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Harley Announces Recall of 13,400 Bikes
AP (Absolute Prevarication) ^ | 11/23/2005 | Staff

Posted on 11/23/2005 12:31:34 PM PST by Red Badger

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Harley-Davidson Inc. issued a voluntary safety recall on 2006 model Dyna series motorcycles built between June 9 and Oct. 19 due to a transmission defect.

The company said late Tuesday the recall affects some 13,400 motorcycles and is expected to cost less than $5 million, which it will make reservations for in the fourth quarter.

Harley-Davidson also said it expects to meet its previously announced wholesale shipment target of 329,000 motorcycles for 2005.

The Milwaukee-based company said it will provide owners with free pickup and delivery and will make recall kits, which include three redesigned transmission components, available at dealerships starting the week of Dec. 12.

The defect may allow the motorcycles to go into a false neutral position even though the neutral indicator light is illuminated, it said.

"If that happens, the transmission could engage into first or second gear unexpectedly," Harley-Davidson spokesman Bob Klein said Wednesday.

Two accidents related to the problem were reported, but none resulted in injury, Klein said.

The defect resulted from a design flaw in the six-speed transmission, which replaced the five-speed on the Dyna to make for a smoother ride at highway speeds and increase fuel efficiency, Klein said.

The redesign also resulted in a change to the front forks, chassis and a wider rear tire.

Shipments of the 2006 Dyna had been delayed but resumed after a change to production, he said.

Harley-Davidson shares rose $1.20, or 2.2 percent, to $55.67 in Wednesday afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange, amid a general gain in market prices on optimism over consumer spending this holiday season.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: gearhead; harley; motorcycle; motorcycles; recall
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1 posted on 11/23/2005 12:31:36 PM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

False neutrals are common on many motorcycles.


2 posted on 11/23/2005 12:40:21 PM PST by battlecry
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To: Red Badger
The defect may allow the motorcycles to go into a false neutral position even though the neutral indicator light is illuminated, it said.

NINO? Neutral In Name Only?

3 posted on 11/23/2005 12:41:09 PM PST by steveo (Stewpot - There is absolutely nothing like the frame of a dame...)
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To: Red Badger
Not surprising from a company that sells more t-shirts and genuine Harley induced crap than they do bikes.
4 posted on 11/23/2005 12:42:04 PM PST by HOTTIEBOY (Maybe in your house. Not in mine.)
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To: Red Badger

False Neutral = In Gear (but the light is on)


5 posted on 11/23/2005 12:42:33 PM PST by Disambiguator (Making accusations of racism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.)
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To: Red Badger

What they did not the the right number of oil (5+)leaks?


6 posted on 11/23/2005 12:44:00 PM PST by TXBSAFH ("I would rather be a free man in my grave then living as a puppet or a slave." - Jimmy Cliff)
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To: HOTTIEBOY

Harley Davison is a mechandising company that as one of the product line makes overpriced motorcycles.


7 posted on 11/23/2005 12:45:07 PM PST by TXBSAFH ("I would rather be a free man in my grave then living as a puppet or a slave." - Jimmy Cliff)
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To: HOTTIEBOY

Yep, not enough power to yank a lesbian off your kid sister.


8 posted on 11/23/2005 12:45:58 PM PST by Abathar (Proudly catching hell for posting without reading since 2004)
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To: battlecry

I had a 73 Honda that I could put in neutral between gears. I wasn't supposed to do that.......But then, the manual didn't say you couldn't do it.........The Dealer told me not to do it because it could suddenly "catch" and throw me off at a stoplight.......


9 posted on 11/23/2005 12:46:10 PM PST by Red Badger (United States Marine Corps, Saving France's Bacon Since 1775.............)
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To: TXBSAFH
Harley owners are like democrats. The ride around on this heavy, slow, overrated, chrome plated combine and follow the bewildered herd that clings to an image with no real substance.
10 posted on 11/23/2005 12:46:52 PM PST by HOTTIEBOY (Maybe in your house. Not in mine.)
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To: TXBSAFH

That's not a safety issue. At least not for the rider.......


11 posted on 11/23/2005 12:47:19 PM PST by Red Badger (United States Marine Corps, Saving France's Bacon Since 1775.............)
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To: TXBSAFH

Oil leaks ? As the former owner of three Limeys, (last was a Norton 850) you don't know REAL oil leaks, my man.


12 posted on 11/23/2005 12:47:21 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Red Badger

--b--


13 posted on 11/23/2005 12:48:06 PM PST by rellimpank (Don't believe anything about firearms or explosives stated by the mass media:NRABenefactor)
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To: Disambiguator

The light is on, but nobody's home.......


14 posted on 11/23/2005 12:48:35 PM PST by Red Badger (United States Marine Corps, Saving France's Bacon Since 1775.............)
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To: Red Badger
My Yamaha falls into neutral and still outruns harleys. At half the displacement and half the cost.
15 posted on 11/23/2005 12:48:43 PM PST by HOTTIEBOY (Maybe in your house. Not in mine.)
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To: HOTTIEBOY

I hate it when you try to show off and miss a gear because it goes into a false neutral instead. You revv the hell out of it and look like a dork........


16 posted on 11/23/2005 12:50:40 PM PST by Red Badger (United States Marine Corps, Saving France's Bacon Since 1775.............)
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To: Red Badger

buy a harley get the best ride a mile and walk the rest. :-)


17 posted on 11/23/2005 12:52:08 PM PST by freepatriot32 (Holding you head high & voting Libertarian is better then holding your nose and voting republican)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Oh you owned a Norton Valdez?


18 posted on 11/23/2005 12:52:19 PM PST by TXBSAFH ("I would rather be a free man in my grave then living as a puppet or a slave." - Jimmy Cliff)
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To: TXBSAFH
I implore you all. For the real low-down on Harley visit this site.
19 posted on 11/23/2005 12:52:39 PM PST by HOTTIEBOY (Maybe in your house. Not in mine.)
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To: Red Badger

Funny that Baker et al have been doing six speed boxes for a while that HD gets caught this way. Anyone know if the Motor Company builds the boxes themselfs or who they buy 'em from?


20 posted on 11/23/2005 12:54:14 PM PST by pikachu (That which does not kill me just makes me grumpy!)
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