NHTSA Complaint #10227198 — 2004 BMW R1150 R

I WAS STARTING AND BOARDING MY MOTORCYCLE AS NORMALLY USED. THE DAY WAS BRIGHT AND SUNNY AND ABOUT 70 DEGREES F. FUEL BEGAN TO LEAK FROM THE RIGHT SIDE JUST ABOVE THE RIGHT CYLINDER. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION I DISCOVERED THE QUICK DISCONNECT FUEL LINE FITTING HAD BEGUN TO LEAK GASOLINE. THE FUEL WAS COLLECTING ON THE CYLINDER HEAD AND POURING ONTO THE EXHAUST PIPING. I IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND STEPPED BACK FROM THE BIKE. LUCKILY NO FIRE ENSUED BUT THE BIKE AND I WERE COVERED IN RAW GAS. I HAD A FLAT BED TOW TRUCK TRANSPORT THE BIKE TO A LOCAL BMW DEALER THE FOLLOWING DAY. REPAIRS WERE MADE AND I WAS CHARGED $102 FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE QUICK DISCONNECT. THE DEALER INFORMED ME THIS IS A "COMMON" ISSUE WITH THIS BIKE. THIS COULD HAVE ENDED MUCH WORSE IN MANY WAYS. I WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF ANY SUCH CONDITION. I AM THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER OF THE VEHICLE. *TR