NHTSA Complaint #10373814 — 2009 BUELL 1125R

1. RIDING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS 40-90 DEGREES OUT OF THE BLUE I GET A SYSTEM-VOLTAGE ACROSS MY SPEEDOMETER SCREEN. 2. WHEN THE SYSTEM VOLTAGE COMES ON I HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST I AM GOING, I HAVE NO GAUGES, AND MOST IMPORTANT I HAVE NO TURN-SIGNALS. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME 8 TIMES IN ONE YEAR. DARING THESE 8 TIMES MY SPEEDOMETER AND TURN SIGNALS HAVE BEEN RENDERED USELESS. I HAVE ABOUT BEEN HIT 3OF THE 8 TIMES DUE TO SCENARIOS LIKE THIS ONE WHICH I WAS ABOUT KILLED. I PUT MY ARM UP TO TURN RIGHT, THE CAR BEHIND ME WAS BEING PASSED AND SOON AS HE GOT AN OPENING, THE CAR BEHIND ME MADE A FAST SWERVE AROUND ME LEAVING THE CAR RIDDING HIS BUMPER WITH LITTLE TO NO REACTION TIME WHILE HE WAS LOCKING UP HIS BREAKS MADE ME ALTER MY PLAN. AFTER I ALTERED MY PLAN THE DRIVER WHO ABOUT HIT ME BECAUSE OF NO TURN SIGNAL SWERVES AT ME WHILE YELLING USE YOUR TURN-SIGNAL AND FLIPPING ME OFF. THIS ALL HAPPENED WHILE TRYING TO AVOID A POT-HOLE, AND SAND MAKING ME TAKE MY LEFT ARM DOWN FOR A SECOND. "SEC. 2.5. A MOTORCYCLE MANUFACTURED ON JANUARY 1, 1956, OR AFTER THIS DATE IS REQUIRED TO BE EQUIPPED WITH THE FOLLOWING DEVICES: (1) A REAR VIEW MIRROR. (2) A SPEEDOMETER.(3) MECHANICAL OR ELECTRIC TURN SIGNALS."(INDIANA MOTORCYCLE LAW) 3.ALL WORK DONE BY HARLEY DAVIDSON. SYSTEM VOLTAGE CAME ON IN THE BEGGING OF FEB. 2010 NEW CHARGING SUB-HARNESS WAS PUT ON FEB 2010 TO FIX THE CHARGING SYSTEM PROBLEM RECALL BY NHTSA(WHICH CAUSES SYSTEM VOLTAGE). SYSTEM VOLTAGE CAME ON IN JUNE 2010, JULY 2010 I TOOK THE BIKE IN AND NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND. MORE TIME?S UNTIL AUG. 2010 THE CHARGING SYSTEM BURNT SOME WIRE AND THE STATOR WENT BAD. AUG. 2010 REPLACED; STATOR, SUB-HARNESS, VOLTAGE REGULATOR. SYSTEM VOLTAGE OCT 2010, JAN. 2011 SYSTEM VOLTAGE DO I HAVE TO LOSE MY LIFE BEFORE HARLEY DAVIDSON BUELL FIXES A KNOWN PROBLEM? *TR