cool ^
there was this one article in this year's Riders of Kawasaki Magazine, Accelerate with a rider that also went for top speed on his 250R. He cut his tank to be able to get lower and reached pretty much top speed on the bike 111mph -- take a look
http://www.kawasaki.com/Content/pdfs...ssue2_2009.pdf
here's some updated pics I figured I'd repost in here since it applies, and they are less squidy