i've been looking around and can't find anything about how adjusting your swingarm pivot point affects handling, anybody have links to good articles or can give a good explaination?

also, is there any good places or recomendations on brands etc on buying shims to raise the rear suspension? thanks!

 

http://www.gostar-racing.com/club/mo...ion_set-up.htm

start here. There are instructions in your manual for adjusting rear shock and a tool in your tool kit that came with the bike.

 

dude this sounds weird but ive been trying to find info on how to do a lot of things with my 03 rr also so if by chance you find some stuff out let me know, mine didnt come with a manual

 

check down a few post for a member named speedracer138 I think he has one. The thread is called installing the daul head light mod.

Set the sag on your bike bro you will be happy you did.

 

i have the sag set front and rear i've set my compression and rebound also, i've been doing club racing with an "old"cbr f4...so i don't know what the deal is with these new bikes and the adj swing arm pivot...and how it affects the geometry?

the rear shims are because i want to go with a 70 series front instead of the 65 for a slightly larger footprint at max lean but mostly for race tire selection and i don't want to pull the forks up to compensate, and the rear shim should do the trick while also giving me a little more ground clearance without having to shell out for the ohlins with the adj ride height

and my tool kit didn't come with a spanner wrench, did the previous owner just loose it or does kawasaki expect you just to use a punch and hammer?

 

Yeah, thats about right. Kawasaki expects you to use a punch & hammer of buy an expensive spanner wrench. I will also post a "DIY" on a rear suspension measuring tool/ device because I found it to difficult to do it accurately just holding the bike up, even with help from a friend. I will do a post with pics after I get back from Vancouver, B.C. next week.