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Ducati bikes with nylon tanks. Terrible way to treat customers.
For those unfamiliar with the Ducati 'plastic tank saga', there was recently a rather dark period in their history (on going actually....). For 3 years, they sold bikes with fuel tanks made out of nylon. The problem being that we have ethanol in our fuel in the US, and the ethanol reacts with the nylon and causes it to expand.
Ducati has extended warranties, and replaced some tanks, but the tanks are simply being replaced with the same flawed nylon tanks.
The upshot is that people who own 2005-2009 bikes are taking a bath. We have multiple SRS4 Monsters on C-list locally. They've sat for months, and the prices are dirt cheap. Who wants a bike with a known fatal flaw? There are solutions, but it will set you back $2000.
I still love Ducs, but I have to say, I'm incredibly unimpressed with how they've treated their customers.
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