yeah, not saying i have perfect form or anything, but i'll ride with guys draggin knee, hauling ass, etc....we'll be riding the same speed all together and when we pull off, their tires will have no strips on front or rear, and mine will on the front and sometimes just a hair on the rear, but i notice i get my whole body off and most these guys leave their uppper body up on the bike?

You're on! Loser goes down on the winner!

I generally scrub the whole back tire and have strips on the front as well and just figured as long as it rides well, handles well, etc that I wouldn't change anything but would be curious to know what you find out...

sounds to me kinda like a "Win Win" situation

That is the preferred way. Lean off and keep the fat part of the tire in contact longer. Until you get MotoGP good and then they lean the bike so far they can't lean off.

I typically get more strip on the front of the tire than the rear on the street, which tells me I am leaving a little margin on entrance and getting it on good from center out.

Race tires I notice I get them scrubbed all the way BUT I think I start out the races with good body position and then get lazy as my stint gets on...The more tired i become the less I move around and hang off and the more tire I use to keep the same lap times...

You would be wasting money with the SV, you need to change the shock and springs to have any kind of impact on it.

Actually Rogue, someone who has some suspension rebuild experience could fix you right up. I had RaceTech put fork spring preload adj. (now stock on the 650) cartridge emulators, stiffer springs, and heavier oil in my front and a FOX Shock in the rear and there was a huge difference to stock. My SV 650 ruled on the bumpy CMRA racetracks!

I have a rear shock off a gix...just never installed it. According to SVR, I really don't need it for my weight...the stock shock is fine, but needs to be adjusted in properly. My bike is still pretty much on stock settings now. :idk:

I do have thicker fork oil. I changed that when I replaced the fork seals.

Prolly, all you'll ever need:idk:

ok, i put a zip tie around my fork to see how much it was travelling and to see if i was bottoming it out, i got on the brakes hard to the point of almost locking up the front wheel, so does this look about right? i've read you want at least 10mm remaining, i have around 15 or so, so i think this part is ok?