What are you going to get for a $1600.00 bike? Probably something newer but in the same boat. It will probably need suspension rebuild, clutch work, top end work, linkage bearings needed, wheel bearings, pads, etc...
If your bike is solid now and you are happy with it, just fix it up. If you want some more power, then talk to Eric Gorr about some porting for the bike. install some racetech gold valves for the forks and recharge the shock. You would have a bike that is mechanically sound then.
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