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<blockquote data-quote="Jeff aka BOLT" data-source="post: 112677" data-attributes="member: 184">I rode an XR600R, steel frame, 300 lbs, kick starting mule, no stabilizer, stock nose diving suspension for 11 or 12 years. 1996 to 2007-8 From Ocotillo Wells to Glamis to LPNF to the Mojave to Kennedy Meadows and beyond. Love the bike. Will never get ride of it. Learned a ton on it.&nbsp;<img src="http://ridersonline.org/images/xr600_400.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />&nbsp;When I moved onto my first &quot;second-hand&quot; KTM I was in for a treat. It doesn't make you a better rider. It just allows you to do more... for longer... with less effort. And a professional suspension tuner takes it to a whole new level again. I do EVERY bike now as soon as I can.&nbsp; I am picking up the 350 tomorrow...&nbsp; and if my new suspension guy was available I would have dropped it off on the way home before ever riding it.&nbsp;If you are beat after a 90 mile desert run without a pro suspension... you'll do 150 with the same energy after a great suspension job and be lesssore the next day.&nbsp; You move faster and enjoy the ride twice as much. You should treat yourself. &nbsp;Now that I have experienced these things later in my riding life I am treating myself to the best I can afford while I still have 10-15 years left to enjoy it before I am too ragedy to ride at all.&nbsp;Food for thought.&nbsp; Christmas is coming up.&nbsp; Shizzle looks good under the tree.&nbsp;My very first shizzle.<img src="http://ridersonline.org/images/jsb/ktm_mxc525b.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jeff aka BOLT, post: 112677, member: 184"] I rode an XR600R, steel frame, 300 lbs, kick starting mule, no stabilizer, stock nose diving suspension for 11 or 12 years. 1996 to 2007-8 From Ocotillo Wells to Glamis to LPNF to the Mojave to Kennedy Meadows and beyond. Love the bike. Will never get ride of it. Learned a ton on it. [IMG]http://ridersonline.org/images/xr600_400.gif[/IMG] When I moved onto my first "second-hand" KTM I was in for a treat. It doesn't make you a better rider. It just allows you to do more... for longer... with less effort. And a professional suspension tuner takes it to a whole new level again. I do EVERY bike now as soon as I can. I am picking up the 350 tomorrow... and if my new suspension guy was available I would have dropped it off on the way home before ever riding it. If you are beat after a 90 mile desert run without a pro suspension... you'll do 150 with the same energy after a great suspension job and be lesssore the next day. You move faster and enjoy the ride twice as much. You should treat yourself. Now that I have experienced these things later in my riding life I am treating myself to the best I can afford while I still have 10-15 years left to enjoy it before I am too ragedy to ride at all. Food for thought. Christmas is coming up. Shizzle looks good under the tree. My very first shizzle. [IMG]http://ridersonline.org/images/jsb/ktm_mxc525b.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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