Brilliant's Xtreme Honda Issues Recall on Motorcycle Air Conditioners

BRILLIANT - Xtreme Honda of Brilliant announced earlier today that they will recall the air conditioners that they installed on select Honda motorcycles. The move comes after intense pressure from the Ohio Department of Transportation and local municipal courts. In a press release issued today, ODOT explained that the climate control system was responsible for nearly 300 deaths in the Ohio Valley. That sobering number is roughly 89% of customers who purchased the system. ODOT Director Jerry Wray told us that enough is enough.

"We usually don't put our foot down like this in Ohio until there a few thousand deaths, but it's costing us a lot of money to clean up the bodies on the roadways, especially those caused by air conditioning accidents."

The air conditioning units shot 15 degree temperatures at 175 miles per hour at the rider in order to compensate for the open air environment. Most of the deaths came from bikers being ejected from their seats, but there were also a few reported incidents of hypothermia, and others where the riders' hands would freeze to the handlebars.

"When the hands get frozen," Wray said. "They make it impossible to disengage the throttle, and at that point you just can't stop the bike until you wreck into something. This is why so many bikers drive so fast."

Xtreme Honda stated that they did not foresee these problems, but will develop a safer system in the future.

"Trust me," Xtreme Honda owner Rick Buchanan told us. "The safety of our riders is our top priority. The next generation of motorcycle air conditioners will feature temperatures at 33 degrees, which will solve the freezing problem. To compensate for that change, the air speed will be increased to 200 miles per hour and buyers will receive a free Bowflex so they can be strong enough to hang on."