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Old 15-06-2017, 11:36 AM   #1
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Tank question.

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.
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Old 15-06-2017, 12:24 PM   #2
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Welcome in buddy, as for the bag? Probably best to keep it away from anyone in uniform I imagine
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Old 15-06-2017, 12:36 PM   #3
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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.
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Old 15-06-2017, 02:24 PM   #4
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Old 15-06-2017, 02:45 PM   #5
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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.
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Old 15-06-2017, 02:59 PM   #6
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I'm thinking previous owner maybe had leather/latex issues and its baby powder

Not GT's is it?
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Old 15-06-2017, 03:30 PM   #7
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Aw bugger, did I leave one in there when I sold it ?
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Old 15-06-2017, 03:35 PM   #8
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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.co...-to-test-coke/
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Old 15-06-2017, 06:12 PM   #9
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I hate to ruin the party, but my answer is nevertheless sound deadening material - if black rectangular 8 x 10 inches....
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Old 15-06-2017, 08:57 PM   #10
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I hate to ruin the party, but my answer is nevertheless sound deadening material - if black rectangular 8 x 10 inches....
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Old 15-06-2017, 08:59 PM   #11
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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.
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Old 15-06-2017, 11:27 PM   #12
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Yep, injected Monsters have a little 'duvet' held under the tank with four bits of velcro, to reduce noise from the airbox
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Old 15-06-2017, 11:55 PM   #13
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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.
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Old 16-06-2017, 02:04 AM   #14
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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
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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'?
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