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2000 Harley-Davidson XL1200C Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest May 13, 2009
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since May 13, 2009

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2000 Harley-Davidson XL1200C. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

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Filed May 13, 2009

FAILURE OF A REPLACEMENT MOTORCYCLE TIRE INNERTUBE. I HAVE A 2000 HARLEY DAVIDSON SPORTSTER. THE FRONT WHEEL IS A SPOKE WHEEL WITH A TUBE TYPE TIRE. ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO, I HAD THE FRONT TIRE AND TUBE REPLACED BY A REPUTABLE MOTORCYCLE DEALER. ALL WAS WELL UNTIL MAY 12 WHEN I SENSED THAT HANDLING HAD DEGRADED. I DETERMINED THAT THE FRONT TIRE PRESSURE WAS NEAR ZERO. I ADDED AIR TO THE RECOMMENDED PRESSURE AND CAREFULLY MONITORED PRESSURE. I COULD SEE NO DEFECT. A LEAK OF MORE THAN A FEW PSI/HR WAS EVIDENT. I TOOK THE MOTORCYCLE TO THE DEALER WHO ORIGINALLY INSTALLED THE NEW TIRE AND TUBE FOR REPAIR. THE DEALER FOUND THAT THE TUBE HAD A SPLIT IN IT ALONG THE MOLD PARTING LINE. THIS DEFECT COULD HAVE HAD SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES IF I HAD NOT SENSED I HAD A PROBLEM. THE DEALER IS GRAND PRIX MOTORSPORTS OF LITTLETON COLORADO. THE DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THE TUBE ORIGINALLY INSTALLED, ( AND LIKELY NOW PRESENT) IS MADE BY OR FOR MALCOLM SMITH RACING (MSR). IT IS A "HEAVY DUTY" TUBE MODEL 288208. AT THE TIME OF SERVICE ON MAY 12, I WAS TOLD THAT THE DEALER HAS SEEN OTHER MOTORCYCLE TUBES THAT HAVE SPLIT ON THE MOLD PARTING LINE. A CONTACT AT THE MOTORCYCLE DEALER IS CHRIS STINSON (303) 761-2471. MAILING ADDRESS IS GRAND PRIX MOTORSPORTS, 3105 W. COUNTY LINE ROAD, LITTLETON, CO 80129. PLEASE NOTE..THE TIRE ON THIS BIKE IS A DUNLOP 402 IN 90 X 21 SIZE. THE TIRE DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE ANY DEFECT. THE ONLY DEFECT IS IN THE TUBE MOUNTED THEREIN. *TR

NHTSA ID
10268688
Incident
May 12, 2009
Mileage
18,150 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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