2013 Kawasaki Ninja 300

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

THE PROBLEM I AM HAVING WITH THE KAWASAKI NINJA 300 SE IS THE STALLING ISSUE THAT MANY OTHERS HAVE REPORTED. THE ISSUE NEVER HAPPENS IN THE MORNING, IT HAPPENS AFTER I DRIVE THE BIKE THEN IT SITS OUTSIDE. THE TIME BEFORE I RIDE IT AGAIN COULD BE A HALF HOUR, OR 8 HOURS. I START UP THE BIKE AND LET IT WARM UP A COUPLE MINUTES, THEN BEGIN DRIVING. NO PROBLEMS UP TO THIS POINT. I THEN GET NEAR MY FIRST STOP SIGN OR STOP LIGHT AND EASE OFF THE THROTTLE AND PULL THE CLUTCH IN TO DOWN SHIFT. THE SECOND I PULL THE CLUTCH IN, THE RPM'S DROP AND THE BIKE STALLS OUT. THIS HAS HAPPENED 5 TIMES IN THE LAST THREE DAYS I HAVE DRIVEN IT. ONE TIME I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION TRYING TO START MY BIKE, THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THE PROBLEM, BUT IT IS A WELL KNOWN ISSUE ON THE HTTP://WWW.KAWASAKININJA300.COM/ FORUM. PLEASE SEE HTTP://WWW.KAWASAKININJA300.COM/FORUM/11-NINJA-300-ISSUES-TROUBLESHOOTING/928-NINJA-300-STALL.HTML WHERE THERE ARE OVER 54 PAGES OF COMPLAINTS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 35MPH DOWNSHIFTING SLOWING DOWN FOR A STOP. WHEN I GOT TO ABOUT 20MPH I PULLED IN THE CLUTCH AND THE ENGINE DIED, I PANICKED A LITTLE BUT WAS ABLE TO GET THE BIKE STOPPED. I STARTED IT BACK UP WHILE IN TRAFFIC AND COMMITTED TO MY TURN AND PROCEEDED TO THE NEXT STOP. THE BIKE DID THE SAME THING AGAIN, THIS TIME I WAS DOING BETWEEN 10-15MPH AND AS SOON AS I PULLED IN THE CLUTCH IT DIED. I WAS ABLE TO START THE BIKE BACK UP AND CONTINUE ON. NOW ON A STRAIGHT ROAD I TRIED TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM AGAIN BY JUST CRUISING ABOUT 35MPH AND LETTING OFF THE THROTTLE AND PULLING IN THE CLUTCH AND THE BIKE DIED ONCE AGAIN. I THEN PROCEEDED TO MY LOCAL DEALER FOR THEM TO LOOK AT THE BIKE AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND ANY PROBLEM OR REPLICATE THE ISSUE. IT SEEMS THAT ONCE THE BIKE GETS UP TO OPERATING TEMP, MIND YOU IT WAS SITTING IN 95+ DEGREE HEAT, IT RUNS OK. I CAN EASILY REPLICATE THIS BY LEAVING THE BIKE IN HIGH HEAT/DIRECT SUNLIGHT FOR A FEW HOURS AND THEN FOR THE FIRST TWO OR THREE STOPS I MAKE IT WILL CAUSE THE ISSUE. MY DEALERSHIP HAS CALLED KAWASAKI AND THEY DENIED THERE BEING A PROBLEM WITH THE BIKE. *TR

TRAVELING AT THE SPEED OF 40 MILES PER HOUR, WAS APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT. DEPRESSED THE CLUTCH LEVER TO DOWNSHIFT, THE ENGINE RPM FELL TO ZERO AND ENGINE DIED. CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, RESTARTED ENGINE AND RESUMED MY TRAVEL. STOPPED AT MY LOCAL BANK, PULLED OUT OF THE DRIVE OF BANK ON TO HIGHWAY, TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES PER HOUR, DEPRESSED CLUTCH TO SHIFT INTO SECOND GEAR, RPM FELL TO ZERO AND ENGINE DIED, BACKING UP TRAFFIC AND PUTTING ME INTO HARMS WAY. PUSHED BIKE TO SIDE OF ROAD AND RESTARTED. THE SAME SITUATION HAPPENED (4) MORE TIMES ON THIS DATE. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST INCIDENT IN WHICH THIS HAS HAPPENED. PRIOR TO THIS EVENT IT HAS OCCURRED NO LESS THAN (6) TIMES BEFORE. THE OCCURRENCE OF THE ENGINE STALLING INCREASE MORE AND MORE. THIS IS BECOMING A REAL SAFETY ISSUE! *TR