2006 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC Problems & Recalls

I WAS SENDING IN A COMPLAINT DUE TO THE FACT THAT I HAVE READ THAT THERE WAS LAWSUIT REGARDING THE GAS TANKS EXPANDING ON DUCATI'S. I WANTED INFORMATION ON HOW TO GO ABOUT GETTING MINE REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 7,400

THE GAS TANK HAS EXPANDED TO THE POINT THAT IT DOES NOT STAY IN THE HOLDING BRACKETS. THE TANK IS LOOSE AND IS A DANGEROUS DRIVING HAZARD. DUCATI IS REPLACING THE TANK WITH THE EXACT SAME MATERIAL WHICH DOES NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. A TANK MADE OUT OF THE SAME MATERIAL WILL RESULT IN THE SAME PROBLE...

Mileage: 600

FUEL TANK OF SAID 2006 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC, 1.) FUEL TANK HAS EXPANDED NO LONGER FITTING INTO THE BRACKETS THAT HOLD THE FUEL TANK SECURELY IN PLACE. (FUEL TANK WOULD MOVE ABOUT) 2.) FUEL TANK DEVELOPED DEFORMATION ALONG THE TOP PORTION OF THE FUEL TANK APPROXIMATELY A 10 MM IN LENGTH AREA (LEFT O...

Mileage: 9,722

ON OCTOBER 28, 2011, WHILE OPERATING MY 2006 DUCATI SPORTCLASSIC I NOTICED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS LOOSE TOWARDS THE FORWARD PART OF THE FUEL TANK. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, I OBSERVED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS NO LONGER SECURED BY EITHER THE LEFT-SIDE OR RIGHT-SIDE MOUNTING BRACKETS ATTACHED TO THE VEH...

Mileage: 742

NOTED FUEL LEAKING WHERE FUEL PUMP HOUSING ATTACHES TO COMPOSITE FUEL TANK. FUEL PUMP HOUSING, CONNECTIONS, AND FITTINGS HAVE NEVER BEEN REMOVED OR ALTERED IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM BY THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE (OWNED 4/12/2007 TO PRESENT). ISSUE APPEARS BE RELATED TO COMPOSITE (NON-METALLIC) FUEL...

Mileage: 762

GAS TANK HAS SPREAD AND IS NO LONGER SECURELY MOUNTED TO THE MOTORCYCLE. *TR

Mileage: 9,000

I PURCHASED A 2006 DUCATI SPORTCLASSIC FROM A DUCATI DEALER IN 2006, AND HAVE SINCE PUT APPROXIMATELY 2700 MILES ON THE BIKE. THE MOTORCYCLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN GARAGED AND PREMIUM FUEL USED. THE MOTORCYCLE'S GAS TANK IS MADE OF SOME SORT OF PLASTIC OR FIBERGLASS, AND SO IT HAS SPREAD TO THE POINT W...

Mileage: 2,700

2006 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC THE FUEL TANK EXPANDED AND NO LONGER REST ON THE FORWARD SUPPORTS. THE TANK ALSO IS DEFORMED AND SMALL BLISTER APPEARED. *LN

Mileage: 1,200

2006 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE FUEL TANK HAS EXPANDED AND WARPED RESULTING IN IT BECOMING LOOSE FROM THE FRAME. *TR

Mileage: 2,000

THE FUEL TANK ON MY 2006 DUCATI PAUL SMART MOTORCYCLE IS DEFECTIVE. THE TANK HAS WARPED TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS NO LONGER PROPERLY ATTACHED TO THE MOTORCYCLE'S FRAME. THIS CAN CAUSE SERIOUS, PERHAPS EVEN FATAL, INJURY TO THE RIDER. MY DUCATI DEALER HAS REPLACED THE FUEL TANK UNDER THE 5 YEAR EMI...

Mileage: 350

THE PLASTIC GAS TANK HAS "SPREAD" OR DEFORMED AND NO LONGER MOUNTS TO THE MOTORCYCLE FRAME CORRECTLY. *TR

SPREADING TANK ON MY 2006 DUCATI PAUL SMART SPORT CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE. THE TANKS SPREADS TO THE POINT WHERE IT DOES NOT FIT IN THE MOUNTING BRACKETS ON THE FRAME. THIS CAUSES THE TANKS TO BECOME DANGEROUSLY LOOSE MAKING THE MOTORCYCLE UNSAFE TO RIDE. THIS SWELLING AND SPREADING OF THE TANK CAN ALS...

