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The American National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating 43 complaints of ABS failure on models built from 2008 to 2011 after owners failed to regularly replace their brake fluid. The NHTSA report follows three crashes and two injuries from an ABS-related failure. It says Harley-Davidson advises owners to replace the brake fluid every two years, …
Braap Motorcycles has voluntarily recalled about 200 bikes over what seems a trivial issue – the absence of stickers and stamps on the exhaust and other parts. Australian GM Toby Wilkin says the exhaust still complies with the Australian standards for noise, but is just missing the stamp that says so. “It’s a simple matter …
Yamaha Motor Australia has joined a worldwide recall on its MT03 and R3 learner-approved motorcycles over a transmission problem which could cause an engine seizure. The Japanese manufacturer has also recalled several other small-capacity road bikes which are not on sale in Australia over the same issue, as well as a brake problem. In the …