Indian Chief Roadmaster Problems by year

switch that was previously recalled due to a potential startup in 2nd gear. It is still "oxidizing" as stated in the original recall. IMO, they have made the issue even worse where the issue now occurs at speed. It also causes the bike to indicate 2nd gear when you are indeed, in neutral. Indian knows about this and has come up with a fix for mid 2019 models and subsequent. The crankcase and gear shift part numbers were changed and the gear indicator switch is clearly different. But it is apparently, not retrofittable to 2014 through early 2019 bikes. This is gross misconduct, IMO, and Indian is knowingly putting riders at risk. I am including an Indian forum thread to show that I am not the only one with this problem, https://www.indianmotorcycles.net/threads/gear-indicator-issue.338723/ There are many more threads on this issue besides this one. Please investigate this matter. I don't think I should have to call Indian or let them call this a maintenance item I have to pay for every 8k miles. This amounts to twice a year for me. That is very excessive. It is also rewarding them for their defective part. The "maintenance" is not easy or cheap. Multiple parts have to come off the bike to even get to the switch. It also takes me two months to get an appointment at my dealer so it is not getting fixed promptly. Mine, and others, safety is at risk. Please help. Thanks - [[redacted]] INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

alleged on the internet, all Indian did was switch resistance values so now the issue I am reporting here is occurring. People are living (I hope!) with this condition as they were either told by Indian they are out of warranty or they are out of warranty and don't think anything can be done. Since there is no word of Indian supplying a new, improved gear position sensor to those afflicted, I can only assume that Indian is still producing thousands of new bikes that will have this problem. Looking at the additional details below. This occurs every time I ride my bike. The speed it occurs at 50+ mph as that is when you would be in 6th gear. This started occurring at about 11k miles. Thank you - George

inch weld all the way around the fork stop lug. This lug has a 1/16th tack weld on 3 sides. It appears to be a tack weld that was put on to hold the lug in place prior to final weld. The problem encountered is that when the weld breaks it allows the bars to be turned too far resulting in an ability to oversteer the motorcycle. I had this over steer happen to me on 3 occasions and couldn't figure out what had happened. The owner of the bike was not so lucky. It caused him to crash in a low speed turn. I know of 1 other incident where a rider went down in a low speed turn while on a demo ride in the north east area of the united states. I can provide pictures of the lug and welds and I can provide call out sheets for the weld from an earlier version of the frame that was assembled in gilroy, california. Please feel free to contact me with any questions. This issue really concerns me as there is no way to tell when the lug might break. In the wrong circumstances the over steer can result in serious potential for bodily injury. I have contacted mr. Chris bernauer the general manager of indian motorcycle on numerous occasions about this incident and he refuses to discuss it with me. I can also tell you indian motorcycle company bought the motorcycle back from the owner mr. John white and now has it in their kings mountain facility. I suspect part of the buy back agreement was an nda. I am not bound by any nda and rode the machine 8700 mile. *Tr