Mileage: 2,500

1. UNKNOWN 2. TANK EXPANSION (HAPPENED OVER 3 YRS) STARTING TO HAPPEN AGAIN SINCE REPLACEMENT. BEGAN TO GET LOOSE ON THE FRAME WHERE IT WOULD SEPARATE PARTLY FROM THE BIKE. 3. REPLACED ONCE UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

Mileage: 2,999

2006 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC; RE: DEFECTIVE GAS TANK, SWELLS AND DEFORMS UNTIL IT EFFECTS STEERING (ACTUALLY GETS IN WAY OF HANDLE BAR AND COMES OFF FRONT MOUNTS LEAVING ONLY ONE BOLT HOLDING DOWN THE REAR). SEEMS TO BE A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM AS MANY OWNERS OF THIS MODEL ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SA...

Mileage: 300

2006 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC; RE: DEFECTIVE GAS TANK, SWELLS AND DEFORMS UNTIL IT EFFECTS STEERING (ACTUALLY GETS IN WAY OF HANDLE BAR AND COMES OFF FRONT MOUNTS LEAVING ONLY ONE BOLT HOLDING DOWN THE REAR). SEEMS TO BE A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM AS MANY OWNERS OF THIS MODEL ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SA...

Mileage: 300

THE PLASTIC USED FUEL TANKS IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE MOTORCYCLES' FUEL, WHICH CAUSES THE TANKS TO RAPIDLY DEGRADE AND DEFORM AND LEADS TO A NUMBER OF UNSAFE CONDITIONS. AMONG OTHER THINGS, AS THE PLASTIC DEGRADES AND DEFORMS, THE FUEL TANKS INTERFERE WITH THE FULL RANGE OF STEERING, LEAK FUEL ONTO T...

Mileage: 4,015

GAS TANK IS EXPANDING OFF IT'S FRAME MOUNTS. *TR

Mileage: 5,000

MY 2006 DUCATI SPORTCLASSIC HAS NOW HAD A THIRD PLASTIC TANK FITTED UNDER WARRANTY TO ADDRESS SPREADING AND DEFORMATION CAUSED BY ETHANOL; HOWEVER THE SAME COMPONENT IS BEING USED, GUARANTEEING THAT THE PROBLEM WILL REOCCUR. *TR

Mileage: 4,500

THE GAS TANK ON MY 2006 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE HAS BECOME DEFORMED AND THE MOUNTS CAN NO LONGER SECURELY HOLD THE TANK IN PLACE. THE MANUFACTURER MAY REPLACE THE TANK BUT IT WILL BE REPLACED WITH THE A GAS TANK MADE OF THE SAME DEFECTIVE MATERIAL. *TR

Mileage: 12,000

FUEL TANK EXPANSION ON DUCATI. THIS CONDITION MAKES THE RIDER INSUFFICIENTLY "CONNECTED" TO THE BIKE. *TR

Mileage: 7,483

STRUCTUAL FAILURE OF THE FUEL TANK ON MY SPORT CLASSIC DUCATI MOTORCYCLE. *TR

Mileage: 5,000

LIKE JUST ABOUT EVERYONE ELSE WHO OWNS A LATE MODEL DUCATI WITH A PLASTIC FUEL TANK, MY TANK IS DISTORTING AND SPREADING OVER TIME. IT'S NO LONGER IN CONTACT WITH THE MOUNTING PUCKS AT THE FRONT OF THE FRAME, AND THEREFORE WIGGLES AROUND A SHIFTS POSITION. MY WIFE OWNS A SIMILAR MODEL, AND HER T...

