NHTSA Complaint #752641 — 2001 HARLEY-DAVIDSON SPORTSTER

I PURCHASED THE MOTORCYCLE NEW AND IT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT A MAJOR PROBLEM FROM THE MIRRORS FALLING OFF WILL MOVING, HEAD LIGHT AIMED AT THE SKY NOT TOO THE ROAD, PART OF THE FORWARD GEAR SHIFT CONTROL FALLING OFF OVER AND OVER, LEAKING OIL FROM THE HEAD AND THE LOWER END AND FROM THE AIR CLEANER. I KEEP TAKING THE BIKE BACK TO THE DEALER AND HAVE BEEN TOLD ITS NOT LEAKING BUT THERE IS OIL ALL OVER THE BIKE(THEY ACT LIKE I MAY BE DUMPING IT ON TIL THEY PUT A DYE IN IT THEN ITS WILL THIS PART IS BAD AND THIS PART IS BAD), ON THE MIRRIOR I HAD TO FIX IT AND THEN THEY LOOKED AT IT AND SAID THE BOLTS NEEDED TO REPLACED AND THEY WHERE NOT, THE SHIFTER I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO WAY IT COULD KEEP FALLING OFF EVEN AFTER I SHOWED THEM IT WAS BY JUST PULLING IT OFF BY HAND, ON THE WHOLE THE BIKE HASD NOT RIDEABLE FOR A TOTAL OF 10 WEEKS DUE TO NOT BEING SET UP RIGHT, BAD PARTS, AND JUST A GENERAL NON CARING OF THE DEALER TO FIX ANY OF THE PROBLEMS SHOWED TO THEM LIKE TAKING IT OVER FOR A LEAK THEM KEEPING THE BIKE FOR A WEEK OR LONGER THEN TELLING ME ITS NOT LEAKING I GO AND PICK THE BIKE UP AND RIDE 30-40 MILES AND THERE IS OIL ALL OVER IT AND I TAKE IT RIGHT BACK AND ITS LIKE WILL ITS NOT LEAKING WHEN WE HAVE IT AND THEN PARTS ARE ORDERED AND MONTHS LATER THEY GET AROUND TO CALLING TO HAVE THE BIKE BROUGHT IN.*AK