Monday, August 25, 2008

Harley-Davidson Recalls 48,000 Bikes

Faulty fuel filter shell affects 2008 FL models.

Harley-Davidson is recalling nearly 48,000 motorcycles due to a fault in the fuel filter.
The recall affects several 2008 FL touring models including the Road King, Road Glide, Street Glide and Electra Glide families of motorcycles.

The models affected include the FLHP, FLHPE, FLHR, FLHRC, FLHRSE4, FLHT, FLHTC, FLHTCU, FLHTCUSE3, FLHTP, FLHX and FLTR.

According to a recall notice issued by the Owners of 2008 FL family motorcycles such as the FLTR Road Glide should check with their dealers for a replacement fuel fitler shell.National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the fuel filter shell on these motorcycles may experience cracking, leading to a loss of fuel pressure. A drop in fuel pressure can affect the machine’s performance and in some cases could cause the engine to stall or fail to start.

Harley-Davidson dealers will replace the fuel filter shell at no charge. Owners of the affected motorcycles are asked to contact Harley-Davidson for more information. An estimated 47,579 could be affected by the recall.

Source: www.motorcycle.com

2009 Yamaha RD350 Concept


Could this be the return of the next
Two- Stroke Sportbike?

Two-stroke motorcycle engines are akin to the dodo bird – or nearly so. Ring-ding streetbikes all but disappeared by the 1990s, reaching their zenith in the mid-’80s with the GP-inspired Yamaha RZ500, Suzuki RG500 Gamma and Honda NSR400, all of which were never officially available in America but were sold nearly everywhere else. The sporting two-stroke bike movement petered out with the Yamaha RZ350 in the late ’80s, choked down with catalytic converters in its exhaust expansion chambers.

Source: www.motorcycle.com

2009 Yamaha R1 Preview

While Yamaha is naturally tight-lipped about its upcoming new bikes, we’re confident we’ll be seeing the debut of an all-new R1 flagship this fall. Not surprisingly, Yamaha wants to keep this news confidential, so we don’t yet have official pictures of such a machine, but we’ve come up with some images that suggest what the ground-up redo of the new R1 might look like.