FUEL TANK IS MADE FROM A PLASTIC MATERIAL NOT COMPATIBLE WITH FUEL THAT CAN LEAD TO DEFORMATION, LEAKING, AND/OR TANK COMING LOOSE AND SHIFTING. *TR

THE FUEL TANK ON MY 2006 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC BECAME BADLY DISTORTED. IT WAS REPLACED 24 MARCH 2009. THE REPLACEMENT TANK IS NOW DISTORTED AS WELL. IT CONCERNS ME THAT IT MAY BE A HAZARD AS THE FIT IS POOR ENOUGH TO ALLOW SEPARATION OF THE TANK FROM THE FRAME. *TR

Mileage: 4,000

2006 DUCATI PAUL SMART 1000LE USES A FUEL TANK THAT IS MADE OF PLASTIC AND BEGINS TO DEFORM AND DEGRADE WHEN USING FUEL SOLD IN THE U.S. AFTER TWO YEARS OF OWNERSHIP, I HAD TO HAVE MY TANK REPLACED. THE REPLACEMENT TANK IS MADE FROM THE SAME MATERIAL AS THE ORIGINAL TANK, THUS WILL MOST LIKELY DEF...

Mileage: 13,600

THE GAS TANK ON MY 2006 DUCATI SPORT 1000 IS DEFORMED. THE TANK IS SPREADING AND BECOMES LOOSE ON ITS HINGES. I HAVE HAD THE TANK REPLACED TWICE, BUT THE THIRD ONE IS NOW DEFORMED AGAIN. *TR

Mileage: 4,000

THE PLASTIC FUEL TANK ON MY '06 DUCATI PS1000LE DEFORMED SO MUCH THAT IT WAS AT RISK OF FALLING OFF THE BIKE AND CAUSING A FIRE. DUCATI REPLACED IT WITH AN IDENTICAL TANK THAT IS HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *TR

Mileage: 20,000

FUEL TANK OF MOTORCYCLE DEFORMS IN SUCH A MANNER TO BECOME UNSECURED FROM THE VEHICLE FRAME AND BE UNSAFE TO OPERATE. MANUFACTURER HAS ADMITTED NO DEFECT IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TANK AND ONLY OFFERS TO REPLACE THE TANK WITH ANOTHER DEFECTIVE TANK THAT WILL ONLY DEFORM IN THE FUTURE AS WELL. I AM ...

Mileage: 6,200

FUEL TANK OF MOTORCYCLE DEFORMS IN SUCH A MANNER TO BECOME UNSECURED FROM THE VEHICLE FRAME AND BE UNSAFE TO OPERATE. MANUFACTURER HAS ADMITTED NO DEFECT IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TANK AND ONLY OFFERS TO REPLACE THE TANK WITH ANOTHER DEFECTIVE TANK THAT WILL ONLY DEFORM IN THE FUTURE AS WELL. I AM ...

Mileage: 6,200

FUEL TANK ON MOTORCYCLE HAS EXPANDED AND BUCKLED. IT IS NO LONGER BEING HELD IN PLACE BY THE "PUCKS" AT THE FRONT OF THE TANK. IT IS ONLY HELD BY THE SINGLE BOLT AT THE REAR OF THE TANK AND BY THE FRONT FAIRING. THE FRONT OF THE TANK CAN BE LIFTED UP OFF THE BIKE. THE TANK SHIFTS BACK AND FORTH WHEN...

Mileage: 2,500

I HAVE A 2006 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC 1000. THE TANK SEEMS TO HAVE GROWN WIDER AND DETACHED ITSELF FROM THE BRACKETS THAT HOLD IT IN PLACE. A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH REVEALED THAT IS AN OVERWHELMING AND SERIOUS PROBLEM. THE COMPANY IS REPLACING THE TANKS APPARENTLY, BUT NOT ADDRESSING THE ISSUE, WHICH MIGH...

