Fork oil recommendation

What "weight" oil would you all recommend for stock Showa fully adjustable forks on a 97 ss/sp...stock springs/internals, rider weight about 150 lbs., nothing but street riding/commuting...

I don't know a lot about "gold valves" or what they would do for me, but I'm painting my frame and have to take the forks out anyway, so I figured I would drain and clean them and replace the oil...they have 23K on them and I don't know when they were last serviced.

Any recommendations? I'd appreciate the help...

Thanks

5 wt.

Thanks, Brad; you're the man!

the gold valves have a much greater flow area for the compression shim stack. set up nicely they take all the harshness out of the high speed compression while still giving good control overall. usually you go heavier on springs too.

the std showa oil is nominally 7.5wt. running 5 wt helps with the harshness. you could try 2.5 if you wanted too. maybe then start winding in the adjusters to get the control/damping back into the shim stacks and out of the bleeds, where it's meant to be.

For just normal maintenance concerns, how often do you change fork oil??

I believe the factory-recommended interval is every 12k miles...