2009 DUCATI 1000GT Problems & Recalls

THE GAS TANK HAS EXPANDED AND SPREAD WIDER THAN THE SUPPORTS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE MOTORCYCLE, CAUSING IT TO BE UNSUPPORTED AND UNSAFE. *TR

THE GAS TANK HAS EXPANDED AND BECOME POTENTIALLY UNSUPPORTED. ALSO THE FUEL HOSE FROM THE PUMP TO THE FILTER IS FAULTY AND HAS SHRUNK, NOT ALLOWING FUEL TO FLOW TO THE ENGINE. *TR

I'M RESUBMITTING THIS COMPLAINT AS I'M UNDER THE IMPRESSION MY PREVIOUS ONE FOR THE SAME CAUSE WAS NOT FILED. ISSUE IS I NOTICED A DEFORMED/LOOSE FUEL TANK ON MY BRAND NEW, 2009 DUCATI GT 1000 MOTORCYCLE UPON DELIVERY FROM THE DEALERSHIP. THE TANK HAS EXPANDED AND IS NO LONGER SECURED BY IT'S TWO ...

Mileage: 10

I JUST BOUGHT A BRAND NEW DUCATI GT 1000 MOTORCYCLE FROM LEXINGTON MOTORSPORTS, KENTUCKY, WHICH WAS DELIVERED TO MY HOUSE ON 3 OCTOBER 2010 WITH A DEFORMING/LOOSENING FUEL TANK. ON 18 NOV 2010, GIRARD GIBBS LLP FILED A CLASS ACTION AGAINST DUCATI NORTH AMERICA FOR KNOWINGLY SELLING THESE DEFECT...

Mileage: 10

GAS TANK HAS DEFORMED CAUSING IT TO BECOME LOOSE FROM THE FRAME TO THE POINT IT HAD TO BE SECURED WITH STRAPS. I HAVE OWNED THE MOTORCYCLE (PURCHASED NEW) FOR 19 MONTHS AND IN THAT TIME THE GAS TANK HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE DUE TO THIS DEFORMATION. *TR

Mileage: 5,500

IN JUNE, I PURCHASED A 2009 DUCATI GT1000 BRAND NEW FROM A DEALER IN FT. MYERS, FLORIDA. UPON DELIVERY, THE GAS TANK WAS COMPLETELY DEFORMED SO THAT THE RUBBER BUMPERS INTENDED TO SECURE THE TANK TO THE FRAME NO LONGER SAT IN THE FRAME'S BRACKETS. CONSEQUENTLY, THE TANK IS MERELY RESTING ON THE FRAM...

FUEL TANK DEFORMATION/SPREADING TO THE POINT WHERE TANK NO LONGER HELD BY BRACKETS. *TR

Mileage: 4,000

DUCATI PLASTIC GAS TANK DEFORMING. *TR

Mileage: 1,500

I OWN A 2009 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC GT1000. I HAVE PUT 2,500 MILES ON THE BIKE AND THE FUEL TANK BOWED OUTWARD AND NO LONGER ATTACHES TO THE FRAME OF MY BIKE. CAUSING THE FUEL TANK TO BECOME EXTREMELY WOBBLY AND LOOSE. THIS BIKE HAS NEVER BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON DEFECT W...

Mileage: 2,500

2009 DUCATI GT 1000 FUEL TANK MOUNT PROBLEMS: THE FUEL TANK HAS APPARENTLY STRETCHED OUT IN WIDTH TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT THE FRONT MOUNT NO LONGER SECURES THE TANK. AS A CONSEQUENCE THE TANK IS LOOSE AND HELD IN PLACE ONLY BY THE REAR SECURING BOLT, WHICH IS TOTALLY INADEQUATE AND WASN'T DESIGN...

Mileage: 343

BOUGHT BRAND NEW DUCATI GT1000 IN JULY 2009. IN AUGUST I NOTICED THE GAS TANK HAD "SPREAD" TO THE POINT WHERE THE RIGHT SIDE IS NO LONGER MOUNTED. YOU CAN LIFT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE GAS TANK UP AND DOWN. THE TANK IS ONLY BOLTED NOW IN BACK AND THE LEFT SIDE SLIDES AROUND IN ITS HOLDER/MOUNT/BRACKET....

I PURCHASED A 2009 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC GT ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO FROM MUNROE MOTORS IN SAN FRANCISCO. THAT MODEL IS PRONE TO THE PLASTIC FUEL TANK DEFORMING AND SPREADING, CAUSING IT TO SOMETIMES BECOME LOOSE ENOUGH TO ALMOST FALL OFF. THIS HAS NOW HAPPENED TO MY MOTORCYCLE. THE MOTORCYCLE HAS BEEN USE...

Mileage: 700

GAS TANK LIFTS OFF THE BIKE DUE TO WARPING. IN A CRASH IT WOULD FLY OFF THE BIKE. *TR

Mileage: 2,000