Thanks for the compliments!
I have thought about doing the same thing with reguards to grinding down the frame steering stops. Seems like there is about 3-5* per side turning you can gain without hitting anything. That maybe my project this week before riding, along with setting up the preload in the rear and fork height up front.
I did forget to mention to run a hotter plug. #8, switch to a BR7es plug.
antonyp -- if you have been in the carb for the slide, then you can reject. Basically remove the carb from the bike. It is easiest to do this the first time you mess with the jets so you can see what is in there. Take the bowl off. There are 2 round jets there. The smaller one is inside a tube, that is the pilot. Remove the jet, they are marked with a number. Then the main is the one you can remove with a 6mm socket or wrench that sits down inside the bowl there. Again, there should be a number stamped on it also. Check where you are compared to the recommendatioins. I got the number off the FMF site and they seem to be the same as stock with the needle one notch higher. So good chances you are okay in the jetting. If you have a stock pipe, maybe drop one size on the main to lean things out.
For the suspension, I have not been out riding yet. So I cannot tell you any tips there. Maybe after the weekend. But I did install new fork seals and filled up the fork with some amsoil 10w fork oil. I have 5w in the garage, but figured I should start at what I have always used for a baseline and adjust from there. I do have the compression clickers all the way then 4 turns in if I remember correctly.
Last thing, reeds. Where the carb connects to the cylinder head, you can remove that piece from the cylinder head with like 6 or 8 bolts there. That is the reed block. Real easy to get at while the carb is off. Most likely it is time to replace them.
http://www.fmfracing.com
Got there, click on 2 stroke at the top, then reeds on the left side. Scroll down to the torque reeds. They are white and blue. I installed a set of those with the other mods on the bike and the power is so mellow. You can hear the hit but not really feel it on the street. Feels very tractable for the woods.