I agree entirely with this comment. There are some components that few people seem to change and the forks are one of them.

I don't really agree with this comment though, but there is no correct way to test a bike and as such, testing should be representative of what people want to know. For me this comes down to the question of what most people, who want to see this data, buy; F&F (plus trimmings) or complete bike. If it's the first answer, then you need to standardise components.

I think that the idea of testing with a person is a really bad one though; it's just a source of inaccuracy.

edit - you didn't run your tests with a rider and then calculate him out did you?