2015 HARLEY-DAVIDSON XG750

I'VE BEEN RIDING MOTORCYCLES FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS NOW. WENT FOR A RIDE ON FRIDAY THE 26 OF JUNE ON THE ISLAND I LIVE ON WITH A FRIEND. I WAS ON A 25 MILE SPEED LIMIT ROAD APPROACHING A DOWN HILL TURN TO THE LEFT. I ENTERED THE TURN MAINTAINING COVER ON BRAKES AND CLUTCH. AS I STARTED LEANING THE BIKE INTO THE TURN THE MOTORCYCLE SURGED THE FUEL BY CUTTING OFF AND COMING BACK ON RAPIDLY GIVING ME TOO MUCH TORQUE. I TRIED BRAKING AND DOWN SHIFTING CAUSING MY REAR WHEEL TO LOCK UP AND SENDING ME SIDEWAYS INTO THE GUARD RAIL. I PINNED MY LEG IN BETWEEN THE GUARD RAIL AND THE MOTORCYCLE CAUSING THE REST OF MY BODY AND HEAD TO HIT ALL OF THE GUARD RAIL AS WELL BEFORE FLIPPING OFF THE BIKE AND LANDING ON MY BACK. LUCKILY FOR ME, MY INJURIES WERE LIMITED TO MUSCLE SORENESS AND NO BROKEN BONES. I JUST FILLED A COMPLAINT LAST WEEK AS WELL ABOUT THE LEAP AND LAG SURGING ISSUE THIS MOTORCYCLE IS HAVING. HARLEY-DAVIDSON NEEDS TO MAKE A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SEVERELY INJURED!!

THE MOTORCYCLE LAGS AND LEAPS WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP OR WHEN ACCELERATING QUICKLY. IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME SEVERAL TIMES AND I HAVE ONLY HAD THE BIKE A FEW WEEKS. I BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO CARS AROUND WHEN IT HAPPENED TO ME BUT IF THIS HAPPENS TO ANYONE WHILE THEY ARE IN TRAFFIC THEY WILL GET SERIOUSLY INJURED. VERY SCARY.

OK SO FIRST TIME I HAD AN ISSUE WAS IN JANUARY WHEN I NOTICED A MAJOR SURGE TO THE POINT OF STALLING OUT REGUARDLESS OF FUEL LEVEL IN THE TANK. TOOK IT TO HARLEY ONCE AND THEY COULD NOT REPLECATE THE ISSUE. SECOND TIME WITHIN THE SAME MONTH SAME ISSUE THE FIXED IT BY REPLACING THE FUEL PUMP STATING IT WAS FAULTY. HAD NO PROBLEMS FOR MONTHS TILL RECENTLY IN MAY I STARTED NOTICING I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY FUEL WAS LOW AND THE LIGHT CAME ON I PULLED OF AT AN EXIT TO GET GAS AND IT STARTED TO SURGE AGAIN LIKE IT DID BEFORE. TANK WAS ALMOST EMPTY SO I FILLED HER UP. NO PROBLEMS THE REST OF THE DAY. NEXT MONTH OF JUNE I NOTICE MY LIGHT STARTED COMING ON WHEN I WAS LEAVING MY WORK AND WHEN IN FIRST OR SECOND GEAR IT SURGES REALLY QUICK FROM POWER TO NO POWER TO QUICK POWER ALL OF A SUDDEN. SO I WENT AND FILLED UP THE TANK AND YET AGAIN NO PROBLEMS. SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING AROUND 100 MILES PER TANK. AND WHEN AT HALF TANK TAKING RIGHT HAND TURNS IT LOOSES POWER TOO. VERY EASILY COULD THROUGH AN INEXPERINCED RIDER OFF IF THEY DONT KNOW HOW TO MAINTAIN THROTTLE AND CLUTCH CONTROL. ALSO NOTICED SHE HAS ISSUES WITH STARTING IN THE MORNING WHEN COLD IF THE BIKE SITS OUT IN THE LOT, HAVE TO GIVE HER GAS TO WARM UP. LIQUED COOLED AND FUEL INJECTED MOTORS SHOULD NOT HAVE THAT ISSUE ESPECIALLY WITH ONLY 2000 MILES ON THE MOTOR BIKE IS NOT SAFE AT THIS TIME PROBABLY DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF FOREIGN PARTS ON AN AMERICAN MACHINE.

