NHTSA Complaint #10357644 — 2006 DUCATI MONSTER S4 R

I HAVE A 2006 DUCATI MONSTER S2R1000 WITH APPROXIMATELY 2500 MILES ON IT. MY MOTORCYCLE HAS A PLASTIC GAS TANK WHICH HAS BEGUN TO EXPAND. THE OUTSIDE DIMENSIONS OF THE TANK HAVE INCREASED AND IT NOW DOES NOT SIT CORRECTLY IN THE FRAME, THE HANDLEBARS HIT IT ON TURNING, AND IT PRESSES AGAINST THE IGNITION SWITCH. PREVIOUSLY IT OPENED AND CLOSED WITHOUT PROBLEMS, NOW I HAVE TO WEDGE IT AGAINST THE IGNITION SWITCH TO CLOSE IT. THE RUBBER MOUNTS NO LONGER SIT ON THE FRAME. I HAVE MADE NO MODIFICATIONS TO THE FUEL TANK OR FUEL PUMP. THE BIKE IS COMPLETELY STOCK. I AM VERY CONCERNED AS TO THE SAFETY OF THIS MOTORCYCLE NOW. THE TANK'S SWELLING HAS MADE IT SO THE HANDLEBARS DO NOT TURN CORRECTLY. IF THE TANK SWELLS ENOUGH, IT WILL SPLIT OPEN AND I AM CONCERNED THIS WILL HAPPEN WHILE I AM RIDING. AS WELL I FEAR THIS MAY BE A FIRE HAZARD AS GAS COULD SPILL OUT WHILE RIDING. I ASKED THE LOCAL DUCATI DEALER ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE ONLY WAY THAT THEY COULD REPLACE OR LOOK AT IS IF HAS ALREADY STARTED TO LEAK FUEL, WHICH MINE HAS NOT YET. *TR