I have an 87 LT-500 that I converted over to stock LTR A-arms, shocks, spindles, brakes & front geometry. I built it as a dune / desert cruiser. It rides / handles a lot better than it did when it was stock. The cool thing is that I can always get upgraded LTR parts next for this if I ever feel the need. Now in my opinion, the 500 has way better geometry than the 250, so if you converted the 250 over to the LTR stuff, it would be like a night & day difference.