2009 Buell 1125CR Problems

AS I WAS RIDING AT 40-45 MPH I NOTICED A BATTERY LIGHT COME ON. SHORT TIME LATER MY DISPLAY READ (SYSTEM VOLTAGE) WITHIN MINUTES EVERYTHING ON MY BIKE SHUT OFF INCLUDING ENGINE ABRUPTLY NEATLY TOSSING ME OFF THE BIKE. THANKFULLY, I MANAGED TO STAY ON AND SAFELY (ONLY BECAUSE DRIVERS WERE PAYING ATTENTION) WAS ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL AND STOP. MY BIKE AT THIS TIME HAD 3800 MILES. HARLEY REPAIRED THE ISSUE THAT THEY SAID WAS A BURNT STATOR THUS DEPLETING MY BATTERY OF ANY POWER. I'M GREAT FULL I WASN'T ON THE FREEWAY! AFTER SOME RESEARCH THIS HAS HAPPENED TO 100% OF THE 2009 1125CR'S AND R'S. THIS IS A DANGEROUS ISSUE AND SHAME ON HARLEY DAVIDSON FOR NOT CARING AND DOING THE RIGHT THING! ALSO SHAME ON NHTSA FOR NOT PROTECTING THE CONSUMER!!! WHAT MORE IS NEEDED??? 100% OF THESE STOCK BIKES HAVE THIS ISSUE!!! WWHY IS THIS NOT RECALLED??? IS IT CAUSE HARLEY IS A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR BRAND??? PROTECT THE CONSUMER, DO YOUR JOB!!!!!!!!

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OVERHEAT SITUATION, BURNT STATOR DUE TO OVER HEATING ON A POORLY DESIGNED CHARGING SYSTEM. I'M NOT THE FIRST AND DEFINITELY NOT THE LAST WITH THIS ISSUE THAT HARLEY DAVIDSON CHOOSES TO OVERLOOK INSTEAD OF FIXING THE PROBLEM. FOR THE FEW OWNERS THAT HAD THIS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY, HD ONLY CHANGED THE BURNT PARTS WITH THE IDENTICAL REPLACEMENT WHICH FAILS AGAIN ON NEARLY ALL REPAIRED BIKES. ERIK BUELL RACING HAS COME UP WITH A PARTIAL FIX BUT, THAT COST ($455) COMES OUT THE OWNERS POCKET, NOT THE MANUFACTURER. PLUS THE COST OF OTHER PARTS, STATOR REBUILD, GASKETS, SPECIFIC TOOLS NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE REPAIR PROPERLY. *TR

MOTORCYCLE LOST POWER AND STALLED AT INTERSECTION UPON ACCELERATION. *TR

THE STATOR AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM STARTED GIVING ME ISSUES SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE BIKE. I FIRST HAD MY VOLTAGE REGULATOR GO OUT ON ME. I THEN HAD THE WARRANTY HARNESS UPGRADE WHICH WAS SUPPOSED FIX THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, BUT IT DIDN'T. PRIOR TO MY STATOR FAILING, THE VOLTAGE WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 11.9 WHICH IS TOO LOW. THE STATOR EVENTUALLY OVER WORKED ITSELF AND MELTED INTERNALLY. THE BIKE STARTED BACKFIRING LOUDLY, LIGHTS AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS GOT VERY DIM AND THE BIKE WAS EXTREMELY HOT AS IT WAS NOT RUNNING PROPERLY. I STOPPED THE BIKE FOR A MINUTE FOR IT TO COOL DOWN. AFTER I DID THAT THE BIKE WOULD NOT START AND STRANDED ME ON THE ROAD 20 MILES FROM HOME. THIS IS A KNOWN ELECTRICAL ISSUE FOR 2009 1125CR MOTORCYCLES. THE FIX AND LABOR COST FOR THIS WAS WELL OVER $1500 AND QUITE THE PAIN AND HASSLE. *TR

THE STATOR AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM STARTED GIVING ME ISSUES SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE BIKE. I FIRST HAD MY VOLTAGE REGULATOR GO OUT ON ME. I THEN HAD THE WARRANTY HARNESS UPGRADE WHICH WAS SUPPOSED FIX THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, BUT IT DIDN'T. PRIOR TO MY STATOR FAILING, THE VOLTAGE WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 11.9 WHICH IS TOO LOW. THE STATOR EVENTUALLY OVER WORKED ITSELF AND MELTED INTERNALLY. THE BIKE STARTED BACKFIRING LOUDLY, LIGHTS AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS GOT VERY DIM AND THE BIKE WAS EXTREMELY HOT AS IT WAS NOT RUNNING PROPERLY. I STOPPED THE BIKE FOR A MINUTE FOR IT TO COOL DOWN. AFTER I DID THAT THE BIKE WOULD NOT START AND STRANDED ME ON THE ROAD 20 MILES FROM HOME. THIS IS A KNOWN ELECTRICAL ISSUE FOR 2009 1125CR MOTORCYCLES. THE FIX AND LABOR COST FOR THIS WAS WELL OVER $1500 AND QUITE THE PAIN AND HASSLE. *TR

