[eduardot]

Riding ant night on my way home, suddenly during a steep uphill, when i transfer down to second, my left front pedal, tilts downward, and FALLs off.
Bummer.
I had not riden the bike for two weeks.
I could not find the pedal, i returned to look for it in my car.
What an unpleasant surprise. Wow the bike falls apart.
From now on I check all possible nuts and bolts, and I'm seriously thinking of selling it.

 

[Luigit]

thats awesome

1 thing falls off and your ready to sell it.

like this could not have happened on ANY OTHER BIKE.

 

[dun4791]

Riding ant night on my way home, suddenly during a steep uphill, when i transfer down to second, my left front pedal, tilts downward, and FALLs off.
Bummer.
I had not riden the bike for two weeks.
I could not find the pedal, i returned to look for it in my car.
What an unpleasant surprise. Wow the bike falls apart.
From now on I check all possible nuts and bolts, and I'm seriously thinking of selling it.

Did you buy new, or could the original owner switched pegs before sale and maybe didnt worry about putting the snap ring back on because its a PITA?

 

[asianwinkie]

that is the new hill assist feature on your bike. When you go up steep hill, parts start falling off the bike to decrease weight and increase acceleration. LOL

You probably were thinking about selling the bike and just using this event as a excuse.

 

[CPTJAM]

Glad you are OK. Of course, check all the hardware! Things get loose, and fall off. One reason we wash them by hand, to see if anything has vibrated loose, or broke, rusted, leaked, corroded, etc... Yes, HD has been making riders into mechanics for quite a while, but it beats having bits fall off.............!

 

[AOW]

that is the new hill assist feature on your bike. When you go up steep hill, parts start falling off the bike to decrease weight and increase acceleration. LOL.

:spit:
loc-tite is your friend

 

[sullivancorner]

I'm curious as too what happened to the pedal, was it broke? The shifter pedal is attached to the shifting linkage is it also gone?

 

[AOW]

sounds like it was already loose (common on ALL motos) and finally jumped off.

 

[eduardot]

The short pedal attached to the shifter linkage is there.
I did change the original pedals, at the dealer.
I love the bike. I am not using this event as an excuse to Sell it.
But it is bothersome. HAve had other bikes and this is my first time A PEDAL FALLS OFF.
Still think this is the best looking Bike I have owned.

 

[dun4791]

The short pedal attached to the shifter linkage is there.
I did change the original pedals, at the dealer.
I love the bike. I am not using this event as an excuse to Sell it.
But it is bothersome. HAve had other bikes and this is my first time A PEDAL FALLS OFF.
Still think this is the best looking Bike I have owned.

It is the peg then. Check the other side and see if the snap ring is there. Sounds like the dealer reused the snap ring, which is ok most of the time but they can get damaged upon removing sometimes by being stretched out. If the dealer installed them, I would go back and get them to replace the peg for sure. good luck

 

[G4CE]

I could not find the pedal, i returned to look for it in my car.

How would your pedal get into your car?
(Sorry, had to, just saw that blonde joke lying there waiting.)

 

[mwdhand]

:spit:
loc-tite is your friend

You beat me to it.

My shifter peg went bye bye a couple of years ago. Everything's locktited now and I give quite a few bolts a snug check every few months. Your exhaust flange nuts will be next, better go check them.

 

[AOW]

and those phuq'n heatshield screws! Fark'n HD wants like 2 bucks a screw for those damn things and they don't come with loctite from the factory. I only lost one and that was proof enough for me to load up on loctite

 

[HoneyB]

and those phuq'n heatshield screws! Fark'n HD wants like 2 bucks a screw for those damn things and they don't come with loctite from the factory. I only lost one and that was proof enough for me to load up on loctite

I lost 3, about 3 years ago. I loctite'd them all, and haven't lost one since!:notworth:

 

[stevel]

I did change the original pedals, at the dealer.

Ah , I see what happened.......

 

[James Houk]

Ah , I see what happened.......

Exactly what I was thinking.