2013 Kawasaki Ninja 300

MY FIRST BIKE, I RIDE HER WHEN THERE ISN'T TRAFFIC,3 DAYS/WK FROM MAY-JULY '13. I RODE HER TO WORK MONDAY. AS I APPROACHED A LIGHT AT 30 MPH, LIGHT TURNS RED, I START TO SLOW DOWN, AS I PULLED THE CLUTCH IN TO DOWN SHIFT TO A LOWER GEAR, MY BIKE STALLED ON ME. THE IDLE DROPPED, NO WARNINGS OR ANYTHING, IT JUST TURNS OFF. I TURNED HER BACK ON, SEEMS TO START UP FINE. I PROCEEDED TO THE STOP LIGHT TO GET ONTO THE FREEWAY. I''M DRIVING HER ON THE FREEWAY, GOING MY NORMAL SPEED, BUT SOMETHING FELT DIFFERENT, SHE WASN'T PUSHING AT HER NORMAL SPEED. AS I SPED UP ON THE FREEWAY SHIFTING FROM ONE GEAR TO THE NEXT, SHE WASN'T GIVING ME THE RIGHT POWER. HER RPM SOUNDED OFF AS IF I WAS RED-LINING ON 3RD GEAR, BUT RPM WAS 4000.I EXITED THE FREEWAY AT ABOUT 55 MPH, STARTED TO DOWNSHIFT TO SLOW DOWN FOR TRAFFIC LIGHTS.I DOWNSHIFTED TO SLOW. CONTINUED TO DOWN SHIFT FROM 3RD TO 2ND, AS I PULLED IN THE CLUTCH, THE IDLE DROPPED & IT STALLED AGAIN. I STARTED HER BACK UP AGAIN AND PROCEEDED TO GO WITH A GREEN LIGHT. I AM GOING ABOUT 15-20 MPH AND PULLED IN THE CLUTCH AND APPLIED THE BRAKES TO COME TO ANOTHER FULL STOP BUT THE IDLE DROPPED AND STALLED AGAIN. WHAT I DID TO PREVENT HER FROM STALLING ON ME AFTER TURNING HER BACK ON AT A RED LIGHT IS INSTEAD OF HOLDING IN THE CLUTCH WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO TURN GREEN, I SLOWLY LET THE CLUTCH OUT, BARELY MAKING HER MOVE, AT THE SAME TIME HOLDING DOWN THE BRAKES WHILE GIVING HER VERY LITTLE GAS SO THAT THE IDLE STAYS UP W/O STALLING.I CALLED MY BROTHER AT WORK, TOLD HIM THE PROBLEMS I'M HAVING & HOW IT STALLS WHEN I PULL IN THE CLUTCH TO SLOW DOWN. OCCURS WHEN I GO UNDER 20-15 MPH. TURNS OUT THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS PROBLEM & THEY INFORMED KAWASAKI,BUT WAS TOLD ITS NORMAL..ITS A SAFETY ALERT! I STALLED ABOUT 20 TIMES IN 15 MINS, THIS ISSUE SEEMS TO OCCURS WHEN APPROACHING STOPS OR SLOWING DOWN UNDER 20 MPH. *TR

