I got to finally ride with the new springs Sunday.
The front end is definitely better at speed, with no wallow, excellent action, and a much more confidence inspiring feel. I made no clicker changes at first so I could feel the difference in the heavier rate spring. I did however lower my forks in the clamps 2mm lower than they were before I installed the springs. I had them even with the top of the forks at the cap junction, and flushed them with the top of the cap at re-installation. This was fantastic at high speeds and allowed me to rail the crap out of wide sandy and flat packed turns with great confidence and stability. But when I got into the woods, it didn't chop and dice like it did previously and took a bit of reluctant "getting used to". I will be raising them back to where they previously were as I'm in the tight more than the open. After my initial test & break in, I went back to camp, bled the air from the forks, and took 2 clicks out of the compression, as they were feeling a little too firm, the rebound felt fine, and the shock felt a tad soft. With the 2 clicks out on the compression of my forks the whole bike was perfect. Plush action, solid, planted feel, and very predictable as to how it soaked up everything I threw at it. Roots were nothing, where as the whole bike would chatter before I had it revalved, and still did ,somewhat, before the stiffer fork springs. The whole bike settled nicely into turns and tracks smoothly on exits, maintaining excellent traction on the pinestraw laden bunny trails we were riding, as well as over the debris in the clear cut sections. The small stumps that litter the trail, while in the past would have had me trying to avoid hitting at all costs, were but minor inconsistancies in an otherwise marshmellow feeling trail.
All and all, I do believe that the suspension work I have done to this 2007 KX250 is the best money I have ever spent on anything in my life.No, Logan's Roadhouse Prime Rib special, while a close second, still doesn't take the center podium.