Mileage: 5,100

PLASTIC TANK ON MY 2006 DUCATI SPORTCLASSIC HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE BECAUSE OF SPREADING, BUT DUCATI HAS NO FIX. THE TANK GETS SO LOOSE IT CAN COME OFF ITS MOUNTINGS WHICH COULD UNSEAT THE RIDER. *TR

Mileage: 3,500

PLASTIC TANK ON MY 2006 DUCATI SPORTCLASSIC HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE BECAUSE OF SPREADING, BUT DUCATI HAS NO FIX. THE TANK GETS SO LOOSE IT CAN COME OFF ITS MOUNTINGS WHICH COULD UNSEAT THE RIDER. *TR

Mileage: 3,500

EXPANDED FUEL TANK CAUSING INTERFERENCE WITH SAFETY STEERING STOPS. *TR

Mileage: 6,000

FUEL TANK IS BUBBLING, SPREADING AND WILL EVENTUALLY COME APART AT THE FUEL PUMP MOUNTING SURFACE AND LEAK ON MY HEADERS. FIRE AND EMISSION HAZARD, THE TANK IS BEING REPLACE BY DUCATI NORTH AMERICA, BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN 10YEARS FORM NOW WHEN I NEED ANOTHER TANK FOR MY 15,000 DOLLAR MOTORCYCLE? *TR

Mileage: 3,000

GAS TANK WARPING AND REGULATOR FAILURE. UNDER 3000 MILES GAS TANK WAS WARPING AND COMING OFF TANK MOUNTS. AT 7,546 MILES REGULATOR FAILED. BOTH WERE REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 7,546

GAS TANK WARPING AND REGULATOR FAILURE. UNDER 3000 MILES GAS TANK WAS WARPING AND COMING OFF TANK MOUNTS. AT 7,546 MILES REGULATOR FAILED. BOTH WERE REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 7,546

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2006 DUCATI SPORT 1000 SPORT CLASSIC. IN JANUARY I NOTICED THAT THE FUEL TANK HAD DEFORMED IN SHAPE AND WAS NOW UNABLE TO REST IN ITS MOUNTS. THE FACT THAT THE FUEL TANK MOVES ALL AROUND ON THE BIKE AND IS UNSECURED MAKES IT UNUSABLE AND UNSAFE. I HAVE CONTACTED DUCATI ABOUT THIS...

Mileage: 2,100

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A USED 2006 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC SPORT 1000 FROM THE DEALER (TOURING SPORT IN GREENVILLE, SC) THAT SOLD IT TO THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND THEN TO ME. THE GAS TANK HAS DEFORMED TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS NO LONGER SECURELY HELD IN PLACE ON THE FRAME. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A COMMON KNOWN ...

Mileage: 5,717

FUEL TANK ON MY 2006 DUCATI PAUL SMART (PS1000LE) HAS DEVELOPED WAVES ON THE SURFACE AND NUMEROUS DIMPLES. THE SURFACE IS NO LONGER UNIFORM. ALSO, IT SEEM TO HAVE INCRESED ITS OUTSIDE SIZE. THIS IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE HOWEVER. DUE TO THE TANK DEFORMATION IT IS NO LONGER FIRMLY ATTACHED TO THE FRAME AN...

Mileage: 2,700

GAS TANK WARPS AND DEFORMS AS AIR TEMP OR PRESSURE CHANGES. CAUSES LOUD POP AND CONTRACTION OF TANK AT FUEL STOPS, AND AFTER A WHILE WILL CAUSE PAINT TO BUBBLE. DUCATI HAS ALREADY REPLACED THE ORIGINAL TANK AFTER 18 MONTHS AND NOW THE SECOND IS STARTING TO EXPAND AND CONTRACT A BIT. *TR

Mileage: 1,206

FUEL TANK DEVELOPED VISIBLE "BUBBLE". *TR

Mileage: 7,000

MY PLASTIC FUEL TANK EXPANDS AND DEFORMS, A PHENOMENON SUPPOSEDLY CAUSED BY A CHEMICAL REACTION OF THE PLASTIC TANK TO THE ETHANOL IN THE FUEL (THIS PROBLEM SEEMS ONLY TO OCCUR FOR THE BIKES THAT ARE IN THE UNITED STATES, BECAUSE OTHER COUNTRIES APPARENTLY DO NOT HAVE ETHANOL IN THE GAS). THIS IS...

Mileage: 1,400

1) THE PLASTIC GAS TANK HAS "SPREAD" OR DEFORMED AND NO LONGER MOUNTS TO THE MOTORCYCLE FRAME CORRECTLY. IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT THE TANK COULD COME LOOSE. 2) THE SPREADING SEEMS TO BE CAUSED BY FUEL CONTAINING ETHANOL AND ONCE THE TANK HAS SPREAD IT DOES NOT RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL SHAPE. ...

