NHTSA Complaint #10457273 — 2002 BUELL M2

2002 BUELL M2 MOTORCYCLE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO A DEFECTIVE PIRELLI SCORPION TIRE *TGW WHILE RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CONSUMER LOST STEERING IN THE FRONT TIRE AND ALMOST CRASHED, BUT HIS ARM STRENGTH PREVENTED IT FROM HAPPENING. WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED, THE CONSUMER GRABBED THE HANDLE BARS AND EXERTED OVER 150 POUNDS OF PRESSURE, ALONG WITH DECREASING DECELERATION TO 40 MPH, THEN TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY FLAT AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANYTHING PENETRATING THE TIRE. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE DEALER, WHERE THEY DISCOVERED A HUGE PUNCTURE MARK AND NO INDICATION OF ANY FOREIGN OBJECT PRESENT. THE TIRE WOULD NOT HOLD AIR. *JB