2007 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC Problems & Recalls

THE STOCK PLASTIC GAS TANK EXPANDED AND IT COMES OUT OF IT'S INTENDED POSITION.

2007 DUCATI SPORT 1000S - GAS TANK HAS BEEN DEFORMED. IT NO LONGER SITS PROPERLY IN THE MOUNTING POINTS ON THE SIDE. IT HAS EXPANDED BEYOND THE POINT OF SITTING PROPERLY IN THE MOUNTING POINTS IN THE FRONT. THE TANK NOW RESTS UNSECURED ON THE FRAME AND WILL SHIFT AND TEETER FROM SIDE TO SIDE WHILE T...

Mileage: 9,795

2007 DUCATI SPORT 1000S - GAS TANK HAS BEEN DEFORMED. IT NO LONGER SITS PROPERLY IN THE MOUNTING POINTS ON THE SIDE. IT HAS EXPANDED BEYOND THE POINT OF SITTING PROPERLY IN THE MOUNTING POINTS IN THE FRONT. THE TANK NOW RESTS UNSECURED ON THE FRAME AND WILL SHIFT AND TEETER FROM SIDE TO SIDE WHILE T...

Mileage: 9,795

GAS TANK DEFORMED AND WAS LOOSE. HAD IT REPLACED ONCE BY THE DEALER. NOW TWO YEARS LATER THE REPLACED TANK IS DEFORMED AND WILL BE LOOSE. *TR

Mileage: 4,000

THE FUEL TANK ON MY MOTORCYCLE HAS SPREAD AND DISTORTED ENOUGH THAT IT HAS FALLEN OFF THE FRAME OF THE MOTORCYCLE. WHILE RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEED, WIND WILL ACTUALLY LIFT THE FUEL TANK UP AND THE RIDER MUST HOLD IT IN PLACE SO IT DOES NOT SEPARATE COMPLETELY FROM THE VEHICLE. ...

Mileage: 18,671

FUEL TANK IS SPREADING AND IS NOW LOOSE ON IT'S MOUNTS. POSSIBLE FOR IT TO LIFT AT THE FRONT OF THE TANK. THIS IS UNSAFE AS IT COULD COME LOOSE WHILE DRIVING/RIDING AND CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR LOSS OF CONTROL. ALSO POSES A RISK OF HAVING FUEL LEAKING EITHER WHILE RIDING OR PARKED WHICH I COULD ...

Mileage: 2,500

FUEL TANK (PLASTIC) HAS SWOLLEN OND NO LONGER ATTACHES TO THE FRAME OF THE MOTORCYCLE ON THE SIDES. TANK MAY COME OFF IN AN ACCIDENT OR PERHAPS RIDING. THIS COULD BE VERY SERIOUS WITH FIRE, INJURY, LOSS OF CONTROL. *TT

Mileage: 1,900

THE TANK ON MY 2007 DUCATI SPORT 1000 BIPOSTO HAS SPREAD HALF AN INCH ON EACH SIDE OF THE TANK. THE RUBBER PART OF THE MOUNT HAS EXTENDED ALMOST PASSED THE METAL BRACKET, MAKING IT LOOSE AND EXTREMELY UNSAFE. *TT

Mileage: 1,400

1. I NOTICED DIMPLES ON THE TOP OF MY GAS TANK AND THEN CHECKED THE MOUNTING BRACKETS FOR THE GAS TANK. THE GAS TANK COULD BE PULLED COMPLETELY OFF THE MOTORCYCLE WITHOUT MUCH EFFORT. 2. THIS IS A FAILURE THAT CANNOT RECTIFY ITSELF AND SLOWLY DEGRADES MORE AND MORE. 3. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS TAKEN INT...

Mileage: 7,000

FUEL TANK IS SPREADING AND IS NOW LOOSE ON IT'S MOUNTS. POSSIBLE FOR IT TO LIFT AT THE FRONT OF THE TANK. *TR

Mileage: 4,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC 1000 MOTORCYCLE. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. ALSO, THE FUEL TANK WAS ABNORMALLY STRETCHED DUE TO FUEL LINE TENSION. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 07V0170...

