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Message: [QUOTE="wake_rider, post: 1405074, member: 75633"] I ride a dinosaur (99 yz250), but I do love this bike. My biggest issue is the suspension. I never seem to need much different in the rear, other than dialing it in for conditions. The problem I have is that my front never feels good in any conditions. It bucks and chops like crazy in the tight technical stuff, it climbs out of ruts and never feels settled, and the bottoming resistance is not on par when I hit the track. If there's ever a rut or rock kicked out in front of me, I better do everything I can to avoid it or else my hands and wrists are going to pay for it, and my bike will be unsettled for what seems to be an unreasonable duration thereafter. I've looked into spending the money to have the suspension professionally set up, but I'm also seeing that not a whole lot of parts are still available for it. So here's the question, should I look into swapping out the suspension for a more current model of yz250, or would working with what I have be better? What type of investment are we talking about here, and what would you consider to be the best cost to effect if I did it in steps? Any ideas or directions about that would be great. [/QUOTE]