Hello Sub Sailor.
I just purchased a 2000 Rc51. I had all of the goodies completed by the previous ownerand is very clean. Yours has Ohlin's and Dan Kyle forks. Question due to curiosity on how much was spent in add ons for my bike. How much does Dan Kyle charge to redo the forks?
To revalve and respring both forks cost around $600.
I had my forks resprung due to my weight (235 Lbs.)
The springs were around $100 ea.
Since my forks were original, I had all the bushings, seals, and dust caps replaced while they had the forks apart.
That brought the price up to $700.
You could also go the Race Tech way and buy their Gold Valve kits and springs, and then either do the work yourself or take them to a shop.
The Gold Valves will be around $370-400 for rebound and compression kits and the springs are also $100 ea.
Since they all add up to about the same, I just had Kyle do the forks and shock together rather than ship to different locations.
Here's an important tip I learned from Kyle, Ohlins, and the other suspension shops.
The best time of year to have your suspension reworked is September.
October is the end of race season and the teams will start having their suspensions reworked for winter testing, so the shops will be very busy.
Spring will have the teams getting their suspensions ready for race season, so the shops will also be very busy.
During the August-September time frame, all the teams are using what suspension setup they have, so no work is being done.
This will allow the quickest turnaround.
Any other time frame and you take a back seat to the race teams in priority.