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Don't be fooled into thinking that you need thicker oil when replacing the valves. Upgraded valves mean finer control of the damping fluid so thinner oil is required. Change springs to suit your weight and riding style if you like. But springs are a mine-field too! You've mentioned valves, so control is something you're after and you shouldn't be able to live without linear fork springs. These give, as the name suggests, an equal rate all the way down the fork stroke. Perfect for the track as you want to remove as many variables as you can. Progressve springs are whats nailed to road stuff. These get harder as they compress - basically doing their best to prevent themselves bottoming out and making you look like an arse who can't set a bike up. Take your springs out and you'll probably find that the spring coils are closer together at one end - these are progressive springs.
Sometimes its better not to have adjustment everywhere; if you haven't got it, you don't worry about it. It means less fiddling, less excuses, and more time to enjoy your riding.
It all depends on what you're doing with it. You don't need K-Tech this and Ohlins that if all you're doing is bimbling to up to another bloody red light oppisite Budgey Wharf.
Cakey Spooner
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