ON FEBRUARY 21, 2013 AT 10:40PM, I WAS TRAVELLING NORTH ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY TO WORK WHEN MY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WHICH READS MY SPEED AND VEHICLE GAUGES TURNED OFF AND MY LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHT BULB FLASHED AND BURNED OUT, CAUSING ME TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE ROADWAY TEMPORARILY. I SWITCHED MY HIGH-BEAM HEADLIGHT SWITCH TO HAVE LIGHT TO SEE THE ROADWAY AND A SECOND LATER, IT ALSO FLASHED AND BURNED OUT, AS IF MY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS FAULTY, AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED AT MILEAGE 4551. I JUST RECENTLY HAD THIS SYSTEM SERVICED WITH ANOTHER VOLTAGE REGULATOR AT MILEAGE 4488, WHICH MEANS I ONLY TRAVELLED 63 MILES ON THE NEW VOLTAGE REGULATOR. I WAS ALMOST INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AT MILEAGE 4480 WHEN MY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TURNED OFF DURING OPERATION AND NEARLY HAD ANOTHER VEHICLE STRIKE ME FROM BEHIND WHEN VEHICLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TURNED OFF AND STALLED VEHICLE IN TRAFFIC. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED BY MANUFACTURER. THIS IS THE 2ND SAFETY ISSUE I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN AND LUCKILY NO ACCIDENT HAD OCCURRED. I WILL BE SENDING VEHICLE TO MAINTENANCE SHOP FOR A 2ND TIME TO TRY AND HAVE THIS SAFETY ISSUE REPAIRED, AGAIN. ANY HELP THAT NHTSA CAN DO TO HELP SOLVE THIS SAFETY ISSUE IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. *TR

RIDING DURING WARM OR HOT WEATHER CAUSES GASOLINE TO BOIL INSIDE FUEL TANK. GASOLINE LEAKS FROM VENT TUBE WHILE STOPPED OR PARKED RESULTING IN VERY STRONG FUEL SMELL, ESPECIALLY IF PARKED IN AN ENCLOSED AREA (GARAGE, ETC.). SAFETY CONCERN FOR THOSE OF US WITH GAS WATER HEATERS IN THE GARAGE, LIKELY AN INCONVENIENCE OTHERWISE. HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES, HOWEVER MOST PREVALENT DURING WARMER WEATHER.

BUELL 2009 1125 CR: AFTER RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE, THE GAS IN THE MOTORCYCLE GETS SO HOT YOU CAN HEAR IT BOILING. THE MOTORCYCLE PUTS OUT RAW GAS THROUGH THE OVERFLOW TUBE WHEN PARKING IT AFTER RIDING. I HAVE PERSONALLY NOTICED THIS ON MY BIKE, AND MANY OTHERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING. OTHER PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED THAT UPON OPENING THE GAS TANK, GAS HAS SPRAYED OUT ON THE THEM AND THE BIKE. THE FUEL BOILING IN THE TANK WILL HAPPEN EVERY TIME THE BIKE IS RIDDEN. THE BIKE LEAKING RAW GAS OUT THE VENT TUBE AND ONTO THE FLOOR WILL HAPPEN EVERY TIME THE BIKE IS RIDDEN. I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THE GAS SPRAYING OUT THE FILL TUBE, BUT I HAVE NOT RIDDEN THE BIKE IN REAL WARM WEATHER AS I JUST BOUGHT THE BIKE IN NOVEMBER. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS PROBLEM HASN'T BEEN TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE NOW, IT WILL ONLY BE A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENS WITH ONE OF THESE MOTORCYCLES. I'M GOING TO MAKE A COPY OF THIS STATEMENT AND HAVE IT NOTARIZED IN THE EVENT SOMETHING HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE WITH ONE OF THESE MOTORCYCLES. *TR

WHILE RIDING MY 2009 BUELL 1125CR, I NOTICED MY VOLTAGE DROPPING RATHER FAST (14V DOWN TO 9V). THE BUELL HAS JUST OVER 4,000 MILES ON IT AND I DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE ISSUES THIS EARLY. UPON RESEARCH, APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR YEAR AND MODEL. AFTER HOURS OF MECHANICAL WORK, IT TURNS OUT THE STATOR OVER HEATED AND FRIED ITSELF, DUE TO THE LACK OF LUBRICATION. ITS A DESIGN FLAW. NOW I HAVE TO REWRAP MY STATOR AND PURCHASE ANOTHER PART THE COVERS THE STATOR THAT PREVENTS THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. SHOULDN'T/DOESN'T THIS QUALIFY AS A DEFECT/RECALL ITEM?... AND WHY NOT? *TR