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Have 17 fe 450 .I'm 6'5" & close t0 300lbs with gear. I have my springs in but they over whelmed the damping. Just swapped out stock fork oil for 6wt & the difference is huge. Ran both adjusters out to full soft I have only 1 ride so far but the difference is amazing. I might even try some 5.5 wt to see if I can get adjusters back into the middle settings. I have TBT do my setups in race bikes but after dumping so much money into the bike already I thought I'd give it try. It's worth a shot to experiment with fork oils & levels.. I was surprised I got the rear shock dialed in with clickers only. Will post more after a couple more rides.

I raced D-37 expert on an 03 YZ 250 as well. Had it revalved by George at ESP & liked it. Bought an 06 with sss loved it stock.It would dance around a little in slow speed rocks but was like magic at high speed. It would soak up big hits,ruts ect & the bike didn't even twitch.If you haven't done so lace up an 18 inch wheel.It was like adding an additional 2 inches of seat foam after racing on the 19 for 2 yrs. Had TbT revalve last year & it was better yet. Find some whoops & spend an hour or so playing with your adjustments including your high speed on rear shock. Sadly leaving my yz for bike with the button.

Thanks for replys.I race in the 250 class & would like to stay there so I was thinking 250 xc.I've ridden a 300 xcw that had a hard time pulling fifth hard in a sandwash,that's why I doubts about the wide ratio 250.Your right on about the eg 295. I had put an 360 kit on a early 90's wr & you couldn't tell it had wide ratio in it. I'm also thinking if did gear down a wide ratio to pull fifth like I want first would end up being useless. Not that I condone cheating because I see plenty of it in the grand prix's but would an eg 295 sound anywhere stock?

Been trail riding / desert racing since on yz's since 2003.My current one is a 2006.I am tiring of swapping out countershaft sprockets & thinking of going the wide ratio route.I want the opinion of you guys that have done the conversions.Do you think I could pull fifth in sand wash ? My x pro sons friends say I go pretty good for an old guy (I'm 60).I'm 6'5 & push 300lbs with my riding gear on. If there's no hope I'll be on to new orange six speeder.My bike is stock other than fmf mid to top pipe & a Boysen rad valve set up the same.Thanks