Tank question.

[terry hudson]

Hi everyone,i'm a newby,i've got a s4r monster 2003 plate,underneath the fuel tank is a bag containing some sort of powder,can anyone tell me what it is for,cheers.

[bobbertandsammy]

Welcome in buddy, as for the bag? Probably best to keep it away from anyone in uniform I imagine :)

[Mr Gazza]

That's not a standard fitment.
Has the bike been recently imported from Columbia, or had a trip abroad to Amsterdam?

Post some pictures of the bag and powder...But don't get your fingerprints on it.

[Dirty]

It's for making you ride faster when the police are chasing :)

[Darren69]

It's probably fairy dust. It's rumored, and I had heard that it came as standard in some limited amounts with some higher spec Monsters so you can fly! :) Of course it might be something mundane like silica gel, either that or you've bought an ex. drug mule Ducati. :eyepopping:

[Char]

I'm thinking previous owner maybe had leather/latex issues and its baby powder

Not GT's is it?

[utopia]

Aw bugger, did I leave one in there when I sold it ?

[Jez900ie]

Some might suggest rolling up a fiver and taking a sample? However it might be better to view these videos to give you greater knowledge!
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/drugs-inc/videos/how-to-test-coke/

[stopintime]

I hate to ruin the party, but my answer is nevertheless sound deadening material - if black rectangular 8 x 10 inches....

[slob]

I hate to ruin the party, but my answer is nevertheless sound deadening material - if black rectangular 8 x 10 inches....

^^^
what he said

[Flip]

I hate to ruin the party, but my answer is nevertheless sound deadening material - if black rectangular 8 x 10 inches....

WTF!!! Sound deadening??? Really???

Well you might as well throw that straight in the bin then.

Especially if it's not going to help fund some carbon or billet goodies.

[slob]

Yep, injected Monsters have a little 'duvet' held under the tank with four bits of velcro, to reduce noise from the airbox

[utopia]

I've come across a similar thing, but it was bigger and folded over most of the underside of the tank.
.... on a secondhand tank that I nearly bought.
That was a carby tank though, as far as I remember.

[jerry]

my S4 does not and has never had any sound deadeniing material uder the tank its a 2001 model

but i have seen 2 S4r and an St4 with some kind of foam pad velcro mounted under tank they were 2003-2005 models

[Dirty]

Yep, injected Monsters have a little 'duvet' held under the tank with four bits of velcro, to reduce noise from the airbox

Were they full of 'powder'?

[slob]

Decomposing foam could take on a powder form?

[terry hudson]

Thanks for that .

[Mr Gazza]

Aah!... You mean this piece of contraband??

https://s4.postimg.org/4okbuxmh9/tank_muff2.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/z606mh9u1/)

https://s23.postimg.org/6levqwoxn/tank_muff1.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/uce990p4n/)

[LCjohnny-again]

WTF does "Sound deadening" mean??