Sorry....
As a ps, dont fall into the "It costs 15% value of...." A first class ticket costs , what, 10x the cost of a regular seat?
Read the story of Confederate motorcycles. The bikes sat around, for years, and did not sell. For time, they were priced at $22,000-25,000 and they could not give them away.
A smart CEO took over. He re-painted them and raised the price to 75,000-100,000. They started selling, and the waiting list was in the hundreds. Same bike, but it suddenly became a status symbol.
A zx10r costs around 15,000. A r1 is 16,999. Even the oldest bikes, the gsxr 1000 and cbr 1000 costs over 14,000. A Ninja 1000 costs 11,999. List prices.
Now, unless a person is a complete moron, you could assume corners were cut to shave 3000-4000 from a very similar platform. All bikes mentioned need an engine, suspension, frame and plastic.
So, suspension was one way to cut costs, and Kawasaki did. Its a smart move. Most owners are afraid to turn clickers. Having 172 possible combinations of damping are wasted on them.
For those who wan tth 172 combinations, you do what Exp Matters does. He was smart enough to see there was room for improvement, and took care of business.
Was it 15% 20% 40%? Thats not the point. Thats what it costs to have custom suspension. If you look on any of the BMW forums, their guys are revalving, re shocking, and doing the same things we are AND have already paid a premium, up front.
Day, I would tel you this. I hope you are thrilled to death with your esa. However, if you think for a second its even approaching the level of what exp matters has, in quality, you are delusional.