NHTSA Complaint #11173833 — 2019 ROYAL ENFIELD HIMALAYAN

MOTORCYCLE DIED WHILE RIDING TODAY, TWICE WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES. BOUGHT THE BIKE YESTERDAY (02/02/2019) AND IT ONLY HAS 55.2 MILES ON IT. WAS OUT FOR A SHORT BREAK-IN RIDE ON COUNTRY ROADS WHEN THE ENGINE CUT OFF, BIKE WENT DEAD. NO USER ERROR WAS INVOLVED. NO ACCIDENTALLY HITTING THE KILL SWITCH, ETC. I'VE BEEN RIDING FOR OVER 25 YEARS. BOTH TIMES I HAD TRAFFIC BEHIND ME. HAD TO PULL OVER QUICKLY SO AS TO NOT BE HIT FROM BEHIND. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO FIND ACCESSIBLE RUNOFF. A LESSER RIDER WOULD HAVE HAD PROBLEMS, OR WORSE. SPEED RANGED FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WHEN THE BIKE CUT OUT AND WHILE IN RIGHT-HAND TURNS. ONLY WAY TO RESTART IS TO TURN KEY TO OFF POSITION AND THEN RESTART. THE BATTERY HAS A FULL CHARGE. NOT SURE IF IT'S RELATED OR NOT BUT A REAR TURN SIGNAL WAS OUT ON THE BIKE WHEN I PICKED IT UP. THE DEALER HAD TO SWAP IT OUT. MUST HAVE BEEN MISSED DURING PDI (ODD GIVEN THE PDI IN TX AND AT THE DEALER). WILL RIDE AGAIN (TO GET IT BACK TO THE DEALER) AND REPORT BACK. HAVE CONTACTED MY DEALER AND REPORTED HE PROBLEM.