Helmet Holders; Adjusting The Front Fork - Yamaha YZF-R1 Owner's Manual

INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS

Helmet holders

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1. Helmet holder
The helmet holders are located on the
bottom of the passenger seat.
To secure a helmet to a helmet hold-
er
1. Remove the passenger seat. (See
page 3-19.)
2. Attach the helmet to a helmet hold-
er, and then securely install the
passenger seat.
WARNING
Never ride with a helmet attached to
a helmet holder, since the helmet
may hit objects, causing loss of con-
trol and possibly an accident.
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holder
Remove the passenger seat, remove
the helmet from the helmet holder, and
then install the seat.
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Adjusting the front fork

This front fork is equipped with spring
preload adjusting bolts, rebound damp-
ing force adjusting screws and com-
pression
screws.
Always adjust both fork legs equal-
ly, otherwise poor handling and loss
of stability may result.
Spring preload
1. Spring preload adjusting bolt
To increase the spring preload and
thereby harden the suspension, turn
the adjusting bolt on each fork leg in di-
rection (a). To decrease the spring pre-
3-20
damping force adjusting
WARNING
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