2007 DUCATI 1000GT Problems & Recalls

GAS TANK REACTING WITH ETHANOL IN FUEL CREATING A CONDITION WHERE THE TANK DISTORTS FROM ORIGINAL SHAPE AND FALL OFF ITS MOUNTS. THIS CREATES A CONDITION WHERE THE TANK INTERFERES WITH THE STEERING OF THE MOTORCYCLE AND ANOTHER CONDITION WHERE THE TANK WEARS ON THE FRAME AND MAY PRODUCE TANK FAILURE...

Mileage: 3,050

GAS TANK REACTING WITH ETHANOL IN FUEL CREATING A CONDITION WHERE THE TANK DISTORTS FROM ORIGINAL SHAPE AND FALL OFF ITS MOUNTS. THIS CREATES A CONDITION WHERE THE TANK INTERFERES WITH THE STEERING OF THE MOTORCYCLE AND ANOTHER CONDITION WHERE THE TANK WEARS ON THE FRAME AND MAY PRODUCE TANK FAILURE...

Mileage: 3,050

GAS TANK REACTING WITH ETHANOL IN FUEL CREATING A CONDITION WHERE THE TANK DISTORTS FROM ORIGINAL SHAPE AND FALL OFF ITS MOUNTS. THIS CREATES A CONDITION WHERE THE TANK INTERFERES WITH THE STEERING OF THE MOTORCYCLE AND ANOTHER CONDITION WHERE THE TANK WEARS ON THE FRAME AND MAY PRODUCE TANK FAILURE...

Mileage: 3,050

THE GAS TANK DEFORMED SO MUCH THAT INSTEAD OF A THREE POINT FIT, IT IS NOW ONLY HELD IN PLACE BY THE BOLT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE SEAT. THE TANK CAN EASILY BE LIFTED UP ON THE FRONT OF THE BIKE. THE TANK HAS ALSO DEVELOPED 'DIMPLES' ON THE SURFACE (AS IN LARGE 'DENT'). BASICALLY THE TANK IS COLLAPSING...

Mileage: 13,000

THE GAS TANK HAS SPREAD / SWELLED. YOU CAN PICK THE GAS TANK UP OFF OF THE FRAME BECAUSE THE CLIPS NO LONGER HOLD IT IN PLACE. ALSO, WHEN YOU TURN THE HANDLEBARS FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT THE RUB INTO THE GAS TANK. THE TANK ALSO HAS BUBBLES FORMING IN PAINT FROM THE SPREAD / SWELL. AS OF 4/1/20...

Mileage: 400

THE GAS TANK HAS DEFORMED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO DETACH ITSELF FROM THE FACTORY MOUNTINGS AND NOW INTERFERE WITH THE FRONT FORKS AS TO IMPAIR FULL RANGE OF STEERING. THE TANK IS NOW RESTING ON THE WIRING HARNESS AND FRAME OF THE MOTORCYCLE AS TO CAUSE POSSIBLE WEAR THROUGH OF HARNESS OR TANK, . IF THE...

Mileage: 3,279

FUEL TANK EXPANSION LOOSENS TANK WHERE IT CAN COME OFF EASILY. THIS TANK WAS ALREADY REPLACED 1 1/2 YRS AGO & WHILE I JUST NOTICED IT, I WASN'T AWARE OF WHAT TO LOOK FOR UNTIL VISITING DEALER & OTHER CUSTOMER INSPECTED MY TANK TO COMPARE TO HIS. APPARENTLY MINE HAD BEEN SPREADING FOR SOME TIME PRIOR...

Mileage: 10,000

FIRST INCIDENT OF TANK SPREADING AND COMING LOOSE FROM RETAINER 9/07 AND WAS SHIMMIED TO MAKE FUEL TANK SECURE. SECOND INCIDENT OF FUEL TANK SPREADING 6/08 AND WAS SHIMMIED AGAIN. THIRD TIME 8/09 AND FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED WITH NEW PART. NEW FUEL TANK IS NOW (3/11) EXHIBITING SAME SPREADING AND CO...

Mileage: 509

THE PLASTIC GAS TANK ON MY 2007 DUCATI GT1000 MOTORCYCLE IS "SPREADING", MEANING THAT IT IS EXPANDING HORIZONTALLY, AND IS NO LONGER HELD IN PLACE WITH IT'S ORIGINAL 2 FRONT-END MOUNTS (THE REAR OF THE TANK IS MOUNTED AT A SINGLE POINT, AND IT NOT AN ISSUE). TWICE I HAVE REMOVED THE TANK, AND USIN...

THE FUEL TANK ON MY MOTORCYCLE IS DEFORMING DUE TO THE ETHANOL THAT IS PUT IN GASOLINE. IT HAS DEFORMED TO THE POINT THAT IT DOES NOT SIT IN IT'S MOUNTS PROPERLY AND HAS BECOME LOOSE. THE MANUFACTURER REFUSES TO REPLACE THE TANK, THEY HAVE INSTEAD MODIFIED THE MOUNTS TWICE. THE TANK CONTINUES TO DEF...

Mileage: 1,000

FUEL TANK ON 2007 DUCATI SPORTCLASSIC GT1000 EXPANDED AND DEFORMED TO THE POINT WHERE RIGHT ATTACHMENT POINT IS INEFFECTIVE. CRACKS APPEAR NEAR GAS CAP IN SEVERAL PLACES. TANK WAS SHIMMIED ONCE TO ACCOUNT FOR EXPANSION, BUT EXPANSION HAS CONTINUED TO THE POINT THAT THE TANK CONTACTS HANDLEBARS WHEN...

