Bravo GTM!
I concur wholeheartedly. Suspension is both ends or none at all. Save and do it right and this includes buying the best you can get custom fitted to your specifications. There is a massive difference in the quality and handling of a first rate suspension.
I say the same thing about tires.
You would not believe the push back and flaming I take for that. It’s ungodly harsh.
If all you do is one tire at a time, you have crappy grip and uneven rotation on one end or the other, forever and forever.
You will never experience what it really feels like to have fresh rubber, or as I say, “new shoes”, all around which is the most tragic thing I can think of.
When I had my shop, more than once, I shod motorcycles with 2 new matched tires instead of the customer requested one, and told them that they could keep it and sample the difference in ride quality and performance.
If they didn’t feel that I had told them the absolute truth, then keep it and pay nothing.
However if they experienced virtually a whole new sensation riding their motorcycle, then pay me whenever the mood struck them.
Not once, when I did this, did anyone ever say anything other than “Wow! It feels like a new bike again!” to which I would just smile and nod.
I always got paid for the matched mate tire and from that point forward, my customer always replaced their tires in pairs.
It’s not that expensive at all for what you get out of it, if you actually ride your motorcycle.