Mileage: 4,200

I HAVE A MOTORCYCLE THAT WAS INCLUDED IN A RECALL FOR A DEFECTIVE FUEL LINE CONNECTOR: NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 07V017000 COMPONENT: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS BECAUSE OF AN OVERSIGHT BY EITHER DUCATI NORTH AMERICA, OR THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT MY MO...

Mileage: 5,800

I HAVE A MOTORCYCLE THAT WAS INCLUDED IN A RECALL FOR A DEFECTIVE FUEL LINE CONNECTOR: NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 07V017000 COMPONENT: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS BECAUSE OF AN OVERSIGHT BY EITHER DUCATI NORTH AMERICA, OR THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT MY MO...

Mileage: 5,800

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) I HAVE A 2006 DUCATI SPORT1000 MOTORCYCLE [XXX] [XXX] WITH A FUEL TANK WHICH HAS BECOME DISCONNECTED FROM THE MOUNTING TO THE FRAME OF THE MOTORCYCLE. THIS IS DUE TO A WELL KNOWN DEFECT ON DUCATI SPORT C...

Mileage: 5,800

AFTER ONLY 3000 MILES, THE GAS TANK WARPS AND SPREADS UNTIL IT IS NOT SECURE ON THE FRAME. THIS IS POSSIBLY DUE TO GAS INTERACTIONS. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE BY DUCATI. *TR

Mileage: 4,289

THE FUEL TANK ON MY DUCATI MOTORCYCLE IS SPREADING AND HAS FALLEN OFF INTO FRAME MOUNT ON THE LEFT SIDE AND IS COMING CLOSE TO FALLING OFF ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THE SPORTCLASSIC SERIES. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR DEFORMATION AT THE FUEL PUMP SUMP. I'M WORRIED ABOUT LEAKS A...

Mileage: 3,000

THE PLASTIC FUEL TANK ON MY MOTORCYCLE EXPANDED, 'BUBBLED' AND WARPED TO A POINT THAT IT WAS UNSAFELY ATTACHED TO MOTORCYCLE. THE DEALER REPLACED FUEL TANK WITH AN IDENTICAL COPY, WHICH WORRIES ME ABOUT FUTURE ISSUES. *TR

Mileage: 3,750

I PURCHASED A '06 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC SPORT 1000 IN AUGUST 2007. IT WAS A NEW OLD STOCK MOTORCYCLE. WITHIN 1 YEAR OF PURCHASE THE GAS TANK STARTED TO DEFORM, AND AFTER 1 1/2 YEARS THE PLASTIC GAS TANK HAD DISTORTED IT'S SHAPE ENOUGH TO COME COMPLETELY OFF IT'S FRONT MOUNTS. THE TANK COULD BE LIFT...

Mileage: 4,500

I HAVE A 2006 DUCATI MOTORCYCLE, MODEL PS 1000 LE. DUE TO THE MATERIAL USED FOR THE GAS TANK, ANY ETHANOL FUEL USED IN THE TANK CAUSES THE TANK TO DEFORM BY EXPANDING. THIS EXPANSION CAUSED THE MAIN MOUNTING POINTS TO EXPAND SO THAT THEY ARE NOT HELD BY THE FRAME BRACKETS. THE RESULT IS THAT THE ...

Mileage: 5,300

I PURCHASED A 2006 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE IN DEC 08. THE PLASTIC FUEL TANK STARTED "SPREADING APART AND THE TANK BECAME LOOSE ON THE FRONT MOUNTS. DUCATI REPLACED THAT TANK IN JAN 09, BUT THE NEW TANK HAS STARTED TO SPREAD THE SAME AS THE OLD TANK. THE TANK IS WARPING AND CAN BE LIFTED O...

Mileage: 1,700

WITHIN 2 MONTHS OF PURCHASE OF MY MOTORCYCLE THE GAS TANK "SPREAD". THIS MEANS THE PLASTIC GAS TANK DISTORTED IT'S SHAPE ENOUGH TO COME COMPLETELY OFF IT'S MOUNT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE GAS TANK. DUCATI IS REPLACING THIS TANK WITH AN EXACT DUPLICATE. SINCE THE REPLACEMENT TANK IS THE SAME MATERIAL ...