THE FOLLOWING EVENT OCCURRED PREVIOUSLY AT A LOWER MILEAGE AT LEAST ONCE, BUT I ATTRIBUTED IT TO MY INEXPERIENCE. I AM A BEGINNER AT RIDING. ON 6/13/15 WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A COUNTRY ROAD ONTO A STATE HIGHWAY WHERE QUICK ACCELERATION IS DESIRED THE BIKE BOGGED SLIGHTLY AND THEN PROPELLED LIKE A ROCKET SHIP AGAIN ABLE TO CONTROL THIS BUT IT WASN'T THE DESIRED ACCELERATION FOR THE TURN I WAS MAKING. I AGAIN THOUGHT OPERATOR ERROR UNTIL I ACCELERATED FROM THE STOP LIGHT A MILE OR SO DOWN THE ROAD. AGAIN A SLIGHT BOG AND THEN A ROCKET SHIP THROWING ME BACK ON THE SEAT. ABLE TO CONTROL THE BIKE AND GET TO MY DESTINATION,WHICH WAS TO GET FUEL AS THE LOW FUEL LIGHT WAS ON, AND PUT 2.64 GALLONS IN THE TANK. THE PROBLEM DID NOT PRESENT AFTER THIS ADDITION. A QUICK INTERNET SEARCH OF THIS REVEALED THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE AS I FOUND THESE COMPLAINTS AND A BLOG WERE THE PROBLEM IS BEING DISCUSSED. AFTER READING THESE I ALSO REALIZED THAT THE PREVIOUS OCCURRENCE WAS ON A STATE HIGHWAY ON A LONGER TRIP AND THE LOW FUEL LIGHT CAME ON. WENT TO THE NEAREST GAS STATION AND FUELED. PROBLEM WENT AWAY. TO BE FAIR TOOK THE BIKE TO THE DEALER AND THEY HAVE SAID THEY REPLICATED THE PROBLEM WITH UP TO 1.5 GALLONS IN THE TANK. CURRENTLY THEY ARE WAITING ON A PART IN ORDER TO ATTEMPT THE REPAIR OF THIS ISSUE. PLACING MY EXPERIENCE HERE AS THE OWNERS MANUAL HAS A SECTION WHICH STATES SAFETY DEFECTS MUST BE REPORTED TO THE NHTSA AND HARLEY-DAVIDSON.

