Cheers Norm for the AIS info. I reckon the same as you. It's like Kwaks KLEEN thing. Get a big bag of pollution, add a bit of clean air and hey, presto! Lower emissions. Or possibly the same amount of pollution and some hot air. I reckon I'll leave mine on though. Could be some secret techy truth to this that we mere mortals don't understand.

As for jack-up plates, I don't want to jack up my rear (oo-er!). The bike's almost too tall for me as it is! I just want to be sure that the lowered forks aren't buggering up the handling of the bike, cos it doesn't feel as natural in corners as my old FZR or the ZX6 I (briefly) had to replace it after a Bike/Saab interface.

As for Flange Plates...