thanks for the help guys.
Im not too worried about it - im just looking for excuses to go play with the new bike
the bloke i bought it off said he cranked up the compression as he liked it that way so i wanted to check what he had actually done and make sure it wasnt too radical.
atleast now that i know what "fully seated" means (thanks madkaw) i can figure out how far off standard it is. I am a LOT bigger than "standard" though