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Originally Posted by Sid Squid
4) Standard oil is 10W. If you're using heavier springs, heavier oil is appropriate. The great majority of people are using 15W oil, if you're 11/12 stone it'll most likely suit you well, (I think Northy's a dwarf or something).
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Nah, it was just that I had a hard-front conversion in the winter
Someone said it's essential to get the air gap spot on... I don't agree with that at all. In fact, I'd say a bit of experimentation with the air gap can give you some interesting results. IMO it's one of those things where there's no magic numbers, and you may well find you prefer a different level from stock. Not massively different, mind!
For example, loads of people use PVC tubing to make new preload spacers. PVC tube's got much more volume than the stock metal tube, and so the air volume is cut. How many of those compensate with the oil level? Not very many, I reckon.