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[QUOTE="fishhead, post: 125676, member: 18565"] I think you're on the right track Fc. I suggested reiter for suspension because what works there will work anywhere. its an acid testand probably one of the best test areas around but if it puts you into the overload mode it's not a good place for practice. You might like capitol forest and tahuya. Capitol forest being the more open of the 2 areas and less dusty during the dry months but it seems to be kinda sneaky so you need to keep your eyes open or take a hop over to the taneum area if its wet or you want a change in scenery. Tom the orv ranger is very helpful on trail conditions at the Cle Elum ranger district. Tahauya has some tight stuff that isn't real technical but it is nice change. The biggest advantage to running lower gearing is it closes up the gaps between gears so insted on running between say 1st and 2nd you will be between 2nd and 3rd and those two ratios are closer together. you also get greater torque multiplication which is a big advantage when you are using finess to ride over or around an obstacle. Race tech has a web site that will do a spring search for your bike if you input the rider weight ect and its pretty accurate and its quick and free. Spring rate is pretty important for the rear of the ktm because the rear shock damping is position sensitive. to little or to much spring and even if the sag is right the shock travel won't be optimum. I've heard that ktms and husabergs share this quirk. It isn't easy to make a transition to a race bike like the ktm after riding a trail bike. One of my riding buddys changed over to a ktm200 after spending years on a kx250 and he got spit off big time because the power hits real quick and keeps going instead of tapering off like his kx did. Its kind of like a 125 on steroids with an over achiever complex but once you master being smooth on the throttle its the cats meow. we are probably going to go out the 21st or 28th to one of those areas. btw John will know what to do if you tell him where you ride and what your ability is. Thats a nice thing about local knowledge. [/QUOTE]
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