About Headlight Aiming and Preload

[6ZeroZeroR]

OK, so you're cruising down a back road and hit a straight part. An oncoming car sees that your headlights are flashing from dim to bright. You are aware that it is due to the bumps and the rear preload settings being soft enough to soak up the road while the front preload keeps the front stiffer.

My question is: wouldn't that mean that the front preload was too stiff? I mean when the bike encounters bumps shouldn't the front and rear absorb the bump in the same way? Ideally, shouldn't there be the exact amount of travel for the front and the rear?

If preload settings were ideal, a rider sitting on the bike would have little or no affect on the headlight's vertical height, as marked on a wall for adjusting. In fact, a rider getting on the bike, imo, should make the light beam go down, not up, as is typically the case.

In short, wouldn't you want the bike to remain perfectly level when you encounter rough roads?

Sorry if it's a stupid question. I'm new to this whole suspension tweaking thingy.

Never mind. The weight of the rider is behind the swingarm axle. It's impossible to make the front act the same as the rear b/c of the fulcrum(see-saw) effect at the center of the bike.