Stock Suspension Adjustment

[jtopiso_imp]

jtopiso a couple years ago I did a thread with pictures which showed travel on each on the lines. Put a wire tire around the fork tube and with 5 lines showing held the front brake and bounced the front end. Then measured how far the wire tie went up the fork tube. Did it with all 5 lines. With each line on the suspension screwed in, the fork would travel less than the previous line.

I can't find the thread now but I will keep looking.

Yes, the travel would be less each time.
You are putting into the spring always the same load (weight+your "bounce moment"), but the spring preload is taking some of the weight: the more preload, the less the force available to displace the suspension.

So yes: more preload implies less travel for the same load. But total travel, from bump to reboound, will be the same.