[steveboot]

Hi guys, I was under the tank of my '05 ST3 yesterday for the first time, and found this nice, form fitted, padded, cover on the airbox. It was a bit dusty, so I took it off, shook it..... and the internal padding came out in clods of dusty crap. One long seam had split completely, and the padding had deteriorated so badly, it just poured out.

So my question is, is this cover really needed, or can I just pitch it?

 

[DuckMan]

I believe it is only used to help reduce intake noise. I don't use mine and really can't tell any difference.

 

[jgalvin]

I ditched mine, it does not deaden the sound much either.

 

[steveboot]

Ok, mine's history....