Rear wheel always locked. wont go anywhere

well i would say it had dropped a valve on one of the cylinders,its very hard to say which one but usually if it did it at speed it will have made a bit of a mess in the head.Take each of the spark plugs out and have a look in the spark plug hole on each cylinder with.a small powerful torch and look for bent metal or metal fragments.usually on a v twin its the rear cylinder that suffers as it runs hotter but its not always the way.

wow , alot of information here is it in neutral , ,does it have a chain on it and is the motor seized up or even in gear ,are the brakes locked up , could be a number of things , ck those things and get back on here ,these may be dumd answers but I have seen them all

You are dealing with rust or dirt in your master cylinder. When you look into the reservoir or top of the cylinder you will see a large feeder hole where the DOT 3/4 brake fluid feeds the piston of the master cylinder. You probably did not notice that there was a tiny pin hole right next to the large feeder hole. This pin hole allows fluid to return to the reservoir. When it is plugged pressure builds up in the brake system until the wheel stops turning. If you open the brake bleeder screw the pressure will be released and you will be able to drive most of the way home before the wheel locks up again. Take a fine piece of wire ( one piece of wire cut from a wire brush will do) and open the pin hole back up and your brakes should work correctly again.

Is there a chain adjustment on this bike? It must be very loose to slip over the sprocket. See if there are two bolts that act as jacks to move the rear wheel back away from the drive sprocket. Loosen the locking nuts on each bolt, and tighten both equally until there is only 1/2 inch of play in the middle of the chain, then repost.
Gary

To begin with, I hope nobody was hurt. Having the rear wheel lock up at the wrong time could be hazardous. I hope the damage was limited to the bike. The bike can be fixed.

If the bike had 76,000 miles on it when this happened, I wouldn't classify it as a "frequent problem". Matter of fact, I've never heard of it happening but there seems to be something strange here. I don't know of many 2008 model bikes that have that many miles on them. Matter of fact, I don't know of many bikes PERIOD that have that many miles on them. My 1965 Panhead doesn't have that many miles on it.

Now, you can look for factory recalls. I looked in several places and didn't find anything. If you are still dissatisfied, you can call the customer services at the motor factory and complain. Maybe they'll do something.

Good Luck
Steve

well i would say your very brave,,,but how will you balance this new tyer?????or would you be happy to have the bike doing bunny hops down the road???
for what it costs is it realy worth the efort doing it yourself?

Engine OFF, raise drive wheels and check if transmission is locked

Since the bike was stord for a long time the clutch plates have siezed kinda on the plates, all you have to do is put your bike on the main stand and thn select a gear and press the clutch lever and one turns the rear wheel ..this might help to release the plates.
If its tough to turn the rear wheel by hand thn try pushing the bike exrating pressure to the rear side so tht the wheel can get maximum contact to the ground.
This works for my bike XJ750R 1981.
Hope this helps!, or else you will have to remove the clutch basket and clean and refit.

sounds like the motor or transmission is locked up

Check your pads to make sure they are in the right position and haven't started to wear too thin and move.
Check the operation of the pads is real smooth when you apply pressure on the lever (might need someone else to operate it while you look ).
Witth the rear wheel raised off the ground and the bike not running turn the wheel slowly and check to see if it warped. (I used to do this on my sportster by using a couple of car axle stands under the footpeg brackets and raising the bike up on an old hydraulic car jack - might not be the best way but it worked enough for me to get the rear wheel off to change tyres without spending a fortune-an extra pair of hands is really handy(!) here).
Look down the rear caliper and check that no **** from the road has got stuck in there anywhere.
check your wheel alignment - have you adjusted the belt lately or latered the set-up?
Hope something here helps!