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I RECENTLY BOUGHT A 2015 HARLEY DAVIDSON XG750 FROM A DEALERSHIP. I'VE RIDDEN THE BIKE FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS AND THE REAR BRAKES WENT OUT. THE MAINTENANCE WAS CURRENT THROUGH THE HARLEY DAVIDSON DEALERSHIP, BUT AFTER A 30 MIN RIDE, THE REAR BRAKES WENT FROM SOGGY TO NIL.
I RECENTLY BOUGHT A 2015 HARLEY DAVIDSON XG750 FROM A DEALERSHIP. I'VE RIDDEN THE BIKE FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS AND THE REAR BRAKES WENT OUT. THE MAINTENANCE WAS CURRENT THROUGH THE HARLEY DAVIDSON DEALERSHIP, BUT AFTER A 30 MIN RIDE, THE REAR BRAKES WENT FROM SOGGY TO NIL.
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.
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.
REAR BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER FAILURE. BIKE HAS ONLY 1935 MILES. PADS ARE WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS AND BRAKE SYSTEM PROPERLY ADJUSTED AND BLED BUT UNABLE TO LOCK REAR BRAKE EVEN AT 10 MPH. SHOULD BE RECALLED !
REAR BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER FAILURE. BIKE HAS ONLY 1935 MILES. PADS ARE WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS AND BRAKE SYSTEM PROPERLY ADJUSTED AND BLED BUT UNABLE TO LOCK REAR BRAKE EVEN AT 10 MPH. SHOULD BE RECALLED !
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.
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.
ON JUNE 24, 2016 TRIED TO PRESS REAR BRAKE PEDAL ALL THE WAY DOWN WHILE SLOWING TO AVOID STOPPED CAR IN FRONT OF ME. COULD NOT DO IT IN NORMAL RIDING POSITION. HAD TO USE ALL FRONT BRAKE. I WAS ON A CITY STREET DURING FORTY MILES AN HOUR.
ON JUNE 24, 2016 TRIED TO PRESS REAR BRAKE PEDAL ALL THE WAY DOWN WHILE SLOWING TO AVOID STOPPED CAR IN FRONT OF ME. COULD NOT DO IT IN NORMAL RIDING POSITION. HAD TO USE ALL FRONT BRAKE. I WAS ON A CITY STREET DURING FORTY MILES AN HOUR.
I TOOK A SHARP RIGHT TURN FROM A COMPLETE STOP, AND BEFORE EXITING THE TURN THE THROTTLE LAGGED GIVING NO RESPONSE, AND THEN SUDDENLY SURGED. WHEN THE SURGE HAPPENED I WAS STILL IN THE TURN AND LOST TRACTION IN THE BACK TIRE WHICH SENT THE BIKE SIDEWAYS AND TO THE GROUND. I PREVIOUSLY HAD THE LAG AND LEAP ISSUE WITH THIS BIKE AND HAD THE FUEL PUMP REPLACED BY HARLEY FOR THIS ISSUE. THE ISSUE APPEARED TO BE RESOLVED, HOWEVER, RIGHT BEFORE THE LAST 2 FILL-UPS (RIGHT BEFORE AND AFTER THE LOW FUEL LIGHT CAME ON) I EXPERIENCED A SLIGHT LAG AND LEAP ISSUE. NOT AS BAD AS BEFORE THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED, BUT STILL PRESENT. DROPPED THE BIKE OFF AT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT A HARLEY DEALER TODAY AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE CONTACTING ANYBODY HIGHER UP AT HARLEY TO INFORM THEM OR INQUIRE ABOUT THE THROTTLE RESPONSE ISSUE ON THIS BIKE. *TR
I TOOK A SHARP RIGHT TURN FROM A COMPLETE STOP, AND BEFORE EXITING THE TURN THE THROTTLE LAGGED GIVING NO RESPONSE, AND THEN SUDDENLY SURGED. WHEN THE SURGE HAPPENED I WAS STILL IN THE TURN AND LOST TRACTION IN THE BACK TIRE WHICH SENT THE BIKE SIDEWAYS AND TO THE GROUND. I PREVIOUSLY HAD THE LAG AND LEAP ISSUE WITH THIS BIKE AND HAD THE FUEL PUMP REPLACED BY HARLEY FOR THIS ISSUE. THE ISSUE APPEARED TO BE RESOLVED, HOWEVER, RIGHT BEFORE THE LAST 2 FILL-UPS (RIGHT BEFORE AND AFTER THE LOW FUEL LIGHT CAME ON) I EXPERIENCED A SLIGHT LAG AND LEAP ISSUE. NOT AS BAD AS BEFORE THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED, BUT STILL PRESENT. DROPPED THE BIKE OFF AT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT A HARLEY DEALER TODAY AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE CONTACTING ANYBODY HIGHER UP AT HARLEY TO INFORM THEM OR INQUIRE ABOUT THE THROTTLE RESPONSE ISSUE ON THIS BIKE. *TR