I am old skool, but it seems to work. I use a straight viscosity engine oil on the forks, and, I only put in enough to cover the top of the spring stand by about an inch. I will put in say, your 7 oz, then, gently pump the forks to get the oil down into the tube, and then, finish the level off to go above the fork seat. What happens is that as the forks are being worked while riding, the fork oil is actually pumped out of the dampers, up onto the springs, and, if the amount of fork oil is too low, the damper goes dry at its top area. I also built a fork oil level filler, syringe, plastic clear tube, length of steel tubing, with a stop. This way, I can set the stop to the level I want, and install the oil, then, suction it off to get it to the height I want, both sides the same.
This way, not much clunking at all.
Lots of work, but, I like making tools and specialty items, keeps me active.
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