Pro Taper Recall

 http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08306.html


Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 18, 2008
Release #08-306

Firm's Recall Hotline: (866) 217-7750
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908

Tucker Rocky Recalls Off-Road Motorcycle Clamp Kits; Bolts Can Break
Causing Handlebars to Separate During a Crash and Cause Serious Injury

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in
cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary
recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using
recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: Pro Taper Clamp Kits Used With Off-Road Motorcycles

Units: About 12,000

Distributor: Tucker Rocky Distributing, of Fort Worth, Texas

Hazard: Some of the bolts included in the clamp kits (or sold
separately) if installed incorrectly can break under extreme force
such as a crash. This can cause the handlebars to separate posing a
risk of serious injury to the rider.

Incidents/Injuries: There have been seven reports of bolts breaking.
No injuries have been reported.

Description: The Pro Taper Clamp Kits are aftermarket accessories for
off-road motorcycles. The recall involves the following kits and part
numbers:

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Upper Triple Clamp Kit: 02-2824, 02-2825, 02-2826, 02-2827, 02-2828,
02-2829, 02-2843, 02-2844, 02-2845, 02-2846, 02-2849, 02-2851

Complete Triple Clamp Kit 02-2830: 02-2831, 02-2832, 02-2833, 02-2834,
02-2839, 02-2840, 02-2847, 02-2848, 02-2850, 02-2852, 02-2853,
02-2854, 02-2855

Handlebar Clamp Kit (Universal Solid Mount Kit and Universal Rubber
Mount Kit): 02-2821, 02-2822
Replacement Bolt Kit: 02-2855, 02-2886

Sold at: Motorcycle dealerships nationwide from October 2007 through
March 2008 and ranged in price from $5 for the Replacement Bolt Kit to
$440 for the Complete Triple Clamp Kit.

Manufactured in: Taiwan

Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop riding off-road motorcycles
equipped with the recalled kits and contact the firm for free
replacement bolts.

Consumer Contact: For further information, call Tucker Rocky
Distributing toll-free at (866) 217-7750 anytime, or visit the firm's
Web site at www.protaper.com

To see this recall on CPSC's web site, including pictures of the
recalled products, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08306.html

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting
the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from
more than 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's
jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries and property damage from consumer
product incidents cost the nation more than $800 billion annually. The
CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products
that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard. The
CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys,
cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals -
contributed significantly to the decline in the rate of deaths and
injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years.

To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call CPSC's
hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270,
or visit CPSC's web site at www.cpsc.gov/talk.html. To join a CPSC
email subscription list, please go to https://www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.aspx .
Consumers can obtain this release and recall information at CPSC's Web
site at www.cpsc.gov.
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Good thing I bought mine in 2001...


Tami-

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Good thing I bought mine in 2001...
just means they assume you would have replaced them old ones by now, right?

What happened when you "break under extreme force such as a crash,.fall or
crash" and the bolts are STOCK?  they gonna recall my boots because "in
Extreme circumstances, might fail to protect my foot?  what about helmets
that might break in half in Extreme impacts?

I mean damn, they arent breaking just in normal use of riding around, or do
you guys fall down just all the time, thus is "normal" use?

Tami-

 
I'm not going to answer that.

JayC

 
me neither, lol!

-- Tiago