just kidding with the - :P not easy to do but it helps to take the rear wheel off so the chain can run a little untrue and you can twist the chain and the front sprocket out the front
Nathan..... removed clutch slave...... bloody wiggled for ages.... rear wheel removed..... no joy gave in and split the chain..... You must have more patience than me !!
andy very true that the longer swingarm makes for a more stable set up but more stability = slower turning you speak off a instabilaty in long corners, harder rear spring may help
the reason im doing this is because j hackett says do it....must be something in that? ( incidently its the same for the 998etc aswell as the 999, just cheaper and easier to achieve on the 999)
andy ive just got back from Assen with my bike and a 03 999r both with a smaller front sprocket and the then longer wheel base as i left out the 38 tooth rear , my 999s had a hard time turning on the über fast back section as i was still using a steep head angle , so i put it back to standard angle and fitted the 38 rear and the bike was a lot less effort to turn at high speed(over 240 kph) ok 100% stable it wasnt but at high speed and 2 meters behind another bike the turbulance from the bike infront was the greatest problem to my instability!!