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The blue/red ones are very delicate, would not survive the trip. The latter ones I reckon that farmer would object With the OEM undertray having made it across the pond, I took the aftermarket LED undertray+(cut up to fit) OEM one off. Found out that the oem taillight needs specific grommets so I will post picks of the completed work in the next couple of days. cleaned up the öld"one a bid (someone was interested in buying; lets see if he comes back..) Who's Johny?

Here are the tables for a VFR800 Forks: 110-145lb 0.85kg/mm 145-175lb 0.90kg/mm 175-210lb 0.95kg/mm 210-245lb 1.00kg/mm 245-280lb 1.05kg/mm Shock 110-145lb 1050lb/in 145-175lb 1100lb/in 175-210lb 1150lb/in 210-245lb 1200lb/in 245-280lb 1250lb/in I would certainly suggest a set of 0.95kg/mm springs up front and a 1150lb/in (20.54kg/mm) spring out back. This would apploy to all street riders, the only time you would need to change is if you were an expert track rider on slicks. I hope this helps!

Preload is used to achieve proper SAG #'s if the spring rate is close enough. You can find Sag how to in the FAQ section of the tool bar. Street riding SAG are in the area of 35-45mm front and 25-35mm rear depending on riding type and style and is one of the most important setting (after proper spring rates) you can do in general. kevin is spot on w/ preload. the point is to have your suspension in the mid part of your travel so you don't bottom or top out. preload does NOT impact spring rate. this is a function of the spring itself and is rated in lbs/in or kg/mm. this simply tells you for 'x' amount of load, the spring compresses 'y' amount of distance....a 15kg/mm spring compresses 1mm per 15kg of load on it. when you combine this with the rear suspension geometry and the design of the shocks compression and rebound circuits, you get a properly tuned suspension that carries the load properly (which means it keeps the contact patch as big and stable as possible) for the road conditions for which it is setup. hope that makes sense.

I've never been a big fan of RaceTech or their spring rate suggestions! <_< I'm sure there's more to it and with the huge ports in their valves they may require more spring to control the motion. After talking to several Sus. Pros and looking at what other's like Ohlins use, I don't agree with Race Tech phys. myself. If you went just by the numbers on spring rates you would have closer balance with Phils numbers Stock springs are .74 F & 15.3kg R. a .95 spring is a 30% increase in stiffness over stock a 19kg spring is a 25% increase in stiffness over stock, so just by the numbers Phils set-up is within 5% the Race tech suggestion you mention would increase the front the same 30% and the rear only 11% which is 19% difference front to rear. I push the limits of my VFR often and I'm very happy with the results. Now for people who never push the limits of the bike will never really feel that change in balance as much as people who do IMO! :thumbsup: