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Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S
Basically the oil/damping should match the spring, to stop it from .. well acting like a spring (a spring tends to go boing … boing … boing , you just want it to go boing!  ) … not used to make the suspension ‘stiffer’.
Assuming Mr suzuki matched the stock 10w oil damping properties to his stock ~7 springs properly, then the only time one should be changing his oil weight from that is if you up your spring weight … or large changes in ambient temp ... |
What is compression damping for then? Mr Suzuki didn't do a very good job of matching the stock oil either, 10W oil is appropriate, 12.5W is OK, the stuff used is thinner though, those who know reckon it's more like 7W.