HAD IT PARKED AT WORK AND WHEN I LEFT TO COME HOME IT STALLED OUT FIVE SEPARATE TIMES IN 2 MILES. EVERY TIME WAS WHEN I WAS SLOWING DOWN. IT WOULD JUST SHUT DOWN, NO WARNING. FIRST TIME I PULLED OFF SIDE OF THE ROAD TO AVOID BEING REAR ENDED BY A TRUCK. THE SECOND TIME SLOWING FOR A STOP SIGN. SAME ON THE THIRD , FOURTH AND FIFTH. BY THE TIME I MADE IT HOME I WAS A NERVOUS WRECK. THIS IS RIDICULOUS THE BIKE ONLY HAS 27 MILES ON IT. I'M REALLY TICKED OFF AND THIS IS NOT SAFE THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING 40MPH, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DOWN SHIFT, I PULLED MY CLUTCH IN, THE BIKE'S RPM FALLS TO ZERO AND THE ENGINE DIES. THERE WAS NO WAY TO SAVE THE BIKE, BLIPPING THE THROTTLE WITH THE DOWNSHIFT DID NOTHING TO SAVE IT FROM STALLING. THIS HAPPENS EVERYDAY THAT THE BIKE SITS IN THE SUN WHILE I WAS AT WORK. THE BIKE USUALLY DIES AT THE SAME TRAFFIC LIGHT THAT I STOP AT, USUALLY IT DIES 2-3 TIMES DOWN THE ROAD AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS THEN THE STALLING PROBLEM GOES AWAY. NOW, I FEAR FOR MY SAFETY, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I HAPPEN TO UPSHIFT IN THAT CORNER AND THE ENGINE STALL, HAVING CARS BEHIND ME COULD BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION, BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T KNOW WHY I SLOW DOWN SUDDENLY WHILE COMING TO A STOP AFTER A CORNER. I DON'T WANT TO GET REAR ENDED BECAUSE OF THE BIKE'S PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MAKING A RIGHT TURN AND THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING A LOUD BANGING NOISE. IT MADE IT 3 TIMES AND THE ENGINE JUST CUT OFF. I ALMOST GOT INTO A ACCIDENT. ON TOP OF THAT THE RIGHT FENDER ON MY BIKE KEEPS POPPING OUT OF THE SOCKET AND JUST HANGS THERE I CALLED KAWASAKI DEALERSHIP ABOUT IT SEVERAL TIMES.. THIS IS MY FIRST BIKE.. *TR

THE ENGINE ON THE MOTORCYCLE STALLED WHEN I PULLED IN THE CLUTCH TO DOWNSHIFT. I WAS IN 6TH GEAR AND GOING AROUND 40 MPH AND NEEDED TO START SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A TURN UP AHEAD. WHEN I PULLED IN THE CLUTCH TO DOWNSHIFT, THE ENGINE TOTALLY CUT OUT. THE ENGINE STARTED BACK UP AGAIN WHEN I RELEASED THE CLUTCH, SIMILAR TO A ROLL START, BUT I WAS STILL IN 6TH GEAR, SO THE BIKE BARELY GOT GOING AND SHUTTERED QUITE A BIT. I IMMEDIATELY DOWNSHIFTED A COUPLE OF GEARS AND THAT BALANCED IT OUT. I THEN TURNED INTO MY APARTMENT COMPLEX IN 3RD GEAR AND DROVE AROUND TO MY APARTMENT. I PULLED IN THE CLUTCH TO SLOW DOWN AS I REACHED MY GARAGE LOCATION AND THE BIKE STALLED AGAIN. AT THAT POINT, I WAS CLOSE ENOUGH TO MY GARAGE TO JUST COAST THE REST OF THE WAY UNTIL I STOPPED IN FRONT OF MY GARAGE. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THE ENGINE STALLED ON THIS BIKE AND IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN SINCE THAT TIME. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS REPORTS FROM OTHER OWNERS ABOUT THIS VERY SAME ISSUE ON THE KAWASAKININJA300.COM FORUM. THERE ARE NOW 60 PAGES OF REPORTS AND DISCUSSIONS ON THIS ISSUE IN THE FORUM. HERE IS THE LINK FOR YOUR REFERENCE AND RESEARCH HTTP://WWW.KAWASAKININJA300.COM/FORUM/11-NINJA-300-ISSUES-TROUBLESHOOTING/928-NINJA-300-STALL.HTML. IF THIS ENGINE STALL WERE TO HAPPEN AT THE WRONG TIME (IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN, WHEN YOU SUDDENLY HAVE TO SPEED UP TO AVOID AN ISSUE, ETC.), THIS ISSUE COULD EASILY RESULT IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND/ OR FATALITY. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE AND KAWASAKI NEEDS TO TAKE ACTION TO CORRECT IT BEFORE IT RESULTS IN AN UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT. I HAVE CONTACTED MY DEALER ABOUT THIS AND THEY HAVE CONTACTED KAWASAKI, BUT KAWASAKI HAS YET TO ACKNOWLEDGE TO MY DEALER THAT THIS ISSUE EXISTS ON THE NINJA 300. ANY HELP YOU CAN PROVIDE TO GET THIS ISSUE ACKNOWLEDGED AND RESOLVED FOR THE HUNDREDS OF OWNERS IT AFFECTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. *TR