Mileage: 3,600

IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE POLYCARBONATE FUEL TANK ON THE MOTORCYCLE HAS SAGGED OR SPREAD, MAKING THE FRONT OF THE TANK LOOSE. WHEN THE TANK SPREAD, THE FRONT GROMMETS NO LONGER MAKE CONTACT WITH THE TANK, MAKING IT LOOSE. THIS POSES A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD. THIS FAILURE DID NOT HAPPEN ALL AT ONCE,...

Mileage: 6,500

GAS TANK IS DEFECTIVE AND ALREADY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IT WAS REPLACED WITH THE SAME EXACT TANK AND I EXPECT IT TO FAIL AND HOPEFULLY NOT WHILE I AM ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

FUEL TANK EXPANDS AND DEFORMS WITH THE PRESENCE OF FUEL IN THE TANK. THE EXPANSION CAUSES THE TANK UNSEAT FROM THE MOUNTING BRACKETS. THE RESULT IS THAT THE TANK MAY FALL OF THE BIKE. THE POSSIBILITY OF AN UNSAFE CONDITION AND CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE FUEL SYSTEM IS HIGH. STRAPS HAVE BEEN PLA...

Mileage: 8,000

PURCHASED A 2007 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC IN EARLY 2008. AFTER 4 MONTHS OF RIDING AND TAKING GOOD CARE OF THE BIKE, THE TANK STARTED TO GET DEFORMED AND SPREAD TREMENDOUSLY. LUCKILY, THE DEALERSHIP CHANGED IT AUTOMATICALLY. A YEAR LATER, THE REPLACEMENT TANK GOT DEFORMED AS WELL TO THE POINT THAT IT WAS...

Mileage: 3,500

GAS TANK ON A 2007 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC 1000 MOTORCYCLE. THE TANK HAS SPREAD AND WARPED WHICH HAS CAUSED IT TO COME LOOSE ON THE FRAME OF THE BIKE AND BECOME DEFORMED. BECAUSE THE TANK DOES NOT FIT PROPERLY IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THE TANK TO COME OFF WHILE RIDING. I HAVE HAD A DEALER "SHIM" THE TANK ...

Mileage: 4,800

I PURCHASED A DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC GT1000 IN EARLY 2007. TANK DEFORMED DURING REGULAR USE. CONTACTED DUCATI DEALER WHICH, AFTER SOME BACK AND FORTH, AGREED TO REPLACE THE TANK WITH A NEW ONE. ALREADY AT THAT TIME I WAS WARNED THAT THE NEW TANK IS THE SAME AND THE ISSUE WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. SHORTLY THE...

Mileage: 5,000

I PURCHASED A DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC GT1000 IN EARLY 2007. TANK DEFORMED DURING REGULAR USE. CONTACTED DUCATI DEALER WHICH, AFTER SOME BACK AND FORTH, AGREED TO REPLACE THE TANK WITH A NEW ONE. ALREADY AT THAT TIME I WAS WARNED THAT THE NEW TANK IS THE SAME AND THE ISSUE WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. SHORTLY THE...

Mileage: 5,000

PLASTIC FUEL TANK ON 2007 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH FUEL. I HAVE HAD THE TANK REPLACED TWICE SINCE THE BIKE WAS NEW AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS WITH THE NEW REPLACEMENT TANKS. FUEL CAUSES THE TANKS TO DEFORM AND LEAK, CREATING A VERY HAZARDOUS SITUATION. *TR

Mileage: 2,200

I HAVE A 2007 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC 1000S WITH PLASTIC FUEL TANK. THE FUEL TANK HAS DEFORMED (SPREAD) TO THE POINT THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO LIFT THE FRONT OF THE FUEL TANK OFF THE FRONT MOUNTS WITHOUT REMOVING THE REAR RETAINING BOLT. THE SINGLE BOLT AT THE REAR OF THE TANK IS THE ONLY SECURE MOUNT F...

