2009 DUCATI S1000BIP Problems & Recalls

TANK SPREADING ON MOTORCYCLE AND BECOMING LOOSE. *TR

Mileage: 412

TANK SPREADING ON MOTORCYCLE AND BECOMING LOOSE. *TR

Mileage: 412

JUST BOUGHT A NEW DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC 1000 MOTORCYCLE FROM DEALER AND THE GAS TANK HAS SPREAD AND IS NO LONGER ATTACHED TO BIKE AND THE PLASTIC TANK IS RUBBING ON THE FRAME. *TR

Mileage: 12

THE PLASTIC FUEL TANK ON MY DUCATI SPORT 1000 IS BULGING AND EXPANDING, CAUSING IT TO COME OUT OF THE FRONT MOUNTS. *TR

Mileage: 400

GAS TANK SPREADS (EXPANDS) OUT OF THE MOUNTING BRACKETS. THE GAS TANK CAN BE LIFTED OFF THE FRAME. DUCATI HAS REPLACED THE TANK ONCE AND THE NEW TANK IS SPREADING. I AM LOSING STEERING LOCK-TO-LOCK BECAUSE OF THE EXPANDING TANK. *TR

Mileage: 2,900

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DUCATI SPORT 1000 BIPOSTO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK SWELLED AND DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULD CHIME ATTACH THE FUEL TANK BACK TO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THE REPAIR WOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT CALL...

Mileage: 16

GAS TANK ON MOTORCYCLE IS EXPANDING/SPREADING. *TR

Mileage: 3,000

2009 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC TANK SPREADING PROBLEM. I PURCHASE THIS BIKE NEW AND HAVE OWNED IT FOR 4 MONTHS AND THE GAS TANK HAS DEFORMED TO THE POINT WHERE IT NO LONGER IS ATTACHED TO THE BIKE. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS I CAN FEEL THE TANK LIFTING OFF THE BIKE. I COULD IMAGE GIVEN A LITTLE MORE WIND SPE...

Mileage: 2,100

PLASTIC FUEL TANK ON 2009 DUCATI SPORT 1000 HAS EXPANDED AND IS NOW LOOSE ON THE BIKE, CAUSING A HAZARDOUS SITUATION. TANK HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE BY DUCATI NORTH AMERICA BUT PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN ONLY AFTER A COUPLE OF MONTHS. IT SEEMS THE PLASTIC IS REACTING TO THE GASOLINE OR SOMETHING IN IT (E...

Mileage: 1,000

FUEL TANK BULGING AND SPREADING AT BOTTOM FRONT. THIS EXPANSION HAS CAUSED THE FUEL TANK TO BECOME LOOSE ON THE BRACKET, THE TANK WOBBLES AND CAN BE LIFTED FROM THE FRAME. THIS OCCURRED AFTER ONLY THREE WEEKS OF PURCHASE DATE. I HAVE NOT HAD RESOLUTION YET FROM THE DEALER OR MANUFACTURER. *TR

Mileage: 159

FUEL TANK BULGING AND SPREADING AT BOTTOM FRONT. THIS EXPANSION HAS CAUSED THE FUEL TANK TO BECOME LOOSE ON THE BRACKET, THE TANK WOBBLES AND CAN BE LIFTED FROM THE FRAME. THIS OCCURRED AFTER ONLY THREE WEEKS OF PURCHASE DATE. I HAVE NOT HAD RESOLUTION YET FROM THE DEALER OR MANUFACTURER. *TR

Mileage: 159

MY MOTORCYCLE IS AN 09 DUCATI SPORTCLASSICAND HAS A PLASTIC GAS TANK WHICH HAS BEGUN TO EXPAND SHORTLY AFTER I BOUGHT IT NEW. THE OUTSIDE DIMENSIONS OF THE TANK HAVE INCREASED AND IT NOW DOES NOT SIT CORRECTLY IN THE FRAME, THE HANDLEBARS HIT IT ON TURNING. PREVIOUSLY IT OPENED AND CLOSED WITHOUT ...

Mileage: 600

MOTORCYCLE: LOOSE FUEL TANK DUE TO EXPANSION OF THE TANK. I HAVE A 2009 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC 1000 AND WAS MADE AWARE TODAY AT THE DEALER THAT THE GAS TANK HAS EXPANDED TO THE POINT WHERE IT SO LOOSE THAT IT VIRTUALLY LIFTS OFF THE BIKE. THIS IS CLEARLY A DANGEROUS CONDITION BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN...

Mileage: 2,000