Gear down first
Thats funny, you want to slow yours down, and I want to speed mine up!
I would play with the gearing before I did anything else. Try going down on the rear a few teeth, or going up a tooth on the cs. You'll get longer gearing for the tight stuff. Ive never heard of anyone changing the timing from the YZ to WR, but dont think I would bother. Although thats possible, you would probably not like the change. There are lots of ways to de-tune a bike, just ask Yamaha what they did to the WR's!
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