Mileage: 3,200

DUCATI SPORTCLASSIC PLASTIC GAS TANK KEEP EXPANDING AND THESE CAUSE THE UNLATCHING AND BECOME LOOSE. *TR

Mileage: 2,058

DUCATI SPORTCLASSIC PLASTIC GAS TANK KEEP EXPANDING AND THESE CAUSE THE UNLATCHING AND BECOME LOOSE. *TR

Mileage: 2,058

I HAVE A 07 DUCATI SPORTS CLASSIC AND MY PLASTIC FUEL TANK IS EXPANDING, TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED WITH THE SAME DEFECTED TANK. ALL I CAN DO NOW IS FILE THIS COMPLAINT AND REGISTER THE PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 1,000

THE PLASTIC FUEL TANK ON MY MOTORCYCLE IS WARPING OUT OF SHAPE. THE PROBLEM HAS SIMPLY DEVELOPED SINCE I PURCHASED THE BIKE LAST YEAR--I'VE NEVER HAD AN ACCIDENT, DROPPED THE BIKE, ETC. MY RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT THE WARPING PROBLEM MAY BE CAUSED BY THE TANK MATERIAL (PLASTIC) REACTING TO THE ETHAN...

Mileage: 1,500

SPREADING AND BUBBLING ISSUES IN MY GAS TANK. *TR

Mileage: 616

2007 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC 1000 BIPOSTO. THE GAS TANK ON MY MOTORCYCLE HAS BECOME DEFORMED AND MISSHAPEN. THE DEFORMING OF THE GAS TANK HAS RESULTED IN THE TANK FALLING OFF IT'S MOUNTING POINTS ON THE FRAME AND ALLOWING THE TANK TO DETACH FROM THE MOTORCYCLE IN THE FRONT. IT IS ALSO DISTORTED ENOU...

Mileage: 12,024

PURCHASED 2007 DUCATI S1000 NEW IN FEB. 2008 FROM DEALERSHIP. SINCE PURCHASED FUEL TANK HAS BEEN SPREADING AND I NEEDED TO SHIM TANK BRACKETS 1/4" ON BOTH SIDES TO SECURELY HOLD TANK IN PLACE . TANK ALSO HAS BUBBLED ON OUTSIDE UNDERNEATH PAINT ON UPPER RIGHT CORNER, I BELIEVE FROM GAS FUMES PENET...

FUEL TANK HAS SPREAD SEPARATING IT FROM FRONT MOUNTING BRACKETS. DUCATI DEALER WAS ADVISED ON MARCH 23, 2010 AND HAS NOT RECEIVED A REPLACEMENT TANK FROM DUCATI AND HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN AN EXPECTED DELIVERY DATE. *TR

Mileage: 14,575

GAS TANK ON 2007 DUCATI GT 1000 MOTORCYCLE IS DEFORMED AND NO LONGER STAYS ON ITS MOUNTS. *TR

Mileage: 500

2007 DUCATI SPORT 1000 MOTORCYCLE. *TR

THE PLASTIC GAS TANK ON MY MOTORCYCLE HAS OVER TIME EXPANDED AND DISTORTED ENOUGH THAT IT HAD FALLEN OFF OF THE MOUNTING POINTS ON THE FRAME OF MY VEHICLE AND WAS NO LONGER SECURE TO THE MOTORCYCLE. THIS CAUSED THE BIKE TO BECOME UNRIDEABLE DUE TO THE FEAR OF THE GAS TANK FALLING OFF OR INTERFERING...