Mileage: 15,000

THE GAS TANK ON MY 2006 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC WAS SPREADING AND WARPING, WHICH MADE IT LOOSE FROM THE FRONT TABS/CLAMPS AND COULD BE LIFTED FROM THE FRAME. I JUST RECEIVED A REPLACEMENT TANK FROM DUCATI ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO. HOWEVER, I FOUND OUT THAT THIS TANK IS NO DIFFERENT FROM THE PREVIOUS DEFECTI...

GAS TANK ON 2006 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC HAS SPREAD ENOUGH TO BE PULLED OFF BRACKETS BY HAND. BIKE IS ON 2ND WARRANTIED GAS TANK. *TR

Mileage: 6,000

THE GAS TANK HAS STARTED TO DEFORM AND DOES NOT MOUNT PROPERLY TO THE MOTORCYCLE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT THIS HAS OCCURRED AND WAS REPLACED AT NO COST BY THE DUCATI DEALER. THIS SECOND TANK THE DEALER IS GIVING ME A BIT OF HESITATION AND WANTS TO SHIM THE TANK. I BELIEVE SHIMMING WILL NOT STO...

Mileage: 15,000

MY MOTORCYCLE IS A 2006 DUCATI SPORT 1000 WHICH HAS A PLASTIC GAS TANK WHICH HAS BEGUN TO EXPAND AND DEFORM. THE OUTSIDE DIMENSIONS OF THE TANK HAVE INCREASED AND IT NOW DOES NOT SIT CORRECTLY IN THE FRAME. THE RUBBER MOUNTS NO LONGER SIT ON THE FRAME. I HAVE MADE NO MODIFICATIONS TO THE FUEL TA...

Mileage: 8,000

2006 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC 1000, FUEL TANK DEFORMING, THE FUEL TANK ON THIS VEHICLE IS FABRICATED OUT OF PLASTIC AND IT IS DEFORMING TO THE POINT OF NOT BEING FASTENED TO THE BODY OF THE MOTORCYCLE. *TR

Mileage: 500

A NEWLY PURCHASED DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE, PURCHASED FROM AN AUTHORIZED DUCATI DEALER IN MARCH OF 2006, IS EXHIBITING OUT OF SPEC GAS TANK EXPANSION, WHICH IS CREATING UNSAFE MOUNTING ONTO MOTORCYCLE FRAME. THAT IS, THE GAS TANK IS WARPING OUT OF SHAPE AND NO LONGER SECURELY MOUNTED ONTO FR...

Mileage: 500

A NEWLY PURCHASED DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE, PURCHASED FROM AN AUTHORIZED DUCATI DEALER IN MARCH OF 2006, IS EXHIBITING OUT OF SPEC GAS TANK EXPANSION, WHICH IS CREATING UNSAFE MOUNTING ONTO MOTORCYCLE FRAME. THAT IS, THE GAS TANK IS WARPING OUT OF SHAPE AND NO LONGER SECURELY MOUNTED ONTO FR...

Mileage: 500

I OWN A 2006 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE. THE GAS TANK IS PLASTIC AND THE TANK IS SPREADING APART FROM THE MOUNTING BRACKETS TO THE POINT WHERE THE BRACKETS DO NOT ENGAGE THE TANK ANY LONGER. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM AS THE TANK COULD SEPARATE FROM THE MOTORCYCLE. I ...

Mileage: 4,000

THE PLASTIC FUEL TANK ON MY 2006 DUCATI PAUL SMART 1000 MOTORCYCLE IS SPREADING IN WIDTH, SO THAT IT NO LONGER SITS SECURELY ON THE MOUNTS THAT ATTACH IT TO THE VEHICLE. THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK IS ALSO BECOMING DIMPLED, WAS SMOOTH WHEN NEW. I SUSPECT IT MAY THE POLYMER USED IN THE FUEL TANK REACTIN...

