NHTSA Complaint #10784960 — 2015 HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLD

WHILE RIDING THE BIKE I HEARD AN UNUSUAL METAL NOISE (EVER SO SLIGHT NEXT TO THE SOUND OF THE BIKE) LOOKED DOWN TO DISCOVER REAR BRAKE ROD DISCONNECTED FROM REAR BRAKE PEDDLE. CLEVIS PIN AND COTTER APPARENTLY DROPPED OFF THE BIKE. WHEN I WENT TO TAP THE BRAKE PEDDLE, TO STOP THE BIKE, IT WAS HORIZONTAL TO THE PAVEMENT AND COMPLETELY INOPERABLE. BLACK WIDOW H-D PUT A 1/4 X 1" BOLT - WASHER - WASHER - NUT [WITH LOCTITE] ON IT AND ORDERED A REPLACEMENT PIN. SECONDARY PROBLEM IS AN OVERWHELMING ODOR OF UN-BURNED GASOLINE THAT FILLS THE GARAGE WITHIN MINUTES OF PARKING THE BIKE, I HAVE SMELT THE GASOLINE WHILE SITTING AT A LIGHT AS WELL. I HAVE NOW MADE THE ISSUE KNOW TWICE FIRST TIME TO NAPLES HD (AT THE 1,000 MILE SERVICE) AND SECONDARILY TO BLACK WIDOW HD (ON 10/19/15). I AM GOING TO PURCHASE A METER THAT I CAN COLLECT INFORMATION REGARDING THE RAW GASOLINE IN THE AIR INSIDE THE SPACE WHERE THE BIKE IS PARKED. AS GASOLINE IS A WELL KNOWN CARCINOGEN.....UPDATED 12/02/15 *BF; UPDATED 4/24/18*JB UPDATED 05/17/18*JB