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[QUOTE="DougRoost, post: 1164577, member: 23019"]
Because one of your riding buddies may say he rode one once and it felt weird to him?  In general get as new a KTM as you can afford, since they made incremental improvements to the rear shock each year.  Since you listed '99-'02 models, I will say that the '99 300 had the best fork ever to that point (50mm conventional), and the first few years of upside down forks were considered a step backwards.  They then bumped them from 43mm to 48mm and they were better.  I've had my shock rebuilt to later specs, an easy enough thing to have done when you have the shock serviced, and it made a big difference.

I love my '99 and have ridden each model as they've come out.  Not until the 2007 did I see enough improvement for me (I don't race, either) to upgrade.  But the 2007 models are so improved across the board (20lbs lighter, excellent suspension, new motors, etc.) that I'll soon be in the market for a new 300 XC-W (if I can find one!).
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