Posted by Bluffalo Bob on December 3, 2009, 12:22 am
Found this on another forum from a usually reliable source.
Apparently the service bulletin has not yet been released.
Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc. has decided that a defect which
relates to motor vehicle safety exists on certain model year 2009 and
2010 Touring family vehicles (including CVO touring and Trike
products) built June 6, 2008 through November 19, 2009. On these
vehicles, the fuel tank front mounts may distort in reaction to severe
frame damage from a frontal collision. This condition may cause a fuel
leak at the weld of the front bracket to the tunnel. A fuel leak in
the presence of an ignition source may result in a fire, which could
lead to injury or death of the rider.
We have voluntarily declared this a defect related to motor vehicle
safety (Campaign 0141) to allow us to formally recall all affected
motorcycles. The remedy is to install a left and right hand brace
provided in the recall kit, between the front mounts and the frame.
These braces are intended to reduce front mount distortion during the
crash conditions described above. A service bulletin outlining the
repair and credit procedure will follow within ten days. Based on the
schedule our supplier has provided we expect to begin shipping repair
kits on or before the week of December 14, 2009. Please reference the
Service Bulletin for a detailed description of the defect.
Posted by AH#104 on December 3, 2009, 7:38 am
> vehicles, the fuel tank front mounts may distort
>in reaction to severe frame damage from a frontal
>collision. This condition may cause a fuel leak at
>the weld of the front bracket to the tunnel. A fuel
>leak in the presence of an ignition source may
>result in a fire, which could lead to injury or death of the rider.
If you've just damaged the frame from a frontal collision,
I don't think you're going to care much if the bike goes up in flames.
You won't be anywhere near it, and you'll probably be dead.
But maybe you'd want to take out the fuck that made that left turn in
front of you, that the bike is crushed up against and about to explode
into a flaming heap?
ASSHOLE#104 Len
Posted by Jinks on December 3, 2009, 9:19 am
wrote:
>> vehicles, the fuel tank front mounts may distort
>>in reaction to severe frame damage from a frontal
>>collision. This condition may cause a fuel leak at
>>the weld of the front bracket to the tunnel. A fuel
>>leak in the presence of an ignition source may
>>result in a fire, which could lead to injury or death of the rider.
>If you've just damaged the frame from a frontal collision,
>I don't think you're going to care much if the bike goes up in flames.
>You won't be anywhere near it, and you'll probably be dead.
>But maybe you'd want to take out the fuck that made that left turn in
>front of you, that the bike is crushed up against and about to explode
>into a flaming heap?
In that case you want to hit 'em hard enough to imbed the bike
in the SUV so it'll take out the cage driver in the explosion.
'Course then the MOCO will prolly end the recall, call it a
"feature", & charge extra for it..................
Jinks ('86FXRS, '07FLTR)
#64
Remember, "No good deed goes unpunished"
Posted by Curly LaJolla on December 3, 2009, 12:22 pm
wrote:
>If you've just damaged the frame from a frontal collision,
>I don't think you're going to care much if the bike goes up in flames.
>You won't be anywhere near it, and you'll probably be dead.
My thoughts exactly. I hit at a speed low enough to throw me off the
bike but *not* bend the frame, and I was ten or twelve feet from the
scoot. I can only imagine how far a hard impact would toss me.
--
Curly LaJolla AH#117 BS#107
2004 FLHTPI Cop Bike
The party never ends!
Posted by Steve Paul on December 3, 2009, 1:05 pm
Curly LaJolla wrote:
> wrote:
>> If you've just damaged the frame from a frontal collision,
>> I don't think you're going to care much if the bike goes up in
>> flames. You won't be anywhere near it, and you'll probably be dead.
> My thoughts exactly. I hit at a speed low enough to throw me off the
> bike but *not* bend the frame, and I was ten or twelve feet from the
> scoot. I can only imagine how far a hard impact would toss me.
They're covering their own asses. Someone's gonna be negligent, kill a
biker, get a legal slap on the hand under the umbrella of "accident", and
then exploit the firey explosion to sue the MoCo for 500 million bucks.
In the meantime, the dead biker will disappear into oblivion in the obits of
the local paper, and his greiving family will be lucky to see a payout of a
half mill on a life insurance policy.
--
Steve Paul
EKIII, BS284
'93 FXRS-C "Mule"
No salt, No plans
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>in reaction to severe frame damage from a frontal
>collision. This condition may cause a fuel leak at
>the weld of the front bracket to the tunnel. A fuel
>leak in the presence of an ignition source may
>result in a fire, which could lead to injury or death of the rider.