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Yeah, no worries, I will let you know how I went.
Currently I am only planning to do the rear end (is expensive enough) because I heard opinions that the rear would be the important end to take priority. Whereas I did not like the way the rear end reacted when the bike was loaded with luggage I did not have any issues with the front end. There will be no luggage at the front part of the bike and the big tank will also not be full at all times. So I thought to save the $$$ and leave the front suspension unchanged. You reckon that's a good idea???
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depends how hard/fast you ride and what you need your bike to do, the fork dive is pretty bad on stock suspension even with the stock tank, throw in a larger tank, some weight and ride it quicker and its not much fun- its easy to bottom out the front end, a firmer, but well damped front end will be give a quicker/tighter turn in, be much nicer through the twisties and give much better front end confidence/grip on rougher trails.
take a similar size KTM out for a test ride or borrow one then get back on the DR........
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Well, front suspension shouldn't be that expensive.
I got my progressive fork springs (Honda TransAlp) from Germany (Wirth)
and tell you, it really did make a difference.
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