AMS dealership

[Pinocchio]

I would think it takes about 15 minutes to pull the locking gas cap, fuel pump, and fuel level sensor out of a Monster tank and reinstall them in a new one. I could be missing something, though.

Here are few links I have found helpful for the expanding tank issue:

Everyone is using this stuff on their Acerbis plastic tanks to good effect:
http://www.caswellplating.com/aids/epoxygas.htm

Or use this stuff: http://www.k100fueltreatment.com/
Or this stuff: http://mystarbrite.com/startron/
But you have to use fuel stabilizers religiously...

You might also sign up for the class action suit, http://girardgibbs.com/ducati.asp, which is working to get 2003-2011 Ducati owners extended warranties on their plastic tanks.

Acerbis makes plastic tanks for Ducati, Aprilia, KTM, etc. Just keep in mind, it's not the fault of the plastic, which works without issue in the Eurozone - it's the hydrophilic ethanol mandated in US fuel distributed to urban areas. There are alternatives:

http://pure-gas.org/printable.jsp?stateprov=TX

[calscrazy]

Acerbis makes plastic tanks for Ducati, Aprilia, KTM, etc. Just keep in mind, it's not the fault of the plastic, which works without issue in the Eurozone - it's the hydrophilic ethanol mandated in US fuel distributed to urban areas. There are alternatives:

doesn't matter who the manufacturer of the specific part is. the responsibility lies with the name on the product. not like people sued texas instruments when the cruise deactivation switches were catching fire. they sued ford because they are the one's responsible to the public. ford had to go after T.I. to get their money back.

[Pinocchio]

.... the responsibility lies with the name on the product....

By that reasoning, I guess these guys are responsible for the ethanol that causes the Acerbis plastic tanks to swell:

[muskrat]

OMG John.  Have you no clue?  I wont discuss this on the board but will gladly share with you the "finer" points of economics and the who.

[Pinocchio]

Don't be so quick to point out my obvious lack of clues.   

I was only attempting to reduce Chris' argument with an absurd analogy of our favorite motorcycle brand to the oil cos. Of course, no one is compelling Ducati to use product components of a particular type. You can't say that of the companies who sell us gas.  Being any more direct would take this thread to the very place you mention, and to which we have been warned we must not go.

[muskrat]

ok ok but we will still have that talk tomorrow.