Sorry, You Can’t Have That Motorcycle
A big Oopsie! award goes out this week to Kawasaki. It seems the producer of the super hot Ninja sportbikes had a bit of a design or production glitch.
The Ninja ZX-10R is the 998cc member of the Ninja family and a popular bike. However, if you want one of these babies just at this moment you’re out of luck. In fact if you already bought one you’re out of luck.
Kawasaki announced a couple days ago that it was putting a “technical hold” on all 2011 ZX-10Rs and telling dealers to return any unsold models to the company’s warehouses. What’s more, they are contacting all buyers who have already taken delivery to reimburse their purchases and take the bikes back. That’s right, you bought that, and paid for it, but you can’t keep it. We’re taking it back.
Of course, after whatever fixes that are needed are made, the bikes will be distributed again to dealers and they’ll go on sale. Buyers, on the other hand, are apparently not guaranteed to get “their” bike back, even if they had already done some customizing. Instead, they will “be among the first to have the option of receiving a new unit once the technical hold has been lifted.â€Â
In its statement about the technical hold, Kawasaki was not specific about the nature of the issue. They did say that the ZX-10R will only go back on sale once “Kawasaki is 100 percent confident they reflect company standards for this highly technical, race-bred machine.â€Â
OK, and so here’s a question: What’s the difference between a “technical hold” and a “recall”?
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