Mileage: 8,680

PLASTIC FUEL TANK ON DUCATI MOTORCYCLE DEFORMING TO THE POINT WHERE IT NO LONGER FITS INTO ITS MOUNTING BRACKETS AND BLOCKS THE CONTROLS FROM FULL RANGE OF MOVEMENT. *TR

Mileage: 1,000

FUEL TANK SPREADING CAUSES LACK OF SECURITY. *TR

Mileage: 3,500

FUEL TANK SPREADING AND DEFORMING. FUEL TANK NO LONGER CONNECTED TO MOTORCYCLE FRAME. FUEL TANK IS LOOSE AND LIFTS OFF OF BIKE WHEN RIDING OVER BUMPS. *TR

Mileage: 400

THE "PLASTIC" FUEL TANK EXPANDS OVER TIME ALLOWING RELEASE OF THE FRONT MOUNTING POINTS. THIS LEAVES ONLY ONE MOUNTING POINT AT THE REAR OF THE FUEL TANK. *TR

Mileage: 3,000

THE GAS TANK ON DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC MOTORCYCLES SPREADS SIDE TO SIDE TO THE POINT THAT THE RUBBER POLKS ON THE SIDES OF THE POLY CARBONATE TANK ARE NO LONGER IN THE METAL TANGS ON THE FRONT OF THE FRAME. THIS IN EFFECT RELEASES THE FRONT OF THE TANK ALLOWING IT TO "FLOP AROUND". AT THIS POINT THE T...

Mileage: 1,000

FUEL TANK DEFORMS OVER TIME, CAUSING IT TO LIFT OUT OF THE FRONT BRACKETS. THE TANK IS THEN LOOSE AND MOVES CONSIDERABLY UNDER HAND PRESSURE, WOULD PROBABLY COME OFF COMPLETELY IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. DEALER HAS REPLACED TANK ONCE, THE NEW ONE IS ALREADY SHOWING THE SAME PROBLEMS, SO CLEARLY TH...

Mileage: 215

1. NORMAL USE OF GAS TANK. 2. GAS TANK HAS DISTORTED, SEPARATING FROM IT'S MOUNTS AND IS THUS NOT ATTACHED AT THE FRONT OF THE MOTORCYCLE. 3. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO REPAIR IT. *TR

Mileage: 3,200

DUCATI 2007 GT1000 MOTORCYCLE PLASTIC FUEL TANK IS SOFTENING AND SPREADING WHICH CAUSE THE TANK TO NOT BE SUPPORTED BY THE FRONT TANK BRACKETS. *TR

Mileage: 3,976

1) GAS TANK WARPING DUE TO TANK MATERIAL REACTION TO FUEL WITH ETHANOL (THE STATE IN WHICH I LIVE, AND MANY OTHERS, REQUIRE 10% ETHANOL). MOST EU COUNTRIES WHERE THE BIKE IS FROM HAVE NO ETHANOL IN THEIR GAS. 2) TANK WARPING MAY CAUSE TANK TO COME LOOSE FROM HOLDING BRACKETS 3) TANK WAS REPLACED ...

Mileage: 10,000

THE GAS TANK ON MY 2007 DUCATI GT 1000 SPORT CLASSIC IS SPREADING, SO MUCH SO THAT EXTRA SHIMS UNDER THE MOUNTING PADS CAN NO LONGER RECTIFY THE CONDITION. I AM AFRAID THAT IT WILL COME OFF WHILE THE BIKE IS IN USE. *TR

FUEL TANK ON MY 2007 DUCATI GT1000 HAS WARPED/DISTORTED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TANK NO LONGER FITS IN IT'S FRAME MOUNTS PROPERLY. THIS UNIT CURRENTLY HAS 16,500 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THIS IS THE 2ND FUEL TANK TO BE MOUNTED ON THIS MOTORCYCLE. THE ORIGINAL TANK THAT WAS MOUNTED ...

Mileage: 16,000

FUEL TANK ON MY 2007 DUCATI GT1000 HAS WARPED/DISTORTED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TANK NO LONGER FITS IN IT'S FRAME MOUNTS PROPERLY. THIS UNIT CURRENTLY HAS 16,500 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THIS IS THE 2ND FUEL TANK TO BE MOUNTED ON THIS MOTORCYCLE. THE ORIGINAL TANK THAT WAS MOUNTED ...

