Yeah, I changed the fluid when I put Progressive springs in the front end, used type E....like you say to thin I think!

 

If around 250lbs, 15W up front, 11~12 weight in the rear shocks, and start with 10.5oz in the rears, since you can just pull the air lines to add more oil with syringe, while the shocks are still on the bike if you need the back bottom end stroke of the bike firmed up (it it feels like the front end is stiffer than the back end towards the bottom of stroke).

I tweaked by rear shock for winter driving going into the winter, and ended up at 11.5 weight at 10.75oz per shock, running 3lbs of air front and back solo, then add 2 Lbs of air for 2 up.

 

Like I say, only 160lbs here, so hoping the 10wt up front will be good.....gonna go 7wt after reading one of your posts considering my weight.

Might start with 10oz in the rear and tweak to how she feels?

 

Would be the game plan with oil weights due to your own weight, and will guess that you will be up around 10.5oz per shock in the end. So on that note since it so easy to add shock oil with the shocks in place, start with the 10oz, then .25oz if the bottom pulse of the rears feel like they are not in tune with the front forks for bottoming rate, then work slowly up from there. Hence go find a corner around 40MPG, and you want the front and back suspension to compress down/settle down and move at the same rate, to make the bike feel/react neutral in a glide through the corner.

 

Had my first ride yesterday after finishing it all up, 10oz in the rear and 3psi, actually rode really nice and felt a lot more stable on the slab too.

Feel stills a little harsh occasionally, but I suppose with suspension you're looking for that 85% mark - you can't tune everything out and over here in the UK our roads can be pretty shocking! I certainly don't feel the bottom of the stroke needs to be any firmer, so I think now it's about playing with the air to set the pre-load correct.

Great pay off doing this kinda work, can really transform a bike.