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE LUXURY OF SUCH SAFETY. ?IF WE WANT TO HAVE SAFE MIRRORS, WE HAVE TO BUY THEM. P.S. EXTRA LIGHTING FEATURES & HEAT DEFLECTORS, & LONER -STEMMED MIRRORS, WEREN?T AVAILABLE FOR THE 750 STREET AT THIS WRITING. BUT EVEN IF THEY WERE, WHY WOULD THE CONSUMER HAVE TO INSTALL ITEMS THAT SHOULD BE AN OBVIOUS REQUIRED SAFETY FEATURE? WHY IS IT THAT PEOLE HAVE TO DIE FIRST BEFORE MANUFACTURERS TAKE ACTION?

FUEL PUMP ON THE MOTORCYCLE IS NOT IN GOOD WORKING ORDER WHEN THE FUEL LEVEL EMPTYS TO A CERTAIN POINT IN THE TANK NOT KNOWING WHEN BECAUSE THEIR IS ALSO NO GAS ODOMETER ON THE MOTORCYCLE THE MODEL BEGINS TO LAG AND LEAP AT ANY TIME AND AS MANY TIMES IT WANTS TO REACT AS AM TWISTING THE THROTTLE WHETHER AM SWITCHING GEARS OR JUST IN CRUSIE IT WILL DO THIS CAUSE ME TO LOSE CONTROL AND MAY LOSE CONTROL AT THE WRONG TIME LIKE BAD WEATHER, UP AND GO TRAFFIC, TURNING INTO STREETS, I HAVE ALREADY TOOK A FALL ON THE MOTORCYCLE TRYING TO MAKING IT INSIDE THE FUEL ISLAND AT A GAS STATION AND THE TIMING WHEN I WAS IN MY TURN OF A RIGHT GOING IN THE ISLAND IT LAG AND LEAP AT THAT TIME AND TOOK OFF ON ME CAUSING ME TO FALL AND ALSO THE MOTORCYCLE I WALKED AWAY UNHARMED JUST MY MOTORCYCLE HAD ROAD SCRATCHES GOING ALONG THE MUFFLER AND HEAT SHEILD AND RIGHT SIDE HANDLE BAR GRIP CHIPPED..I TOOK IT TO GET SERVICE AT THE DEALER FOR ITS FIRST 1000 MILE AND WHILE IT WAS THEIR THEY REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP BUT IT STILL DOES THE SAME THING AND ONLY GOT WORST. THE NEXT PROBLEM IS THE GEAR SHIFT BETWEEN 1ST GEAR AND 2ND GEAR MOST OF THE TIME IS NOT COMPLETELY IN GEAR WHEN SWITCHING BETWEEN THE TWO.

AT ABOUT 70 MILES ON A FULL TANK OF GAS, MY XG750, WHEN STOPPING AND GOING IT FELT AS THOUGH IT HAD NO POWER AND THEN SURGED. THIS HAPPENED EVERYTIME I STOPPED AND WOULD GO. THE FUEL LIGHT WOULD FLICKER ON AND OFF BUT WOULD GO OUT ONCE IT STOPPED SURGING. I STOPPED AND FILLED UP THE GAS TANK. ONCE FULL THE SURGING STOPPED. AFTER THAT I WAS AFRAID TO RIDE OVER 50 MILES WITHOUT GETTING MORE GAS. THIS PAST SUNDAY I WAS JUST PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY WHEN IT OCCURED AGAIN. I WAS JUST AT 60 MILES AND WAS GOING TO GET GAS. THIS TIME IT SURGE WHILE I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN. THE SURGE CAUSED THE BIKE TO JUMP AND I STARTED TO LOSE CONTROL. I GOT THE BIKE STOPPED BUT BECAUSE OF THE ANGLE OF THE BIKE IT FELL ON ITS LEFT SIDE AND I WENT DOWN ON MY KNEE. THE BIKE SUFFERED WHAT APPEARES TO BE MINOR DAMAGE. BENT CLUTCH, SCUFFED HANDLE AND FOOT PEG. THE GEAR SELECTOR ALSO BENT AND NOW WILL ONLY START IN NEUTRAL. THIS IS DEFINATELY A FUEL DELIVERY RELATED PROBLEM BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF GAS IN THE TANK. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE IF I WAS IN TRAFFIC OR EVEN GOING AT SPEED. NOW I HAVE A DAMAGED BIKE AND WHAT I FEEL IS NOT A SAFE BIKE TO RIDE.