THE FIRST TIME THIS BIKE STALLED ON ME WAS AROUND 400 MILES. I WARMED THE BIKE UP FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES THEN PULLED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. GOT DOWN THE STREET ABOUT 2 BLOCKS AND LET OFF THE THROTTLE TO ALLOW THE ENGINE TO BRAKE ITSELF AND AROUND 15 MPH I CLUTCHED IN AND APPLIED BOTH BRAKES. THEN I NOTICED THE BIKE WAS ROLLING WITHOUT ANY ENGINE POWER SO I LOOKED DOWN AND MY POWER WAS OFF. LUCKILY THIS WAS IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD SO I PULLED OVER AND DIDN'T GET RAN OVER. I HAD NO CLUE WHAT WAS GOING ON THINKING IT WAS JUST A ONE TIME THING AND STARTED THE ENGINE AGAIN AND WENT ON. HOWEVER, JUST A FEW DAYS AGO IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THE BIKE AT THE TIME HAS ABOUT 2800 MILES. THIS TIME WAS WORSE. JUST AS BEFORE I WARMED UP THE BIKE FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES BEFORE TAKING OFF. I LEFT WORK AND WENT DOWN THE STREET ABOUT A BLOCK AND ALLOW THE ENGINE TO BRAKE ITSELF BEFORE I USE THE CLUTCH TO DOWN SHIFT AND APPLY THE BRAKES. IT STALLS. THERE WAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC WHERE I WORK SO I MANAGED TO PULL OVER AND RESTARTED IT. WENT ABOUT ANOTHER BLOCK AND AS I WAS SLOWING DOWN IT STALLS AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES. THE FOURTH TIME IT HAPPENED I PULLED OVER TO THE GAS STATION THAT WAS (LUCKILY) RIGHT NEXT TO ME. GOT OFF AND CHECKED AROUND THE BIKE TO SEE IF ANYTHING WAS WRONG AND DECIDED TO ADJUST THE IDLE HIGHER. STARTED THE BIKE AND REVVED IT A FEW TIMES TO SEE IF THE IDLE READJUSTS OR STALLS AGAIN. TOOK OFF AND STARTED RIDING HOME. STARTING OFF AND SLOWING DOWN WAS SLUGGISH THE FIRST FEW TIMES AFTER I LEFT THE GAS STATION BUT IT GOT BETTER NOW BUT I HAVE TO KEEP ADJUSTING THE IDLE TO KEEP IT FROM KILLING ITSELF. MY IDLE IS SET NOW TO LIKE 1500 RPM. AND ON TOP OF THAT I'M NOW HEARING SOME KIND OF VIBRATION FROM 5000-5500 RPM RANGE IN ALL GEARS THAT WAS NOT THERE BEFORE. IT APPEARS TO BE COMING FROM UNDER THE GAS TANK AND THE ENGINE AREA. *TR

I WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN IN SECOND GEAR. I APPLIED A NORMAL AMOUNT OF BRAKE PRESSURE TO BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES AS I PULLED THE CLUTCH LEVER IN. AS SOON AS THE CLUTCH WAS DISENGAGED AND THE ENGINE RPM'S SLOWED THE BIKE'S ENGINE STALLED. I WAS NOT GOING SLOW ENOUGH FOR THE ENGINE TO BE STALLED BY THE TRANSMISSION, IT WAS STILL AT LEAST 6000 RPM WHEN I APPLIED THE CLUTCH. *TR