just did this yesterday afternoon. to set the sag (basically ripped from 101 Sportbike Performance Projects): Measure from the trtiple clamp to the end of the black portion of the fork tube while having two friends hold the bars so the front tire is off the ground (i guess you could use a forklift stand here). This is L1, or where your suspension tops out. Sit on the bike in riding position with gear, have your friends press down on the bars until the suspension bottoms out then let the bike come back up until the suspension rests on it's own. Measure distance again. this is L2. Sitting on the bike, have them lift the front tire off the ground again then let the suspension come to rest again. this is L3. Use L1 - (L2+L3)/2 = static sag. You want this value between 1.2 - 1.5mm for street. Repeat for the rear but measure from the rear axle to a piece of tape on the tail DIRECTLY above the axle. Increase the preload to drop the value, decrease preload to raise the value. To see is if the spring rate is off (after properly setting static sag), lift the bike off the ground in the front and measure the change from rest of the front fork decompression (should be ~ 5mm). I believe this is called "free sag." Finally, set your compression/rebound to stock settings (should be available on sportrider.com) then set the rebound so after fully compressing the springs by pressing down on the center of the TT for front (and center of seat for rear) and seeing if the bike returns to it's original position. If so adjust the rebound dampening until the rebound takes approximately 1 full second to return to the original position (this is all without you on the bike). there's your starting settings. the rebound and compression will have to be fine-tuned gradually as you determine how small changes in compression/rebound from this starting point affect handling for you on the bike. Have fun!