NHTSA Complaint #10525289 — 2013 KAWASAKI NINJA 300

MY FIRST BIKE, I RIDE HER WHEN THERE ISN'T TRAFFIC,3 DAYS/WK FROM MAY-JULY '13. I RODE HER TO WORK MONDAY. AS I APPROACHED A LIGHT AT 30 MPH, LIGHT TURNS RED, I START TO SLOW DOWN, AS I PULLED THE CLUTCH IN TO DOWN SHIFT TO A LOWER GEAR, MY BIKE STALLED ON ME. THE IDLE DROPPED, NO WARNINGS OR ANYTHING, IT JUST TURNS OFF. I TURNED HER BACK ON, SEEMS TO START UP FINE. I PROCEEDED TO THE STOP LIGHT TO GET ONTO THE FREEWAY. I''M DRIVING HER ON THE FREEWAY, GOING MY NORMAL SPEED, BUT SOMETHING FELT DIFFERENT, SHE WASN'T PUSHING AT HER NORMAL SPEED. AS I SPED UP ON THE FREEWAY SHIFTING FROM ONE GEAR TO THE NEXT, SHE WASN'T GIVING ME THE RIGHT POWER. HER RPM SOUNDED OFF AS IF I WAS RED-LINING ON 3RD GEAR, BUT RPM WAS 4000.I EXITED THE FREEWAY AT ABOUT 55 MPH, STARTED TO DOWNSHIFT TO SLOW DOWN FOR TRAFFIC LIGHTS.I DOWNSHIFTED TO SLOW. CONTINUED TO DOWN SHIFT FROM 3RD TO 2ND, AS I PULLED IN THE CLUTCH, THE IDLE DROPPED & IT STALLED AGAIN. I STARTED HER BACK UP AGAIN AND PROCEEDED TO GO WITH A GREEN LIGHT. I AM GOING ABOUT 15-20 MPH AND PULLED IN THE CLUTCH AND APPLIED THE BRAKES TO COME TO ANOTHER FULL STOP BUT THE IDLE DROPPED AND STALLED AGAIN. WHAT I DID TO PREVENT HER FROM STALLING ON ME AFTER TURNING HER BACK ON AT A RED LIGHT IS INSTEAD OF HOLDING IN THE CLUTCH WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO TURN GREEN, I SLOWLY LET THE CLUTCH OUT, BARELY MAKING HER MOVE, AT THE SAME TIME HOLDING DOWN THE BRAKES WHILE GIVING HER VERY LITTLE GAS SO THAT THE IDLE STAYS UP W/O STALLING.I CALLED MY BROTHER AT WORK, TOLD HIM THE PROBLEMS I'M HAVING & HOW IT STALLS WHEN I PULL IN THE CLUTCH TO SLOW DOWN. OCCURS WHEN I GO UNDER 20-15 MPH. TURNS OUT THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS PROBLEM & THEY INFORMED KAWASAKI,BUT WAS TOLD ITS NORMAL..ITS A SAFETY ALERT! I STALLED ABOUT 20 TIMES IN 15 MINS, THIS ISSUE SEEMS TO OCCURS WHEN APPROACHING STOPS OR SLOWING DOWN UNDER 20 MPH. *TR