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1986 BMW K75

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NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.

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Vehicle Speed Control complaints

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12,000 miles · Sep 18, 2009
Vehicle Speed Control

THIS IS AN ISSUE IDENTIFIED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 86V080000. THE VIN OF MY MOTORCYCLE FALLS IN THE RANGE OF VINS IDENTIFIED IN THE CAMPAIGN. MY MOTORCYCLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 12,000 MILES ON IT SINCE NEW, AND NO FACTORY RECALL SERVICE HAS EVER BEEN PERFORMED ON THIS MOTORCYCLE. THE THROTTLE GOT STUCK THE OTHER DAY IN A …

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THIS IS AN ISSUE IDENTIFIED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 86V080000. THE VIN OF MY MOTORCYCLE FALLS IN THE RANGE OF VINS IDENTIFIED IN THE CAMPAIGN. MY MOTORCYCLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 12,000 MILES ON IT SINCE NEW, AND NO FACTORY RECALL SERVICE HAS EVER BEEN PERFORMED ON THIS MOTORCYCLE. THE THROTTLE GOT STUCK THE OTHER DAY IN A FULL-OPEN POSITION WHILE PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE AT SPEED. NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED, BUT IT CERTAINLY COULD HAVE. THE ONLY WAY I WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE MOTORCYCLE AND SLOW DOWN ENOUGH TO SAFELY NEGOTIATE AN UPCOMING CORNER WAS TO KILL THE ENGINE. ON-SITE EXAMINATION REVEALED A KINK OF THE THROTTLE CABLE WITH A FRAYED THROTTLE WIRE. WHEN I WENT TO A BMW MOTORCYCLE DEALER A FEW DAYS LATER FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE CABLE UNDER THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN, I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE "NO OPEN CAMPAIGNS" ON MY MOTORCYCLE, ALTHOUGH YOUR DOCUMENTATION CLEARLY LISTS MY VIN IN THE RANGE OF BIKES THAT SEEM TO BE EFFECTED. I WAS ALSO NEVER INFORMED OF ANY FACTORY RECALLS WHEN I PREVIOUSLY BROUGHT THE BIKE IN FOR SERVICE. IS THERE AN EXPIRATION DATE ON THIS PARTICULAR CAMPAIGN? *TR

NHTSA ODI #10284487

Official recalls

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87V193000 · Suspension:rear

Dec 18, 1987

LOWER PART OF SPRING/DAMPER UNIT EYELET, WHICH ATTACHES TO THE REAR DRIVE UNIT, COULD CRACK.

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: IN EXTREME CASES, SPRING DAMPER COULD DETACH FROM REARDRIVE ALLOWING REAR OF MOTORCYCLE TO DROP ONTO REAR TIRE, CAUSING DRAG ON TIREAND UNSTABLE HANDLING.

Remedy: REPLACE EYELET WITH A STRENGTHENED ONE.

86V080000 · Vehicle Speed Control

Jun 20, 1986

THROTTLE CABLE MAY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED DURING INSTALLATION RESULTING IN A BEND OR A KINK OR CHAFING AND FRAYING OF THE BRAIDED WIRE CABLE. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: THROTTLE OPERATION COULD BE IMPAIRED REQUIRING INCREASED EFFORT TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE THROTTLE, RESULTING IN LOSS OF THROTTLE CONTROL WHICH MAY LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT.

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: Not supplied

Remedy: REPLACE THROTTLE CABLES, AS REQUIRED, MODIFYING TO ASSURE CABLES CANNOT BEND.

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NHTSA investigations

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