2006 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC Complaints

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

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. NOW, BOTH SIDES DO. IN ADDITION, CRACKS ARE DEVELOPING IN THE RECESSED AREA OF THE TANK WHERE THE FILLER-CAP RESIDES. I HAVE BROUGHT THIS ISSUE TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I'VE BROUGHT THIS MOTORCYCLE AND THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. FOUR WEEKS AGO, THEY HAVE ORDERED A NEW TANK UNDER WARRANTY, BUT I HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED THIS REPLACEMENT. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE NEW TANK WILL DEVELOP THE SAME PROBLEM OVER TIME, AS THE PEOPLE AT THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE MATERIAL AND PRODUCTION-PROCESS FOR THESE REPLACEMENT TANKS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN FOR THE ORIGINAL ONES. *TR

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 LEAKAGE OF FUEL AND A FUEL TANK THAT ULTIMATELY FALL OFF DURING RIDING. HIGHLY DANGEROUS. THE ORIGINAL GAS TANK HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY WITH THE SAME PROBLEM 2 YEARS AGO. NOW IM SEEING THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN AND FEAR OF REPLACING AGAIN, SINCE MY WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED AND A NEW GAS TANK COST ABOUT $1700. *TR

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 HAVE SPREAD OUT AND IS MADE OF PLASTIC. DISTORTION OF THE TANK IS NOTED ON THE TOP SURFACE AS WELL, WHICH MAY ALSO BE THE RESULT OF THE SPREADING TANK AND ALSO MAY BE CAUSED BY SUBSTANDARD MATERIALS DUCATI IS USING FOR THESE FUEL TANKS. *TR

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

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

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 TANK WAS NO LONGER PROPERLY SECURED TO THE FRAME EXCEPT FOR 1 BOLT AT THE REAR. NOW 1 YEAR LATER, THE REPLACEMENT TANK IS AGAIN DEFORMING IN THE SAME MANNER AND THE TANK CONNECTION POINTS ARE NO LONGER REACHING THE TANK SUPPORT BRACKETS ON THE FRAME. THE MOTORCYCLE IS OUTSIDE OF IT'S 2 YEAR WARRANTY PERIOD AND THIS REPAIR IS NOT LONGER COVERED. IT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN FOR ME AND I FEEL THAT DUCATI N.A SHOULD OFFER A REDESIGNED TANK REPLACEMENT FOR THIS APPLICATION. *TR

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

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 BIKE UNSAFE TO RIDE. IT WILL RUN NORMALLY AND THEN WHEN IT CLOGS, IT WILL LOSE POWER WHICH CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS ON THE ROAD. THE FILTER HAS BEEN CHANGED SEVERAL TIMES. IN THE EMISSIONS WARRANTY ON PAGES 85-87 IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL IT STATES THAT THE FUEL TANK IS PART OF THE EMISSIONS EQUIPMENT AND IS WARRANTED FOR A PERIOD OF 5 YEARS AND/OR 30,000 KMS. MY BIKE HAS ONLY 3000 MILES ON IT AND IS PROPERLY MAINTAINED AND STORED. DUCATI NORTH AMERICA HAS REFUSED WARRANTY COVERAGE OF THE GAS TANK, STATING THAT A RUSTING TANK DOES NOT CAUSE EMISSIONS PROBLEMS, IGNORING THE FACT THAT IT IS CAUSING A HAZARDOUS RIDING CONDITION BY CAUSING THE ENGINE TO LOSE POWER. BUT THE TANK IS PART OF THE EMISSIONS EQUIPMENT, AND IT IS FAILING, AND SOON ENOUGH WHEN THERE IS ENOUGH RUST IT WILL LEAK. THIS WILL ALSO RESULT IN THE POSSIBILITY OF A FIRE AND AN ACCIDENT SHOULD THIS HAPPEN. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY ARE REFUSING THE WARRANTY AS IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS AN OBVIOUS SAFETY AND EMISSIONS ISSUE AND I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED WITH THEIR DECISION. I APPRECIATE ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP ME IN THIS SITUATION. P.S. THE BIKE SELECTED IN YOUR DROP DOWN MENU, SPORT CLASSIC, IS NOT MY BIKE. MY BIKE IS A SUPERSPORT BUT THAT WAS NOT OFFERED AS A CHOICE. *TR

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 NOT WITH DUCATI THE MANUFACTURER OF THE MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACTS COMPLAINED THAT THE CLOSEST PLACE WHERE HE COULD HAVE THE RECALL REPAIR WORK DONEWAS NOW OVER 100 MILES AWAY, AND HE BELIEVED IT WOULD BE A HAZARD TO DRIVE THAT DISTANCE FOR RECALL REPAIRS. THE CONTACT TRIED TO GET THE MANUFACTURER TO HAVE THE MOTORCYCLE TAKEN WHERE IT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 300 MILES.