NHTSA Complaint #11486326 — 2022 HARLEY-DAVIDSON FXBBS

Traveling on Calif i10 west midnight February 2022. Approaching exit making lane changes to make exit safely. Speeds of 65 70 mph. Pushed down on rear brake of motorcycle and the pedal fell completely off of it mount and became suddenly ineffective. No back brakes able to stop the bike utilizing alternative methods and heavy engine transmission use and barely the front brakes since relying on only that tool to stop the vehicle snd i wiukd have been disasteroys if not fatal. Flew into empty cross street street banked hard right finally got vehicle completely stopped at intersection. Traveled ahead to local town to locate something to use to repair brake pedal got to a point where I harvested a bolt from the seat of the bike to secure the pedal on the bike until I could repair it properly at a friends house. Too many close calls using this ineffective back brake have led me to this report intersections, near collusion , collision avoidance ,hazardous road conditions suddenly appear loose gravel and one wild skunk.. there seems to be nothing rider can do and nothing for a fact that the manufacturer wants to do to improve the safety and proper function of this defective system because I found that they have a silent recall on their known faulty brakes systems opting to silence only those who present a complaint etc about them. And this is a very significant function of the vehicle . And has caused the use of this vehicle I purchased in January to he scaled down to near trophy only use. Electrical issues i covered in my last filing.