2012 520RS. Out here in the West I'm running .50 front and 5.8 rear. About 105mm sag. 270mm Race Tech Spring. Linkage guard in #2 position. I'm a solid C rider (200lbs in street clothes) that rides a little bit of everything from rocks, whoops and deep sand. I try to stand up almost all the time when ridding aggressive.
What really had me scratching my head was the spring preload. From all these threads on the internet it seems you want under 10mm preload for optimum performance. No matter how stiff the spring is it's just not possible on my Beta. I have spent hours trying to figure out why I need to crank down the spring to get good numbers. 10mm preload gives my bike almost 50mm static and 120mm of rider sag.
Went to Race Tech's shop and was told by them and my personal suspension tuner to not worry about the preload as long as the sag numbers are within range.
I have the clickers fine tuned and it works great everywhere. Surprisingly I have not had to stiffen the front clickers for the deep sand washes. I passed my bike over to a AA pro rider and he was so impressed with it he has decided to copy my valving on his 450RS.
For the heck of it here are my clicker numbers:
Shock
Reb 20 out from closed
LS comp 12 out from closed
HS comp 2 in from open
Race Tech oil US1
Fork
Reb 11 out from closed
Comp 7 out from closed
Motul oil 5wt Factory
Keep in mind sag numbers are very subjective from rider to rider. In the terrain I ride you have to stand up to go at a decent pace. I set my sag standing in the position I normally ride. FWIW if you sit down on anything other than fireroads, my bike will punish you to the point of tears. It's like it has a mind of it's own. Darting off the trail and deflecting off rocks and ruts.
Static and rider sag are well within range:
And no, kickstand is not touching ground!! LOL