You’ve never heard of Fly Wing.
Good chance. It’s one of those generic brands that keeps popping up with a new model, selling Chinese-made dirt bikes, scooters, and street bikes everywhere, the US included.
Now the brand has a real problem. Or rather the owners do.
The brakes don’t stop
The NHTSA pulled a recall notice out of thin air for the 2024 Fly Wing Snake 250.
Manufacturer Taizhou Qianxin Vehicle admitted the bike might just keep rolling when it hits the wet. “May fail to stop the motorcycle as intended.”
The rules say brake pads should hold at least 60 percent of their dry braking power once the rain starts. Federal law is specific. Between half and one second after you pull the lever it should be 60.
The Snake 250 hit 29 percent.
Half of that.
How bad is half? Really bad.
They blamed the brake pads themselves. The documents are vague. Maybe they are too small. Maybe the material is junk. We don’t know. But riding a 250cc motorcycle that cannot stop in the rain is dangerous.
The defect is simple, but the consequence isn’t.
216 bikes in total. Made between February and August 2024.
Owners will get the notice between June 1st and June 15th.
They’ll need to drive their bikes to a dealer. The pads get replaced. For free.
The new ones apparently meet the standards. The old ones sure didn’t.
We just hope nobody crashes waiting for June.
