I've come to the 'green' side (with questions)

[zimm]

hi castrol/jeppo ..

the base gasket seals the cylinder block to the crankcase, you just use silicon to seal the joint instead of the gasket.

its a personal thing as to wether you fit the gasket or not, some tuners leave it in, some DIY'ers leave it out as a cheap (free) performance mod .. although how much difference it makes is probably a small percentage of cock all

[Caz]

Another thing, is there a simple way to raise the back end a little, I'm not that tall (5'10) but im used to bein a little higher off the ground

stick a spacer above the rear shock - be warned though, this will make the bike turn in very quickly.