2009 KAWASAKI VN1700A9FA Engine And Engine Coolingexhaust System Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 KAWASAKI VOYAGER VN1700A9FA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH HE RECEIVED SECOND DEGREE BURNS ON BOTH LEGS FROM THE EXHAUST PIPES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WAS A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE IT PRODUCED EXCESS HEAT WHEN ITS IN MOTION. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE INFORMED ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO HEAT PROBLEM. WHEN THE 2010 MODELS WERE MANUFACTURED THEY STATED THAT THEY FIXED THE HEAT PROBLEM. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS REPAIRED WITH A HEAT SHIELD. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 400 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 7500. UPDATED 01/21/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE FUEL GAUGE WAS INACCURATE, THE KICK STAND WAS TOO LOW, THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN AFTER THE THROTTLE WAS RELEASED, THE ENGINE WOULD GET EXTREMELY HOT. UPDATED 04/20/11

RE: 2009 KAWASAKI VOYAGER MOTORCYCLE THE MOTORCYCLE WAS PURCHASED IN MID JUNE 2009. BY THE END OF JUNE 2009 I WAS COMPLAINING TO THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT EXCESSIVE ENGINE HEAT AND CONCERN ABOUT IT BURNING ME. THE DEALERSHIP AFTER CONVERSATIONS WITH THE KAWASAKI FACTORY IN JUNE AND JULY 2009 TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM AND THAT THE HEAT WAS NORMAL. I TOLD THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT I WAS GOING ON A LONG ROAD TRIP AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HEAT WOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM IN THE SUMMER. THE DEALERSHIP ASSURED ME THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE HEAT BASED ON CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FACTORY. IN THE PROCESS OF RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE ON AN EXTENDED TRIP (750 MILES ONEWAY) I NOTICED THAT MY RIGHT LEG WAS SLIGHTLY BURNING. HOWEVER, I CONTINUED THE TRIP HOME. THE NEXT DAY I WENT TO THE DOCTOR'S WITH A SIGNIFICANT...