One way of activity a motorcycle’s reliability is to wager how many recalls were prefabricated for the help in a presented year. Recalls are nearly invariably created when a break or design flaw poses potential alteration to a rider’s life, or impedes the base activeness of the motorcyce. This time assemblage saw 21 recalls from motorcycle manufacturers, with a few bikes and companies gracing our pages more than they’d care to admit. Check after the move to wager who these repeat offenders are.
Least Reliable Motorcycles of 2009: Harley-Davidson/Buell
Although the Harley-Davidson and Buell loyalists won’t same to hear it, dweller prefabricated motorcycles were the most recalled bikes in 2009. Not exclusive did both brands impact the largest compounded intensity of bikes recalled (HD: 110,000+, Buell: 3,400+), but they also built one of the bikes with the most individualist recalls (the Buell XB12 series had 3 recalls this year, and 4 recalls in the time 18 months). With these digit black-eyes on the dweller company, there is little astonishment ground Harley-Davidson stock has condemned a impact from the request announcements.
First Runner-up: Ducati & The Ducati Streetfighter
Despite claims by Ducati that the consort has achieved quality on par with the Asian manufacturers, Ducati is responsible for the most coverall recalls of 2009, with sextet individualist recalls that included over 3,500 motorcycles in 2009.
Responsible for threesome of these recalls is the Ducati Streetfighter, which shares a request with the 1098R/1198S Superbikes. Also sight the NHTSA’s telecommunicate itemize were the Ducati Monster & Ducati Desmosedici. For the record, the Asian Four had a compounded request intensity of 439 motorcycles, which came from exclusive 2 qualified recalls (Kawasaki & Yamaha).
Second Runner-up: BMW & The K-Series
BMW recalled over 2,000 K-Series motorcycles in 2009, along with an unknown sort of GS series motorcycles. Perhaps dynamical whatever appearance on the German manufacturer’s aura of reliability, the province sort was our third least sure manufacturer, and daylong with the another companies in this list, comprises a group that is noticeably apart from the rest of the business on the request count.