Mileage: 4,000

I OWN A 2006 PAUL SMART 1000LE, FROM THE SPORT CLASSIC LINE BY DUCATI. THE GAS TANK, WHICH IS MADE FROM SOME SORT OF PLASTIC HAS BEGUN TO SPREAD APART AND IS NOT CONNECTED TO ITS MOORING POINTS. BASED ON WHAT I HAVE READ ON WWW.DUCATI.MS, THIS APPEARS TO BE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT IN THESE TANKS, A...

PLASTIC GAS TANK HAS DEFORMED CAUSING IT TO BECOME UNATTACHED FROM THE TWO FRONT MOUNTS. ONLY THING HOLDING TANK TO MOTORCYCLE IS ONE BOLT IN REAR. OBVIOUS BULGE IN TOP OF TANK FROM THE DEFORMATION. PLASTIC MAY CRACK AND ALLOW GAS TO ESCAPE AND LEAK OVER ENGINE WHICH IS DIRECTLY BELOW THE TANK. *T...

Mileage: 5,000

THE FUEL TANK IS LOOSE ON THE FRONT MOUNTS ALMOST TO THE POINT THAT IT CAN BE LIFTED UP OFF THE FRAME. I SHIMMIED THE MOUNTS OUTWARD FROM THE FRAME WITH WASHERS A YEAR AGO TO HOLD THE TANK TIGHT, BUT IT IS AGAIN LOOSENING. IT APPEARS THE PLASTIC FUEL TANK IS DISTORTING AND GETTING WIDER OVER TIME. I...

1.) I BOUGHT A 2006 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC 2.) THE GAS TANK BULGES AND DEFORMS (APPARENTLY WITH TEMPERATURE) AND DOES NOT ALWAYS SEAT IN THE MOUNTING BRACKETS AS THE TANKS SHAPE CHANGES. I AM CONCERNED THE EXPANDING/CONTRACTING MATERIAL WILL EVENTUALLY FATIGUE TO THE POINT OF LEAKING GASOLINE. ...

PLASTIC GAS TANK ON MOTORCYCLE IS WIDER THAN THE FACTORY MOUNTING WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO HOLD IT IN PLACE. IF YOU SHIFT THE TANK IT CAN BE LIFTED OUT OF THE "CUPS" THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO HOLD IT DOWN. THEN ONLY THE REAR MOUNT OF THE TANK KEEPS IT IN PLACE. POINTED OUT PROBLEM TO DEALER AND CHECKED 2 NE...

PLASTIC GAS TANK ON 2006 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE DOES NOT HOLD SHAPE. BECOMES FREE OF RUBBER MOUNTS AND CAN RUB AGAINST FRAME, ETC. ALSO CAN BE STRUCK BY CONTROLS IN TIGHT TURN. BOUGHT BIKE NEW 11/06. TANK REPLACED BY DUCATI 12/07, SECOND TANK REPLACED 11/08. NO CHANGE IN PRODUCT OR ISS...

Mileage: 5,600

MOTORCYCLE WAS PURCHASED NEW IN SEPTEMBER 2007; FUEL TANK WAS FITTED SNUGLY AGAINST THE FRAME AT THAT TIME. IN SPRING 2007, I NOTICED THE FUEL TANK HAD ABOUT 3CM OF PLAY FROM SIDE TO SIDE ON THE FRAME DUE TO THE PLASTIC SPREADING WHERE IT ATTACHES TO THE CENTER FRAME WITH TWO BRACKETS THAT REST ON B...

Mileage: 900

GAS TANK SPREADING OUT OF ITS BRACKETS. WORRIED THAT THE TANK MAY UNEXPECTEDLY FALL OFF. DEALERSHIP HAS BULLETIN TO SHIM OUT BRACKETS, NOT CURE THE PROBLEM OF THE TANK SPREADING. *TR

Mileage: 2,400

THE FUEL TANK ON MY BIKE IS WARPING TO THE POINT THAT IT NO LONGER IS SECURELY ATTACHED TO THE MOTORCYLE. THIS REPRESENTS A DESIGN FLAW THAT COULD QUICKLY BECOME A SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

Mileage: 6,200

THE MATERIAL OF THE FUEL TANK ON MY 2006 DUCATI SPORT 1000 SEEMS UNSTABLE OVER TIME. THE SURFACE SHOWS BUBBLES (BLISTERS) AND DIMPLES AND THE TANK SEEMS TO BE "GROWING". WHEN NEW, AT FULL STEERING LOCK LEFT OR RIGHT, NONE OF THE CONTROLS ON THE HANDLEBARS WOULD HIT / TOUCH / INTERFERE WITH THE TANK....