FROM A COMPLETE STOP, I ACCELERATED SLOWLY DOWN MY GRAVEL DRIVEWAY TOWARD THE PUBLIC STREET. AS I ACCELERATED AND LEANED LEFT SLIGHTLY TO FOLLOW THE PATH OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE MOTORCYCLE STALLED MOMENTARILY AND THEN IMMEDIATELY ACCELERATED RAPIDLY. I GRABBED THE FRONT BRAKE AND PRESSED DOWN ON THE REAR BRAKE SIMULTANEOUSLY AND THE BIKE SLID AND LAID DOWN. AFTER RECOVERING AND ASSESSING THE SITUATION, I RODE CAUTIOUSLY ON THE PUBLIC STREET TO THE NEAREST GAS STATION AND TOPPED UP THE TANK. AFTER RIDING SEVERAL MILES AND UPON COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AT A STOP LIGHT, I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE AT THE INTERSECTION AND THE BIKE AGAIN STALLED MOMENTARILY AND THEN ACCELERATED RAPIDLY. THE SAME STALLING OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES AT THE SAME AND MULTIPLE SUCCESSIVE INTERSECTIONS. AT NO TIME DID THE LOW FUEL INDICATOR APPEAR LIT ON THE BIKE. AT LAST FAILURE, THE BIKE HAD ROUGHLY ONE-HALF TANK OF FUEL. AT 88 MILES ON THE ODOMETER, MY HUSBAND RODE THE BIKE TO THE DEALER ON 5/23/2015 TO HAVE IT INSPECTED. THERE WERE 95 MILES ON THE ODOMETER WHEN HE DELIVERED THE BIKE TO THE DEALER. THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALER IMPLIED THERE WAS SIMPLY A LACK OF FUEL IN THE TANK. AFTER HAVING THE BIKE FOR SEVERAL DAYS, THE SERVICE MANAGER CONFIRMED THEY WERE ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM WHILE RIDING THE BIKE. THEY'VE HAD THE BIKE FOR NEARLY 4 WEEKS; 2 WEEKS LONGER THAN I HAD THE BIKE. THE SERVICE PERSONNEL HAVE SINCE INDICATED THEY WON'T HAVE PARTS TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE UNTIL AT LEAST THE THIRD WEEK OF JULY, 2015; OTHER DEALERS ASSERT AUGUST. THE BIKE WAS PURCHASED ON MAY 9TH, 2015 AND HAD BEEN RIDDEN TWICE BY ME BEFORE IT WAS RETURNED FOR WARRANTY REPAIR. INITIALLY, THE DEALER SERVICE PERSONNEL ASSERTED THE REPAIRS WEREN'T LIKELY TO BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THEY'VE NOT YET CONFIRMED THAT POSITION. MY HUSBAND'S IDENTICAL MOTORCYCLE HAS THE SAME ISSUE. THE BIKE IS UNSAFE. *TR

FROM A COMPLETE STOP AT AN INTERSECTION, I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE WHILE TURNING RIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION AFTER STOP LIGHT CHANGED. THE BIKE SEEMED TO STALL MOMENTARILY AND THEN RECOVER, THEN STALL AGAIN AND RECOVER AGAIN. THIS HAS SINCE BECOME A REGULARLY OBSERVABLE PATTERN WHEN THE GAS TANK IS PARTIALLY FULL BUT NO LOW FUEL INDICATOR LIGHT DISPLAYS. TOPPING UP THE TANK RESOLVES THE ISSUE AGAIN TEMPORARILY UNTIL THE TANK IS SLIGHTLY LESS THAN HALF FULL. PROBLEM IS MOST PRONOUNCED WHEN TRAVELLING UPHILL OR LEANING THROUGH A TURN.

I WAS RIDING MY BIKE HOME FROM WORK ON 6/1/2015 AND HAVE CONTINUED TO NOTICE ROUGH THROTTLE RESPONSE WHICH IS SOMETHING IVE EXPERIENCED SINCE I PURCHASED IT. THE ISSUE DID SEEM TO BE A LITTLE WORSE THAN USUAL THOUGH WHEN LEAVING THE PARKING LOT AT WORK. I THINK THE TRIPMETER WAS AT ABOUT 85 MILES OR SO WHEN I LEFT. AS IM RIDING HOME, THE LOW FUEL LIGHT NEVER CAME ON AND WAS RIDDING GREAT WHILE IN 3RD GEAR AND UP. STARTING FROM A STOP LIGHT WAS JUMPY THOUGH BUT AGAIN, SOMETHING IVE CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE SINCE BRINGING THE BIKE HOME AND NOT SURE IF IT WAS NORMAL OR NOT. WHEN CLOSE TO MY HOUSE, WHICH IS AT THE TOP OF A HILL, I WAS RIDING UP THE HILL IN FIRST GEAR WHICH I ALWAYS HAVE TO DO SINCE ITS PRETTY STEEP. ABOUT HALF WAY UP THE HILL THE BIKE FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL WHICH MADE ME LEAN FORWARD A BIT DUE TO LOSING SOME MOMENTUM. THEN THE BIKE SURGED FORWARD WHICH ALMOST MADE ME DO A WHEELIE. I REALLY HAD TO WORK THE CLUTCH TO KEEP THE BIKE FROM GETTING AWAY FROM ME. DURING THIS TIME THOUGH, THE LOW FUEL LIGHT CAME ON. THE BIKE CONTINUED TO LOSE POWER AND SURGE UNTIL I FINALLY MADE IT TO THE TOP OF THE HILL WHERE MY HOUSE IS. THE TRIPMETER THEN READ 103.6 MILES WITH THE ODOMETER SHOWING 292 TOTAL MILES. THE BIKE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR OVER A WEEK AND THE LAST UPDATE I RECEIVED WAS THAT THE MECHANIC COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT AND THAT THE FACTORY SAID TO FILL IT UP WITH GAS AND IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN, TO BRING IT BACK FOR REPAIR. I SAID THAT I'M NOT COMFORTABLE RIDING THE BIKE UNTIL IT'S FIXED. I ALSO SAID THAT IF THE BIKE IS LOW ON GAS, IT WILL BE EASY TO RECREATE THE ISSUE. UNFORTUNATELY, I HAD TO PUT GAS IN IT TO RIDE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. HE SAID HE WILL HAVE THE MECHANIC TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.

