NHTSA Complaint #10512579 — 2013 KAWASAKI EX300

ENGINE STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY FOR NO REASON. NO USER ERROR. MOTORCYCLE WAS SITTING IN SUN IN A PARKING LOT FOR 40 MINUTES. I STARTED THE MOTORCYCLE, LET IT WARM UP FOR 5 MINUTES THEN TOOK OFF. AS I WAS LEAVING PARKING LOT I PULLED IN CLUTCH AS I CAME TO A STOP SIGN. AT THIS TIME THE ENGINE RPMS DROPPED TO ZERO AND THE ENGINE STALLED/DIED. I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STARTED THE MOTORCYCLE AGAIN. I RETURNED TO THE PARKING LOT AND RE TESTED WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN I PULLED IN THE CLUTCH. THIS TIME ENGINE RPMS DROPPED VERY LOW BUT THE BIKE DID NOT STALL. I ENDED UP MAKING IT HOME WITH NO MORE PROBLEMS THAT DAY. SINCE THAT EXPERIENCE THE MOTORCYCLE STALLS WHEN I FIRST START RIDING IT AND PULL IN THE CLUTCH. THIS MOSTLY HAPPENS WHEN THE MOTORCYCLE HAS BEEN SITTING IN THE SUN FOR SOME TIME. AFTER RIDING FOR A FEW MINUTES AND GOING THROUGH GEARS THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY. IT HAS NOT HAPPENED YET AT HIGHER GEARS, JUST IN FIRST AND MAYBE SECOND GEARS. THE PROBLEM DOES NOT HAPPEN IN THE MORNING (WHEN THE AIR IS COLDER AND THE MOTORCYCLE HAS BEEN IN THE GARAGE). ENGINE IDLE IS SET PROPERLY. ON A MOTORCYCLE, AN ENGINE STALLING UNEXPECTEDLY AND FOR NO OBVIOUS REASON IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THE ABILITY TO "GET OUT OF THE WAY" IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE WHEN STOPPED ON A MOTORCYCLE. *TR