2009 HARLEY-DAVIDSON VRSCF Unknown Or Other Problems

THE BOLT THAT HOLDS THE SHIFTER AND LEFT FOOT PEDAL BREAKS, ALLOWING THE FOOT PEDAL TO ROTATE DOWN AND BECOME UNUSABLE AND ALSO ALLOWS IT TO COME OUT AND BECOME FOD ON THE ROADWAY. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THE RIDERS LEFT FOOT FALLS TO THE PAVEMENT. MINE HAS BROKEN TWICE, BOTH TIMES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT, I REPAIRED USING THE SAME DESIGN EXCEPT WITH A STRONGER BOLT. THE SECOND TIME, I ALTERED THE DESIGN AS CAN BE SEEN ON THIS YOUTUBE VIDEO I MADE TO HELP OTHERS. HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=O6SDDFQILG8. IF YOU WATCH THROUGH THE FIRST 1:20 YOU WILL SEE EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND THE RESULT. THERE IS A HARLEY VROD FORUM ON-LINE THAT DOCUMENTS MANY SIMILAR INSTANCES. THIS IS JUST A POOR DESIGN AND THERE IS AN EASY FIX. SHIFTING TO THE NEXT HIGHER GEAR SEEMS TO BE WHAT FORCES THE ISSUE AS A RIDER WILL PULL...

FUEL GAUGE READS ANYWHERE FROM EMPTY TO FULL AT RANDOM TIMES - REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE ACTUAL FUEL LEVEL IN THE TANK IS. EXAMPLE: #1. I FILLED THE FUEL TANK, AS I DRIVE AWAY FROM THE GAS STATION, THE GAUGE SUDDENLY GOES TO "E", AND LOW FUEL INDICATOR COMES ON; #2. THE GAUGE FLUCTUATED FROM FULL TO EMPTY WITHIN 4 MILES OF FILLING UP. #3. AFTER FILLING THE TANK, I DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD, AND THE GAUGE READS "E" AND THE LOW FUEL INDICATOR COMES ON, I STOP TO FILL, AND ONLY 1 GALLON GOES IN BEFORE IT IS AT THE TOP; AS I DRIVE AWAY THE GAUGE READS "E", AND 118 MILES DOWN THE ROAD IT CHANGES TO "F", ON THE SAME TANK OF GAS. ALL OF THIS OCCURS REGARDLESS OF ELEVATION, SPEED, OR ANGLE OF THE BIKE. *TR