"WITH ROUGHLY .9 GALLONS OF FUEL IN TANK, WHEN LEAVING A FULL STOP, VEHICLE PAUSES HARD ON ACCELERATION. PROBABLE CAUSE IS FUEL STARVATION CAUSED BY FUEL FLOWING BACK IN THE TANK, AWAY FROM THE FRONT-LOCATED FUEL PUMP, STARVING EFI SYSTEM OF GASOLINE. AS FUEL MOVES FORWARD AFTER A BRIEF PAUSE IN FORWARD MOMENTUM, THE PUMP HAS ACCESS TO THE FUEL AND THE BIKE SUDDENLY LURCHES FORWARD. THIS HAPPENS MULTIPLE TIMES AS THE FUEL IN TANK TRAVELS FORWARD AND AFT. EXTREMELY UNSAFE CONDITION AT LOW SPEEDS, ESPECIALLY AT INTERSECTIONS WHEN THIS IS MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR." INDIDENT TOOK PLACE ON MY WAY HOME "8/5/15" FROM PICKING UP THE NEW BIKE. I CALLED THE DEALER, AND THEY SAID THEY NEVER HEARD OF THIS ISSUE. THEY SAID THEY WOULD RETURN MY CALL, BUT THEY NEVER DID.

THIS IS THE SECOND COMPLAINT AS I HAVE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE FROM NHTSA ON MY FIRST COMPLAINT # 10715309; AND EVEN THOUGH THE DEALER/MANUFACTURE ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM, THE PROBLEM JUST HAPPENED AGAIN. AS DESCRIBED BY IN IN MY FIRST COMPLAINT AND 53 OTHER OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE REGISTERING COMPLAINTS - THE VEHICLE HAS A DANGEROUS THROTTLE CONTROL ISSUE DUE TO A [KNOWN] FAULTY FUEL PICK-UP TUBE/PUMP. AS SOON AS THE LOW FUEL LIGHT COMES ON THE MOTOR WILL STALL WHEN THE THROTTLE IS APPLIED AND THEN RAPIDLY ACCELERATE AT A NEARLY UNCONTROLLABLE RATE. THIS HAPPENS WHEN STARTING OUT FROM A STOP, CRUISING DOWN THE ROAD, PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE, TURNING A CORNER... THIS SATURDAY 1 AUG 2015 THE PROBLEM HAPPENED WHILE TURNING A CORNER WITH MY WIFE ON THE BACK. THE UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION NEARLY THROUGH HER OFF THE BACK OF THE MOTORCYCLE AND CAUSED ME TO RUN OFF THE ROAD TO KEEP FROM FLIPPING/HIGH-SIDING THE BIKE.

I PURCHASED MY HARLEY DAVIDSON XG750 ON JULY 23RD AND PICKED IT UP ON JULY 24 WITH ZERO MILES ON THE ODOMETER. ON SUNDAY JULY 26 THE FUEL LIGHT CAME ON WITH APPROXIMATELY 98 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THE NEXT DAY JULY 27 WHILE RIDING THE XG750 IT BEGAN TO SURGE FORWARD AND STALL WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP IN FIRST GEAR. IT GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE 2 MORE TIMES WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. I DROVE TO A GAS STATION AND FILLED THE TANK UP WITH SHELL 87 OCTANE FUEL. IT TOOK 1.819 GALLONS. ODOMETER READING WAS 102 MILES. ON JULY 30 WITH 166 MILES ON THE ODOMETER THE FUEL LIGHT CAME ON WHILE IN ROUTE TO WORK. AFTER WORK ON MY WAY TO A HARLEY DAVIDSON SERVICE CENTER. THE GX750 BEGAN TO STALL AND ACCELERATE FROM A STOP IN FIRST GEAR. I CHECKED THE FUEL TANK AND IT WAS ALMOST FULL. THE GX750 CONTINUED TO STALL AND ACCELERATE WITH OUT USING THE THROTTLE. IT STARTED TO PROGRESSIVELY GET WORSE AND SHUT OFF AT LEAST 10 TIMES. I WAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND WOULD STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTIONS FORCING CARS TO SWERVE AROUND ME. I MADE IT TO THE HARLEY SERVICE CENTER WITH 206 MILES ON THE ODOMETER.