THIS IS MY SECOND COMPLAINT, ORIGINAL COMPLAINT # 10721274. AFTER FILING THE COMPLAINT, I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO BE FIXED 5/25/15 (MILES IN 106). I WAS NOTIFIED BY THE DEALER THAT THEY SPOKE TO HARLEY-TECH SUPPORT AND THE DEALER WAS ADVISED TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP (REF#248840 REP:JOHN). I RECEIVED NOTIFICATION THE BIKE WAS READY TO BE PICKED UP ON 6/4/2015 ( ALL ISSUES FIXED- FUEL PUMP [LAG AND LEAP CONDITION] AND A NEUTRAL SWITCH FOR THE INDICATOR TO WORK PROPERLY), I WAS NOT ABLE TO PICK THE BIKE UP UNTIL TODAY 6/7/2015. THE VEHICLE OUT MILEAGE WAS 126, THEN I DROVE FOR A SHORT TRIP MAYBE 2 MILES STOPPED / PARKED THE VEHICLE FOR 2 HRS. I THEN STARTED DRIVING AGAIN, WITH IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES I FELT THE BIKE STUMBLE AFTER STARTING FROM A RED LIGHT (1ST GEAR) AND THEN AGAIN IN 2ND GEAR. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE A LITTLE FURTHER AND THEN FROM ANOTHER STOP THE VEHICLE CONSTANTLY SURGED/LURCH AND LEAP CONDITION CONSTANTLY THROUGH 1ST AND 2ND GEAR AND FINALLY STALLED OUT ,ALSO NO LOW FUEL INDICATOR LIGHT ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH A MILEAGE OF 131 MILES. SO, WITHIN 5 MILES AND PROBABLY 15 MINUTES OF DRIVING THE VEHICLE, IT HAS FAILED AGAIN. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION IN PLACE AND THAT HARLEY-DAVIDSON HAS KNOWLEDGE OF THIS ISSUE, PROBLEM IS THEIR RECOMMENDED FIX IS NOT WORKING

SO THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED BUT I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS USER ERROR AND THEN I STARTED PAYING MORE ATTENTION AND IT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN FUEL IS LOW. THE MOST RECENT TIME WAS THE WORST I WAS ON THE FREEWAY WHEN THE FIUEL LIGHT TURNS ON SO I IMMEDIATELY GOT OFF TO FUEL UP. AND EVERY TIME I WOULD TAKE OFF FROM A STOP IT WORK THRUST AND JERK ME LIKE POWER COMPLETELY STOPPED AND THEN IT WAS RAPIDLY ADDED AGAIN AND IT WAS DEFINITELY NOT A PLEASANT FEELING ECERY TIME I FOUGHT THE BIKE NOT TO THROW ME OR TO FALL OVER SPECIALLY SINCE ONE OF THE TIME IT HAPPENED DURING A TURN. I THEN STARTED DOING SOME RESEARCH AND I RAN INTO THIS SIIE AND FOR THE LOOKS OF IT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE EXPERIENCING THIS. ALSO LIKE I MENTIONED THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE I PURCHASED MY BIKE AT THE BEGINNING OF APRIL 2015