NHTSA Complaint #10224386 — 2007 URAL TOURIST

A WEEK AGO (4/5/08) WHILE RIDING MY RURAL MOTORCYCLE ( 2007 TOURIST), I HEARD A LOUD CLICK, CLICK, KLUNK!!! AND THEN THE REAR WHEEL MOMENTARILY FROZE WITH SOME GRINDING AND SCRAPING NOISES. CLICK CLICK KLUNK NOISE SEEMED TO HAVE EMITTED FROM THE CENTER OF THE MOTOR CYCLE AROUND THE MAIN TRANSMISSION AREA. I STOPPED THE MOTORCYCLE AND COULD DETERMINE NO DAMAGE UPON A SIMPLE VISUAL INSPECTION. I TESTED RIDING AND THE BIKE RESUMED WITH OUT PROBLEM. THEN LAST NIGHT , (04/13/08)THE SAME INCIDENT HAPPENED, CLICK, CLICK, KLUNK AND REAR WHEEL FREEZE MOMENTARILY. AGAIN I STOPPED NO VISUAL DAMAGE NOTED AND THE MOTORCYCLE RESUMED WITHOUT PROBLEM. I IMMEDIATELY PROCEEDED HOME, AND AT ONE POINT THE REAR WHEEL MOMENTARILY LOCKED WHEN PROCEEDING TO GO IN FIRST GEAR AFTER BEING STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT. DOES THIS APPEAR TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSMISSION RECALL , CAMPAIGN RECALL NUMBER 07V372000? I PURCHASED THE MOTORCYCLE IN NOVEMBER 2007 AND CURRENT HAVE APPROXIMATELY 8300 KILOMETERS OF MILEAGE ON THE MOTORCYCLE. *TR