Mileage: 16,000

I HAVE A DUCATI MOTORCYCLE THAT HAS A DEFECTIVE GAS TANK. IT HAS DEFORMED OVER TIME TO THE POINT THAT IT HAS FALLEN OFF IT'S MOUNTS. THE PLASTIC GAS TANK WAS REPLACED WITH THE EXACT SAME PART UNDER WARRANTY. THE REPLACEMENT IS MADE OUT OF THE SAME MATERIALS AS THE ORIGINAL. MY DEALER INFORMED ME...

Mileage: 5,000

2007 DUCATI GT SPORT CLASSIC FUEL TANK SPREADING , TANK DEFORMING HAS CAUSED THE TANK TO MOVE OFF THE FRAME MOUNTS. TANK IS NO LONGER SECURE TO FRAME CAUSING THE POTENTIAL FOR INJURY AND ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 1,006

I OWN A 2007 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC. THIS BIKE HAS A WELL KNOWN DESIGN ISSUE THAT CAUSES THE GAS TANK TO "SPREAD". DUCATI HAS BEEN REPLACING THEM UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THE REPLACEMENT HAS THE SAME FLAWED DESIGN, AND WILL FAIL ALSO. MY WARRANTY IS STILL IN EFFECT AND THE DEALER JUST ORDERED MY REPLACEMEN...

Mileage: 600

PLASTIC FUEL TANK SPREADING BECOMING LOOSE AND NOT BEING PROPERLY ATTACHED TO THE MOTORCYCLE,LEAVING ONLY ONE SMALL BOLT HOLDING IT ON. OCCURRENCE,ONCE. REPLACED BY DEALER BUT SPREADING AGAIN. DEALER SAYS CANT GUARANTEE ANY REPLACEMENTS. *TR

Mileage: 3,000

THE FUEL TANK OF MY DUCATI 2007 GT1000 IS SPREADING. THE DEALER EXTENDED THE BRACKET OUT TO HOLD IT IN PLACE HOWEVER I THINK THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND TEMPORARY REMEDY AS THE TANK IS CONTINUING TO SPREAD. I DO NOT WANT TO SEE THE TANK CRACKS AND START A FIRE CAUSING HARM TO MYSELF AND OTHER. *TR

Mileage: 600

2007 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC 1000. TANK WAS REPLACED FROM PREVIOUS COMPLAINT ABOUT IT BEING LOOSE AND SPREADING (ODI NUMBER 10258487). REPLACEMENT TANK HAS FAILED IN THE SAME MANNER IN UNDER TWO MONTHS. WILL SEEK REPLACEMENT AGAIN. *TR

Mileage: 68

DUCATI 2007 GT1000 (MOTORCYCLE) GAS TANK HAS DEFORMED, SPREADING AWAY FROM MOUNTING POINTS. TANK IS NOT LONGER AFFIXED TO FRAME. *TR

Mileage: 1,113

1- MOTORCYCLE UNDER NORMAL USAGE & CONDITIONS, PURCHASED NEW FROM DEALER. 2- AFTER 14 MONTHS OF OPERATION, A GAS TANK DEFORMATION (SPREADING) APPEARED, POSSIBLY FROM TANK MATERIAL REACTION TO CONTACT WITH GASOLINE. 3- THE GAS TANK HAS BEEN REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY BY DEALER, AND SENT BACK TO THE ...

Mileage: 11,000

1- MOTORCYCLE UNDER NORMAL USAGE & CONDITIONS, PURCHASED NEW FROM DEALER. 2- AFTER 14 MONTHS OF OPERATION, A GAS TANK DEFORMATION (SPREADING) APPEARED, POSSIBLY FROM TANK MATERIAL REACTION TO CONTACT WITH GASOLINE. 3- THE GAS TANK HAS BEEN REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY BY DEALER, AND SENT BACK TO THE ...

