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If sag is good with your weight then spring is fine, less oil will reduce harshness from the hydraulic dampening.
You can reduce the stiffness of this air spring by decreasing the volume of hydraulic fluid that in turn increases the volume of air in the fork tube. (see figure) The fork manufacturer specifies the hydraulic fluid volume that they feels gives the desired air spring behavior.
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If your goal is to improve turning by changing the front and/or rear ride height, changing the spring stiffness front and/or rear is simply not the way to do it.I thought I'd try a softer spring to keep the bike lower in the front and help the turning.
Also I'm finally going to try a stiffer rear spring than the biposto one
LOL thanks for that reply. FWIW I've read every post on here and searched and couldnt find anything on fork oil level. Thats why I asked in the first place. My guy (who runs a race team) and is the ohlins certified suspension rebuild shop as well, said to change fork oil level and I guess that its not a common run of the mill change cause I couldn't find much info on it...everyone talks springs and thats why I went to the shop in the first place...springs!!!Shazaams words are gold dust...totally true and spot-on. I bow to thee, oh suspension Guru!
There are currently at least two other suspension threads where posters would save their time by asking someone in the know, like the guru mentioned above.
Nuff said really.