| Rubber things in the Air-intake tubes?
I recently did a mini-service on my 05/2002 998S as I found that the inlet tubes were full of grass n ****.
I found a restrictor about the size of a clenched fist, just as it enters the airbox. It has a small (mouse sized hole) in the middle. After checking loads of web sites around the world I found that these are to do with lowering the noise of the induction system. After removing them the bike seems to rev much quicker (but perhaps it would have done anyway with the grass removed) and I just love the noise.
As I only purchased the bike last October, with crap standard and heavily worn tyres (only 17psi in the front upon collection!! - the worst 170 miles I've ever done, nearly took it back). It's only recently I've really been pushing it. I've noticed that sometimes on snapping open the throttle it hesitates. Is this because these bung things do something else?
What I'm really after is advice from anyone else who knows about this sort of thing?
Cheers
Paul | 
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