Mileage: 11,000

I HAVE PURCHASE A 2007 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC 1000 1 AND 1/2 YEARS AGO AND RECENTLY FOUND MY GAS TANK IS SPREADING APART. THE GAS TANK HAS SPREAD FAR ENOUGH WHERE THERE IS NOTHING HOLDING THE TANK, I CAN LIFT THE TANK UP AWAY. I AM VERY CONCERN OF THE SAFETY. THERE IS A WEBSITE PEOPLE WITH A SIMILAR B...

Mileage: 1,300

FUEL TANK HAD BLISTERED, REPLACED, BLISTERED AND BUCKLED AGAIN, REPLACED. THE BIKE IS NOW OFF WARRANTY, AND I ASSUME IT'S ONLY A QUESTION OF TIME BEFORE THE TANK GOES AGAIN. *TR

GAS TANK ON '07 DUCATI GT1000 IS SPREADING APART. TANK IS MADE OF PLASTIC AND OVER TIME THE TANK HAS SPREAD AWAY FROM THE FRONT MOUNTING BRACKETS. *TR

Mileage: 4,600

FUEL TANK HAS SPREAD APPROXIMATELY 1" AND NO LONGER FITS THE MOUNTING POINTS. TANK IS LOOSE AND WOULD SEPARATE FROM THE FRAME IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 4,400

I OWN A 2007 DUCATI GT1000. THERE IS APPARENTLY A DESIGN FLAW WITH THE PLASTIC COMPOSITE GAS TANK IN WHICH THE FRONT BOTTOM OF THE TANK SPREADS OUT OVER TIME CAUSING THE FRONT TANK PEGS TO LOSE CONTACT WITH THE RETAINING BRACKETS CONNECTED TO THE MOTORCYCLE FRAME. THE RESULT IS THAT THE TANK IS ON...

Mileage: 2,850

DUCATI SPORT 1000 FUEL TANK WAS LOOSE UPON DELIVERY OF NEW MOTORCYCLE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM RELATED TO THIS SERIES OF MOTORCYCLES. THE FUEL TANK IS HELD ON BY TWO RUBBER MOUNTS AT THE FRONT, AND A SINGLE BOLT AT THE REAR OF THE ASSEMBLY. IN THIS CASE, THE TANK HAD SPREAD ABOUT ONE INCH ...

Mileage: 14

MOTORCYCLE FUEL TANK IS SPREADING ON ITS MOUNTS; I.E., IT IS BECOMING LOOSER AND PRESENTS A SAFETY HAZARD IN THAT IT MAY SEPARATE FROM ITS MOUNTINGS ALTOGETHER IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THERE WERE NO SPECIFIC INCIDENTS OCCURRING TO CAUSE THIS, AS IT APPEARS TO BE A FAULTY DESIGN. *TR

Mileage: 2,500

FUEL TANK ON 2007 DUCATI GT 1000 SPREADS AND COMES LOOSE FROM FORWARD TANK MOUNTS. *TR

Mileage: 2,500

THE FUEL TANK ON MY 2007 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC 1000 HAS SPREAD APART AND NO LONGER RESTS IN THE MOUNTING POINTS ATTACHED TO THE FRAME. I CAN PHYSICALLY MOVE THE TANK UP AND DOWN AT LEAST FOUR OR FIVE INCHES AND MY CONCERN IS THAT IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, THE TANK WILL DETACH FROM THE MOTORCYCLE....

Mileage: 1,500

I OWN A 2007 DUCATI GT1000 MOTORCYCLE. THE FUEL TANK IS MADE OF PLASTIC AND APPARENTLY IS BEING DAMAGED BY THE ETHANOL FUEL. IT HAS DEFORMED TO THE POINT WHERE THE FRONT MOUNTS WILL NOT ENGAGE THE MOUNTING BRACKETS ON THE FRAME. IN MY OPINION THIS CREATES AN UNSAFE CONDITION THAT COULD RESULT IN THE...

