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Started by J.P., March 16, 2009, 02:12:55 PM

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Desert Dust

#270
February 28, 2010, 05:41:19 PM
07 S2R 1K

Dimples on the fuel tank.

Latch doesn't fuction properly.
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KG4KGL

#271
May 15, 2010, 06:57:19 AM
05 S2R Dark

dimples on top of tank.
Tank does not sit on frame properly
bulge on lower rear right side.
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bmonty72

#272
August 29, 2010, 09:58:45 AM
2006 S2R 800

Desert Dust

#273
August 29, 2010, 12:27:11 PM
My tank will be replaced soon, but it is my understanding that Ducati replaces the defective tank with new tank that has the same qualities and characteristics that caused the original tank to become expanded and defective.

What if Toyota replaced their faulty, sticking throttle linkage with another faulty, sticking throttle linkage?

Doesn't Ducati get it? The concept is to eliminate the problem, not to continue with the same manufacturing process that caused the problem in the first place.

Is there anything that Ducati owners, as a group, could do to change Ducati's way of thinking on this?


   
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ducatiz

#274
August 29, 2010, 12:36:47 PM

Check the other thread that is stickied.

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Desert Dust

#275
August 29, 2010, 02:12:30 PM
I'm relatively new to this forum. What other thread is "stickied?"
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#276
August 29, 2010, 02:44:19 PM
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herm

#277
August 29, 2010, 02:52:59 PM
this one..

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=25074.0

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Desert Dust

#278
August 30, 2010, 02:57:59 AM
Thanks.......... I'm signed up
07 S2R 1K:  "You are not special. You're not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else. We're all part of the same compost heap. We're all singing, all dancing crap of the world.”

seevtsaab

#279
August 30, 2010, 04:59:05 AM
I had noticed some expansion late last year, think I sighned up but never 'registered' took pics etc.

Been using non-ethanol this year whenever possible and noticed my tank 'back to normal' (tank pads resting quare on frame again).
Non-Ethanol no longer available (in VT afaik) - so, I'll continue to keep an eye on it.

Excellent info from Ducatiz re: cause of expansion (nylon absorbing water that is absorbed by ethanol).

Desert Dust

#280
November 26, 2010, 08:09:39 PM
Had my plastic tank replaced today on my 07 S2R 1K. Ironically, I was about 5 miles from the dealer on a busy 4 lane freeway when my bike shut down due to fueling issues. Luckily, I was able to coast to the side of the road. Once stopped, I sloshed the fuel around and got it going again. The service manager said that my bike most likely stalled because of debris inside the tank caused by the expansion.

Ducati needs to get its act together on these plastic tanks.
07 S2R 1K:  "You are not special. You're not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else. We're all part of the same compost heap. We're all singing, all dancing crap of the world.”

Piller

#281
November 26, 2010, 10:25:25 PM
so is every new tank I get going to expand?  Should I get a different model?  Don't the new ducati's all have plastic tanks? 

ducatiz

#282
November 27, 2010, 05:36:41 AM
Quote from: Piller on November 26, 2010, 10:25:25 PM
so is every new tank I get going to expand?  Should I get a different model?  Don't the new ducati's all have plastic tanks? 

Holy shit, I thought you had been sacrificed to Mayan gods or something.

Currently, the new tanks are the same material and are just as likely to expand.

The coatings work, but that's on your own dime.  If you get the inside coated, it will not expand.

The SBKs that are used for homologation in WSBK have aluminum tanks.  All the other bikes have nylon tanks.
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