with a short wheelbase of the vx, it's tough to get a smooth ride, although you can vastly improve over stock by changing the suspension. Also, I've notice that the stock shocks get eaten up quite often, so you might have to change eventually anyway; mine leaked and I switched them to adjustable ranchos. I even got the control unit, the site had a sale buy 3 get the 4th free.. I thik someone posted it in a thread. I keep mine set to the softest setting... smooth and it still takes turn nicely.. just highway gets a lil scary above 70 in high wind