| I've always counted from the shoulder.
Just like to point out though that I don't see myself as a suspension "expert". I'd love to be, but other than building the things and doing the basics with the sag etc. that's as far as I'd go with mine or a customers.
The settings for the fork/yoke positions are factory settings. I think they are also in the Haynes.
I've set my forks to these and use the rear ride height for tweaking. | 
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