i know what you are saying about riding around the problem, my suspension feels so stiff that i seem to spend most of my time standing up, even around a lot of the corners and i dont think i have ever bottomed it. i get the big jar when i land from jumps, but i think this is more to do with not landing front wheel first and getting the slapdown effect. However, a very experienced rider rode my bike the other day and although he is 50 lbs lighter than me, he said though my setup would have been much stiffer, but he is super smooth so this may explain some of this.
I think my best way forward is to get a custom setup that is designed for me and take it from there and learn to ride with that, i am currently in no mans land with my clcikers and its easy to make things bad when trying to make it better, for example i back my compression all the way out to get rid of some of the stiffness, but this made it stiffer since the rear was packing.
i think a good suspension setup will make more people much faster than a good motor, but engine mods are much easier to evaluate and bolt on in my opinion. unless you have a lot of experience, getting a good suspension setup is more than a one man job, but when i have talked to people at the track they either dont even know where the clickers are, or have many misconcieved ideas and opionions on what they think they know! like you say, i could be having a certain problem and come here for a solution, and make those changes, but if the problem is because i am doing soemthing wrong with the riding technique, although i have solved that problem, the adjustments might make me worse elseware on the track.
what am i saying, er well i dont know...i am just mumbling out aloud!:) thanks for listening!