Yeah, I realised from the start that I was oversprung, but the high and low speed damping was also way too much i.e. it was very hard to get initial movement, and was returning way too slowly. I don’t think where the bike has been set with max preload (not adjustable (without a hacksaw anyway!
)) it was helping the highspeed absorption either.
I tried using thinner oil (15w from 20w) and 2 turns of emulator preload. It was still way too stiff and slow for my liking, especially on the highspeed.
As I am tight, I didn’t want to fork out (no pun intended
) for new springs, that coupled with the fact I felt I was still overdamped (even for a heavy spring) I went way down on the oil, and backed the emulator preload right off (to try and improve movement with high speed further).
Bearing in mind how overdamped my forks seemed with 20w oil and 85 springs, I seriously reckon that with some 80, or even 75 springs that 20w oil will be over damped? I know I am a little underdamped with the 7.5w, but this does give me some compliancy, to be honest it works ok, the only time it is a problem is if I get a series of big bumps close together (then the front, not particularly surprisingly, starts pogoing)..