Mileage: 4,500

FUEL TANK IS SPREADING ON THE MOUNTS AND IS NOW LOOSE. I AM ABLE TO LIFT OFF THE TANK BY HAND WHEN IT SHOULD BE SECURE. *TR

Mileage: 2,500

THERE HAS BEEN A SLOW SPREADING OF THE GAS TANK ON MY DUCAT MOTORCYCLE (2007 SPORT 1000). THE TANK HAS SPREAD SO MUCH IT NO LONGER SITS ON THE FUEL TANK BRACKETS AND EASILY MOVES BACK AND FORTH. IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH IT COULD EASILY BECOME DISLODGED. AS OF TODAY NO CORRECTIVE ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN...

Mileage: 12,000

I HAVE A DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC GT1000 MOTORCYCLE WITH A PLASTIC FUEL TANK. THE FUEL TANK WILL SPREAD AND ACTUALLY SEPARATE ITSELF FROM THE FRAME MOUNTS. MY MOTORCYCLE IS OUT OF THE STANDARD MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY, SO THEY WILL DO NOTHING TO COVER THE ISSUE WITH THE FUEL TANK. *TR

Mileage: 1,200

FUEL TANK ON MOTORCYCLE DISTORTING SO THAT THE TANK IS NO LONGER SECURED TO THE FRAME OF THE MOTORCYCLE. *TR

Mileage: 8,500

GAS TANK ON MOTORCYCLE IS LOSING ITS SHAPE AND WON'T STAY IN HOLDER TO KEEP TANK IN PLACE. *TR

Mileage: 3,000

VEHICLE: 2007 DUCATI GT1000 THE PLASTIC FUEL TANK HAS DISTORTED (I.E., SPREAD) SO THAT THE FORWARD ATTACHMENT POINTS NO LONGER INTERLOCK. THE TANK IS THUS ONLY HELD IN PLACE BY A SINGLE BOLT IN THE VERY REAR. PRESSURE ON THE GAS TANK COULD THUS EASILY RESULT IN A SEPARATION OF THE TANK FROM THE V...

Mileage: 7,000

FUEL TANK DISTORTION, CAUSING TANK TO LOOSEN FROM ITS MOUNTING SYSTEM. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN A GRADUAL OCCURRENCE OVER TIME. *TR

MOTORCYCLE POLYCARBONATE (PLASTIC) FUEL TANK MADE OF MATERIALS THAT ARE SPREADING AND SAGGING AWAY FROM VEHICLE MOUNTS. FUEL TANK SAGS FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM MOUNTS TO POTENTIALLY COME LOOSE FROM VEHICLE AND CAUSE FUEL TANK AND FUEL TO COME LOOSE IN THE EVENT OF A FALL FROM THE MACHINE. MANUFACTURER...

PLASTIC FUEL TANK SPREADS AT FRONT MOUNTS AND BECOMES LOOSE AND EASILY DISLODGES. THIS CAN OCCUR AT ANYTIME. SHIMS ARE ADDED TO CORRECT THE FAILURE BUT TANK MAY CONTINUE TO SPREAD. *TR

DEFORMATION OF PLASTIC GAS TANK ON DUCATI MOTORCYCLE SO THAT THE FRONT MOUNTING BRACKETS NO LONGER HOLD THE TANK IN PLACE. *TR

I PURCHASED A NEW 2007 DUCATI GT1000 MOTORCYCLE IN LONGWOOD, FLORIDA IN JULY 2006. SINCE THAT TIME IT HAS BEEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE TO FIX AN ENGINE IDLE PROBLEM; THE VEHICLE WILL NOT IDLE CORRECTLY AND DIES WHEN STOPPING AT STOP SIGNS AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS, FORCING A RE-START. THIS IS VERY D...

Mileage: 11,000