2013 Kawasaki EX300

ENGINE STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY FOR NO REASON. NO USER ERROR. MOTORCYCLE WAS SITTING IN SUN IN A PARKING LOT FOR 40 MINUTES. I STARTED THE MOTORCYCLE, LET IT WARM UP FOR 5 MINUTES THEN TOOK OFF. AS I WAS LEAVING PARKING LOT I PULLED IN CLUTCH AS I CAME TO A STOP SIGN. AT THIS TIME THE ENGINE RPMS DROPPED TO ZERO AND THE ENGINE STALLED/DIED. I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STARTED THE MOTORCYCLE AGAIN. I RETURNED TO THE PARKING LOT AND RE TESTED WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN I PULLED IN THE CLUTCH. THIS TIME ENGINE RPMS DROPPED VERY LOW BUT THE BIKE DID NOT STALL. I ENDED UP MAKING IT HOME WITH NO MORE PROBLEMS THAT DAY. SINCE THAT EXPERIENCE THE MOTORCYCLE STALLS WHEN I FIRST START RIDING IT AND PULL IN THE CLUTCH. THIS MOSTLY HAPPENS WHEN THE MOTORCYCLE HAS BEEN SITTING IN THE SUN FOR SOME TIME. AFTER RIDING FOR A FEW MINUTES AND GOING THROUGH GEARS THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY. IT HAS NOT HAPPENED YET AT HIGHER GEARS, JUST IN FIRST AND MAYBE SECOND GEARS. THE PROBLEM DOES NOT HAPPEN IN THE MORNING (WHEN THE AIR IS COLDER AND THE MOTORCYCLE HAS BEEN IN THE GARAGE). ENGINE IDLE IS SET PROPERLY. ON A MOTORCYCLE, AN ENGINE STALLING UNEXPECTEDLY AND FOR NO OBVIOUS REASON IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THE ABILITY TO "GET OUT OF THE WAY" IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE WHEN STOPPED ON A MOTORCYCLE. *TR

I AM AN EXPERIENCED MOTORCYCLE RIDER WITH 26+ YEARS AND ROUGHLY 150,000 MILES RIDING EXPERIENCE. HAD DRIVEN NEW EX300 APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES WITHOUT INCIDENT, WAS SLOWING AT A STOP LIGHT TO MAKE A RIGHT-HAND TURN. I HAD SHIFTEN BACK INTO 1ST GEAR, ALMOST STOPPED (ABOUT 2 OR 3 MILES PER HOUR) WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN. I DID NOT REALIZE THAT THE ENGINE ON THE MOTORCYCLE HAD STALLED, RELEASED THE CLUTCH AND HIT THE THROTTLE TO MAKE THE TURN. AS THE ENGINE HAD STALLED, THE BIKE CAME TO AN ALMOST INSTANT STOP. MINOR INJURY TWISTING MY LEFT ANKLE AS I HAD TO POP MY LEGS OFF THE PEGS TO PREVENT MYSELF FROM FROM WIPING OUT AS THE BIKE'S REAR TIRE LOCKED UP AND I HAD ALREADY STARTED TO THROW MY WEIGHT TO GO INTO A RIGHT-HAND TURN. CHECKING THE INTERNET, I'VE FOUND THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS SPECIFIC YEAR/MODEL OF MOTORCYCLE. *TR

THIS VEHICLE "STALLED OUT" WHEN COMING TO A STOP SIGN ABOUT 8 MILES FROM THE DEALERSHIP ON THE FIRST DAY OF OWNERSHIP. EVER SINCE THAT TIME, IT STALLS AT RANDOM AND HAS ERRATIC IDLE ISSUES. SOMETIMES IT JUST (SHUTS DOWN) FOR NO REASON WHEN COMING TO A STOP SIGN. AND WHEN COMING TO A STOP MOST OF THE TIME IT WILL IDLE DOWN FROM 1500 RPMS TO ABOUT 1000 RPMS THEN IN ABOUT 2 SECONDS IT COMES BACK TO 1500 RPMS. THIS CONDITION VERY POSSIBLY "COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE" THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESS TO THE MANUFACTURER (KAWASAKI)... I DID CONTACT THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPT AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THEY HAVE NEVER GOT BACK WITH ME ON THIS ISSUE. THIS STALLING COULD COME AT A VERY CRITICAL TIME AND IT COULD CAUSE A PERSON TO GET HIT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE WHEN THE ENGINE IS TOTALLY STALLED OR DEAD. *TR