2023 Harley-Davidson RA1250S
Problems, recalls and owner-reported issues
Electrical system is the leading concern among 9 owner complaints filed for this model year. This is the 2nd highest complaint count among 3 RA1250S model years with reports.
What owners report most often
Recalls and investigations
No safety recalls on file.
Representative owner complaints: service brakes
1 report, newest first. Show all
Electrical system, Service brakes, Engine, Sep 3, 2026
While traveling at highway speeds in heavy traffic, the motorcycle suffered a sudden and catastrophic electrical failure. Without any advance warning, the TFT dashboard display went completely blank, the engine immediately lost all power, and the motorcycle quit running while in the middle of a busy highway.Because the engine stalled abruptly, I experienced a dangerous loss of forward momentum in active traffic lanes. The complete loss of electrical power simultaneously disabled vital safety systems, including the headlamp, taillamp, brake lights, hazard lights, and anti-lock braking system (ABS). This left me riding a dark, dead motorcycle with no way to signal my emergency to surrounding drivers. I was forced to coast across multiple lanes of high-speed traffic without brake lights to reach the shoulder, narrowly avoiding a rear-end collision. A diagnostic inspection later confirmed that the failure was caused by a burned-out alternator stator, which failed to charge the battery and starved the motorcycle's engine control unit (ECU) of power until the bike shut down entirely.