NHTSA Complaint #10434362 — 2011 HARLEY-DAVIDSON VRSCF

07/26/2011 - 2011 H-D VROD MUSCLE (VRSCF) I WAS TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AND GOT OFF AT MY EXIT. AS I WAS DOWNSHIFTING THE LEFT FOOT PEG ASSEMBLY CAME LOSE AND ROTATED DOWN. I WAS ONLY A HALF MILE AWAY FROM HOME USING RESIDENTIAL STREETS. AS I GOT ON MY STREET THE ENTIRE FOOT PEG ASSEMBLY CAME OUT OF THE FRAME AND FELL ONTO THE STREET. AT THIS POINT I HAD NO PLACE TO SET MY FOOT AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CHANGE GEARS. IF I WERE STILL ON THE INTERSTATE THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A DEVASTATING INCIDENT. I EXAMINED THE FOOT PEG ASSEMBLY AND THE BOLT THE KEEPS THE ASSEMBLY IN PLACE HAD SHEARED OFF. THE BIKE WAS FIXED AT DEALERSHIP UNDER WARRANTY. 11/04/11 - I WAS BACKING MY VRSCF OUT OF MY STORAGE SHED IN NEUTRAL. AFTER BACKING UP WENT TO PUT THE BIKE IN HEAR AND THE LEFT FOOT PEG ASSEMBLY AGAIN CAME LOSE AS BEFORE BECAUSE OF A SHEARED BOLT. WHEN I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET A NEW BOLT I NOTICED THE 2012 MODELS OF THE VRSC HAVE AN ENTIRELY NEW WAY OF ATTACHING THE FOOT PEG ASSEMBLY TO THE FRAME. I CONTACTED H-D AND THE SHEARED BOLT IS BEING SENT TO THEM VIA USPS FOR THEM TO EXAMINE. OTHERS WITH SIMILAR ISSUES: HTTP://WWW.1130CC.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=34991 HTTP://WWW.1130CC.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=124227 HTTP://WWW.1130CC.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=145800. *TR