Something else to think about.
When considering damping you need to understand the difference between slow and fast damping, where the speed of the damping relates to the speed of suspension travel. Typicaly, when going over a bump high speed damping comes into effect, where as weight tranfser from braking for example, is controlled by slow speed damping.
The SV uses damping rods to restrict fork oil flow to create the damping, which is a rather crude (but cheap) way of doing things.
Now the important part - damping rods create lots of high speed damping but little low speed damping. Result being, the front feels soft under braking, but harsh over sharp bumps. To prevent high speed damping being too stiff (giving a harsh ride over said bumps) Suzuki havn't put a thick oil in.
So whatever you do the front will feel both soft and stiff, you've just got to find a compramise that works for you.
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