rabskyline
Husqvarna
AA Class
Yeah I suppose what you are riding is worthy of consideration, we have hills where they go on for maybe 2klms, every hundred metres there's a washout/erosion mound that's a metre high, hitting them 4/5th full throttle needs all the travel you can get and it's good to use all or most of your suspension as it'll be sprung properly for you.The trade off is worth is worth it to me, as we race tighter courses up here and due to land issues at our venues, we rarely get to ride "6th gear tapped" for any length of time.
It takes more time to remount than to adjust speed to suspension. Just my opinion.
My son's would agree with you on more is better, but they are tall and scary fast.
I am a short arse, I try not to put foot down unless I need to or it suits what I am doing, hills waste me as I can t touch down on the really steep stuff so momentum and keeping it pinned (in my deluded mind) is where it's at.