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Mileage at the reported incident
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NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.
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What owners actually said
1 reports
Mileage unknown · Jul 18, 2012
Visibility
VISIBILITY PROBLEM. MIRRORS VIBRATE BADLY AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 50 TO 65 MPH. CAN NOT SEE TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC OR CHANGE LANES. DEALER AND KAWASAKI HOT LINE HAVE NOT TAKEN THE PROBLEM SERIOUSLY. I BELIEVE IT IS DANGEROUS. I BOUGHT IT NEW SO I KNOW IT HAS NOT BEEN MODIFIED. NOW HAS 650 MILES ON IT, SO IT IS NOT DUE TO AGE OF…
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VISIBILITY PROBLEM. MIRRORS VIBRATE BADLY AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 50 TO 65 MPH. CAN NOT SEE TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC OR CHANGE LANES. DEALER AND KAWASAKI HOT LINE HAVE NOT TAKEN THE PROBLEM SERIOUSLY. I BELIEVE IT IS DANGEROUS. I BOUGHT IT NEW SO I KNOW IT HAS NOT BEEN MODIFIED. NOW HAS 650 MILES ON IT, SO IT IS NOT DUE TO AGE OF MOTORCYCLE. *TR
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