A few buddies around my area have bought the 02 adjustable viper shocks. Yammy gave those viper owners the option to either keep the stock shocks or go with the new revavled shocks. That year Viper also was very stiff, sounds familar? Anyway yammy did not make the dealers return those first shocks.You can buy for cheap, ( I got mine for fifty bucks) and get them revavled to fit your needs. Mine feels substancally better, and I'm still dialin. I have talked to bruce at pioneer, and he said that was a decent way to go. Much more reasonable than going to Ohlins! I never rode yammys beforelast year, but I am sure finding out that you need to keep playing with the rear skid to get it right!Once it is set, it is nearly as good as it gets! Honk