I rode the new 02 250 at this years ISDE. Looks similar but with more black in the graphics and has a different more shaped front fender. I personally could not really tell much of a difference except that I was riding it at 4000 feet and not my usualy 8000 feet. They geared it really high since the isde has some very fast sections. The rear shock is a little different and the 01 shock will not work on an 02 but the spring is the same. It did not have the ohlins front fork. Seat seamed a little harder then it was in 01 and since I was riding a European one it had the Messico Pipe.
Nicole