Mileage: 19,500

WITH THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST DUCATI REGARDING DEFORMED TANKS, THE DEALER FINALLY AGREED TO REPLACE MY TANK. HOWEVER TO MY SURPRISE, IT IS THE IDENTICAL FUEL TANK THAT WAS DEFECTIVE IN THE FIRST PLACE. OTHER MANUFACTURERS SWITCHED TO METAL TANKS. I AM CERTAIN THAT MY TANK WILL BEGIN TO DE...

Mileage: 1,250

FUEL TANK DEFORMS RESULTING IN THE TANK NOT FITTING PROPERLY IN MOUNTING BRACKET. TANK COULD DISENGAGE FROM MOUNT WHILE OPERATING THE MOTORCYCLE. FUEL PUMP IS MOUNTED IN TANK. DEFORMATION AROUND THE FUEL PUMP MOUNTING SITE COULD RESULT IN A FUEL LEAK, SPILLING FUEL ONTO A HOT ENGINE WITH THE POSSIBI...

Mileage: 1,900

PLASTIC FUEL TANK ON MY 2007 DUCATI GT1000 SPORT CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE HAS BECOME WARPED/DEFORMED AND CAME FREE FROM ITS FRAME MOUNTS AS A RESULT. SEVERITY OF ISSUE PRESENTED ITSELF WHILE I WAS OPERATING THE MOTORCYCLE, REPRESENTING A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TOOK MOTORCYCLE TO REPAIR SHOP TO HAVE ...

Mileage: 2,200

THE FUEL TANK ON MY 2007 DUCATI GT 1000 HAS EXPANDED/DEFORMED TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS NOT SECURE ON THE FRAME. THIS HAPPENED DUE TO EXPOSURE TO ETHANLOL, AS FAR AS ANYONE'S BEST GUESS. NO TRAUMA, HEAT, OR UNUSUAL FORCES CAME TO BEAR, THE MOTORCYCLE STAYS IN A GARAGE EXCEPT WHEN RIDDEN. THE TANK ...

Mileage: 3,059

DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC GT1000, YEAR 2007 COMMONLY KNOWN GAS TANK DEFORMATION DUE TO ETHANOL IN THE GAS IN THE US MARKET. DUCATI KNOWS IT SO THEY'VE BEEN REPLACING TANKS FOR ALL MODELS WITH PLASTIC TANKS. BUT IT'S NOT A PERMANENT SOLUTION, AND THE WARRANTY IS ONLY 5 YEARS. WHICH MEANS AFTER 5 YEARS AF...

Mileage: 6,500

THE PLASTIC GAS TANK ON MY DUCATI GT-1000 MOTORCYCLE IS PROGRESSIVELY DEFORMING. IT HAS NOT ONLY CHANGED SHAPE OVER TIME, BUT SEEMS TO BE "BLEBBING" IN SPOTS AS WELL. BECAUSE OF THIS DEFORMATION THE TANK NO LONGER SECURELY FASTENS TO THE MOTORCYCLE AND HAS SUBSTANTIAL WOBBLE ON ITS MOUNTS. IF THE...

Mileage: 3,500

ON MY 2007 DUCAT GT1000 MOTORCYCLE, THE GAS TANK IS FAULTY AND THE TANK IS SPREADING AS TIME PASSES. MY TANK HAS SPREAD ENOUGH THAT THE FRONT RIGHT PART OF THE TANK IS TOUCHING THE FORK WHEN CRANKED TO THE RIGHT. IT IS ALSO INCREASINGLY BECOMING LOSE FROM THE MOUNTING BRACKETS AND TANK CAN BE MOVED ...

Mileage: 2,200

2007 DUCATI GT1000 FUEL TANK IS SPREADING BEYOND ITS MOUNTING POINTS ON THE FRAME. *TR

Mileage: 1,100

MY 2007 DUCATI MULTISTRADA'S PLASTIC GAS TANK HAS EXPANDED AND IS STARTING TO SEEP FUEL NEAR THE EXHAUST. UPON SEARCHING MULTISTRADA.NET I FOUND THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO ALMOST EVERY MULTISTRADA FROM MODEL YEARS 03 TO 09. DUCATI IS REPLACING SOME OF THE EXPANDED AND LEAKING TANKS, BUT NOT ALL OF TH...

Mileage: 4,300

I HAVE A 2007 DUCATI GT 1000 THAT I BOUGHT BRAND NEW (NON-CURRENT) FROM OHIO MOTORCYCLE IN OAKWOOD, OHIO IN 2009. I RECENTLY DISCOVERED THAT MY STOCK POLYCARBONATE FUEL TANK IS "SPREADING". THAT IS TO SAY, THAT THE TANK HAS CHANGED IN SIZE. THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE BECAUSE THE TANK IS HELD ON IN THR...

Mileage: 1,330

FUEL TANK EXPANDS OVER TIME AND COMES LOOSE FROM THE MOUNTS. FUEL TANK IS COMPLETELY OFF OF IT'S MOUNTS. THIS IS THE THIRD TANK ON THE MOTORCYCLE. ALL 3 TANKS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 3,500

2007 DUCATI GT1000 TANK SPLITTING, FALLING OFF. *TR

Mileage: 26,214

2007 DUCATI GT1000 TANK SPLITTING, FALLING OFF. *TR

Mileage: 26,214

2007 DUCATI GT 1000 SPORT CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE : GAS TANK IS MADE OF SOME SORT OF PLASTIC AND HAS DEFORMED SO MUCH THAT THE ATTACHMENT TO THE FRAME IS NO LONGER EFFECTIVE AND ALLOWS THE TANK TO FLOP AROUND ON THE FRAME. THE PAINT HAS DISTORTED AND BUBBLED IN TWO PLACES AS WELL. I TOOK THE MOTORCYCL...

Mileage: 3,450

TANK SPREADING, WARPING, PAINT PEELING ON 2007 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC GT1000. *TR

Mileage: 5,000