possible cause for fires?

[Mo Lee]

First of all I'm not jumping on (The Sky is Falling Band Wagon) however due to recent posts I decided to pull my plastics for only the second time since purchase this morning to take a look. Based on my findings I will be doing the LaMonster mod to the crankcase vent as soon as I gather the needed parts. Mine wasn't bad however I would like to keep it clean.
Two things concern me and that is the foam rubber pieces in the area where some say the fires started. There is foam rubber glued to the inside of the side panels near the exhaust pipe, I also noticed it collects liquids well since I could squeeze water out where I had washed it yesterday, I guess it could also absorb fuel and oil as easy. In front of the fuel tank beside the Frame backbone there is more foam and one piece was starting to come loose and the location is directly above the exhaust pipe where it would land if it fell. I pinched off a piece of this foam and it ignites pretty quickly with a lighter and I would guess if it ignited it could also ignite the plastic body panels.
This is just my thoughts and I'm not a fireman however I do consider myself somewhat of a mechanic. Here is the pictures of what I'm talking about guess I should point out I'm not a photographer either.

 

[Jeriatric]

Emission System Vapor Burn off

What I've noticed running around town and doing errands is that each time I fire the Spyder off it POPS back through the air filter (much like a poor timing backfire in the days of old). I'm wondering? Could this possibly be a cause of some of the fires. If their are vapors built up under the seat from the gas cap vent and you fire th Spyder off, as it belches back through the air filter that could ignite any fumes that may be collecting from the cap vent. Don't know for sure.....just hunching.

 

[MikeinGA]

Sorry --- didn't realize it was still running.

This is just too strange.

Has anyone had their pipes ceramic coated?

I used Titanium exhaust wrap on the front header. It keeps the left engine compartment a lot cooler and the rider. I'm going to do rear header next to get the high heat away from the gas tank, the brake master cyclinder, fuel lines, fuel filter and other plastic parts. I looked into getting the header pipes coated and it was more money than I wanted to put into my Spyder. That's IMHO,

Mike