Megan Griffiths Racing - TPI Issues Fundraiser

UPDATE from Megs:

Hello guys and gals! When I saw this GoFundMe, I was blown away by the kindness. For those of you who’ve already donated and to Shawn for starting it, I thank you very much!

Although the situation is frustrating and tough for me, I am very privileged to have some key people helping me. One of those people, being my mechanic, who is willing to put in hours and hours and hours of time testing with me trying to get this thing figured out. I believe that we will eventually come to a resolution with this. I know there are many people who are in the same boat as me who do not have this luxury and I want to offer some help to those people. I want to give back to the community that has given me so much. I will be donating all the money raised from this GoFundMe to people in the community who are also going through something like this, with no support. I know there are thousands of people out there with malfunctioning machines that they’ve spent hard-earned money on, and I would like to lessen that burden for some of those people. Please watch for an update on my Facebook page for the plan to get help to those of you in a similar situation. Let’s see how many people we can help!

ORIGINAL POST:

Megan runs a business coaching/teaching skills to riders. She spent her hard earned money on a bike for her business to conduct classes with but has had nothing but problems with no support from the big corporation. This young lady is a beacon in the community and someone I would love for my daughter to emulate one day. I am in contact with my Sherco dealer, Dennis Galbraith, owner of Dirt Bike Outlet in Roanoke, VA, who also looks forward to helping Megan out with this endeavour.

See Megan's story about her experience with KTM/Husqvarna (https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0pT6uCBZxMX5AZtbQRaRzBBnHtZs27JGY5Rm8dYR1U1ghb91yeBFdPLnsCPCRXJ12l&id=100044251608296)

"This is my last chance to get this bike figured out before I’ll have to look at buying another new one that I cannot afford.

This thing only has 45 hours on it. It had 9 hours on it when the problems arose. It’s been into multiple shops throughout my travels and remains un-diagnosed. If you guys saw my earlier post in July about the problems I was having, you know that the tray that the ccps and aps sit in is allowing water past and into the sensors. Obviously that’s a huge problem but that isn’t all. There’s more to this. Husqvarna Motorcycles has decided that there is nothing wrong with the bike and that they’re washing their hands of it. They’ve decided that no more warranty work will be done on it. Basically, it’s my problem now. Although it’s been my problem the whole time. It’s been adding a major layer of stress to everything I’m trying to do. The bike has failed me multiple time while I’m out with students. I can’t rely on it.

So I drove 1200 miles out of my way to get this thing to someone I trust and believe can help me get to the bottom of this problem. @chuck_hardr (the owner of True Tech Motorcycle Specialist) has been putting in countless hours gathering data involving these TPI bikes and the issues they’re having. He knows more about these bikes and their problems than anyone else I know. He has already discovered something that everyone else has missed and we still have lots more things to check. Hopefully I can come out of this with a properly running and reliable motorcycle .

It makes me sick to my stomach knowing I’m sinking thousands of dollars into a brand new motorcycle that is riddled with defects and issues from the factory. It’s sad that these huge companies like KTM are getting away with passing the buck onto the customer when they should be remedying their mistakes themselves. The money this is costing me after paying them for a product that doesn’t work is absolutely brutal! But the stress it’s been putting on me and my business is even worse. It would be nothing to them to remedy the situation but it would have meant everything to me (and the thousands of others going through the same thing). Shame on them."