ON CERTAIN MOTORCYCLES EQUIPPED WITH OPTIONAL BRAKE ROTOR-CARRIERS,THE ROTOR-CARRIERS CAN CRACK WHILE IN SERVICE AND POSSIBLY BREAK.
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ROTOR CARRIER PART THAT HELD THE BRAKE WAS MANUFACTURED WITH WEAK METAL THAT CRACKED. ALSO, BOTH HANDLE BARS HAD CRACKED AND THE REAR DRIVE PULLEY WAS WORN. THE IGNITION HAD ALSO SHORTED AND SMOKED. ALSO, THE ODOMETER MALFUNCTIONED AND NO LONGER DISPLAYED THE MILEAGE. ALSO, THE REAR TAIL LIGHT BULB MELTED TO THE LENSES. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THEY COULD NOT FIX ANY OF THE PROBLEMS EXCEPT THE HANDLE BARS. BOTH DEFECTIVE HANDLE BARS WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED AND PROMISED TO REPLACE OTHER PARTS BUT HAD NOT. *AK UPDATED 10/31/2006 - THE HANDLE BARS CRACKED ONE WEEK AFTER BEING REPLACED. *NM
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A FIRE WHICH OCCURED AT A BUSY INTERSECTION. THE FIRE DISABLED THE TURN SIGNALS, ODOMETER, AND SPEDOMETER. TS
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GAS TANK WAS LEAKING, CAUSING GAS TO LEAK ONTO ENGINE, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY COATED THE INSIDE OF TANK. TWO WEEKS LATER, LEAK STARTED AGAIN. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT A FIRE MAY START.*AK. CONSUMER STATED THE STARTER WENT OUT.*JB
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