2002 APRILIA RST 1000 FUTURA Complaints

I WAS RIDING 2002 APRILIA FUTURA RST1000 MOTORCYCLE DAY 0F 02/25/05 . RETURNED HOME AND PARKED BIKE; RETURNED TO GARAGE LATER TO FIND LARGE FUEL LEAK. GAS WAS DRIPPING ONTO GARAGE FLOOR AND THERE WAS A PUDDLE THAT SURROUNDED THE MOTORCYCLE. I LIVE IN AN APARTMENT BUILDING AND THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL MOTOR NEARBY THAT I WAS CONCERNED COULD IGNITE GAS DUE TO LIMITED VENTILATION; I THREW SAND ON THE GAS AND CALLED FIRE DEPARTMENT AS PRECAUTION. I THEN HAD TO GO PURCHASE GAS CAN AND SIPHON TO DRAIN AMOST 4 GALLONS OF GAS FROM BIKE, AND LATER HAD BIKE TOWED TO DEALER FOR SERVICE. I RESEARCHED PROBLEM ON INTERNET AND FOUND THERE ARE QUITE A FEW OTHER THAT HAD THIS SAME ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL APRILIA FUTURA MOTORCYCLE: FAULTY PLASTIC FUEL LINE QUICK DISCONNECT; LOCAL DEALER SERVICE WAS EXCELLENT AND THEY FIXED FAULTY PART AT NO COST TO ME, BUT REPLACED WITH THE SAME PLASTIC PART, SO I AM CONCERNED THERE WILL BE ANOTHER FAILURE UNLESS PART IS REPLACED BY A STURDIER METAL PART. *AK

2002 APRILIA RST1000 FUTURA MOTORCYCLE. INSERVICE 9 MONTHS, 8000 MILES. THE FUEL LINE PLASTIC QUICK DISCONNECT FITTING FRACTURED AND THE FUEL LINE BECAME DELAMINATED. LEAK RESULTED IN FOUR GALLONS OF GASOLINE FLOODING MY GARAGE FLOOR. THANKFULLY THERE WAS NO SPARK PRESENT, AS I WOULD HAVE LOST MY VEHICLES AND HOME - AND POSSIBLY MY LIFE OR MAYBE A LOVED ONE'S LIFE IN A FIRE DUE TO THE SPILLED GASOLINE. I REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE PLASTIC FITTING WITH A BRASS FITTING AND THE BAD FUEL LINE WITH A NEW ONE. I RETAINED THE DEFECTIVE MATERIALS FOR ANALYSIS.*AK