Mileage: 10,737

MOTORCYCLE: 2006 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC 1000-GAS TANK GETS LOOSE AND NO LONGER FITS BRACKETS. THE GAS TANK IS NOT HOLDING ITS MOLDED SHAPE AND CONTINUES TO GET WORSE, WHILE SPREADING AWAY FROM ITS MOUNTING BUSHINGS AND BRACKETS UNDER THE FRONT OF GAS TANK. THIS CAN CAUSE PAINT BUBBLING, POSSIBLE LE...

Mileage: 4,000

MOTORCYCLE: 2006 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC 1000-GAS TANK GETS LOOSE AND NO LONGER FITS BRACKETS. THE GAS TANK IS NOT HOLDING ITS MOLDED SHAPE AND CONTINUES TO GET WORSE, WHILE SPREADING AWAY FROM ITS MOUNTING BUSHINGS AND BRACKETS UNDER THE FRONT OF GAS TANK. THIS CAN CAUSE PAINT BUBBLING, POSSIBLE LE...

Mileage: 4,000

I PURCHASED A 2006 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC 1000 MOTORCYCLE NEW, AND WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOTED THE FUEL TANK SHIFTED IN POSITION AND FOUND IT HAD AN INCH OR SO OF SLOP ON IT'S FRONT TANK MOUNTS. IT IS CLOSE TO COMING COMPLETELY OUT OF IT'S MOUNTS AND IS A DANGER/SAFETY HAZARD. THE TANK APPEARS TO ...

Mileage: 2,000

DEFECTIVE FUEL TANK. THESE TANKS ARE PLASTIC AND SWELL OR STRETCH OUT OVER TIME. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE TANK IS NOT HELD ON THE BIKE BY THE RUBBER BUSHINGS LOCATED AT THE FRONT OF THE TANK/FRAME. THIS IS A WIDELY KNOWN PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 1,200

2006 DUCATI SPORT 1000. FUEL TANK SWELLED TO THE POINT OF BEING LOOSE ON THE MOTORCYCLE. COMMON , I HAVE FOUND. *TR

Mileage: 1,400

IN REGARDS TO MY 2006 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC PS1000LE, THE FACTORY PLASTIC GAS TANK WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY IN 11/2007 DUE TO DEFORMATION ISSUES. THE DEFORMATION CAUSED THE FRONT UNDERSIDE OF THE TANK TO SPREAD APART THEREBY NO LONGER CONNECTING TO THE FRONT MOUNTING BRACKETS. ESSENTIALLY THE TA...

Mileage: 543

SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING PROPERLY. SPEEDO AND TACHOMETER ARE SUPPOSED TO PERFORM A FULL SWEEP AFTER TURNING KEY TO START. HOWEVER, SPEEDOMETER MOVES ERRATICALLY AFTER KEY IS TURNED ON AND STOPS IN ARBITRARY POSITION, NEVER RETURNING TO 0 MPH. *TR

Mileage: 7,100

I AM WRITING TO YOU REGARDING A DANGEROUS RUNNING CONDITION OF MY DUCATI MOTORCYCLE, A 2006 DUCATI 800SS . THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE FUEL TANK IS RUSTING AWAY INTERNALLY EVEN THOUGH IT IS ALWAYS PARKED WITH A FULL TANK OF FUEL. THE RUSTING FUEL TANK KEEPS CLOGGING THE FUEL FILTER AND RENDERS THE B...

Mileage: 2,900

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DUCATI SPORT 1000. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THEREWAS A SAFETY RECALL ON THE FUEL HOSE AND FASTENERS INSIDE THE FUEL TANK OF THE MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DAY HE RECEIVED THE RECALL LETTER HE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE DEALER, STATING THAT THEY WERE...

Mileage: 300