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

INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS

Adjusting the front fork

WARNING
Always adjust the spring preload on
both fork legs equally, otherwise
poor handling and loss of stability
may result.
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Each front fork leg is equipped with a
spring preload adjusting bolt, the right
front fork leg is equipped with a re-
bound damping force adjusting screw
and the left front fork leg with a com-
pression damping force adjusting
screw.
NOTICE
To avoid damaging the mechanism,
do not attempt to turn beyond the
maximum or minimum settings.
Spring preload
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-
load and thereby
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suspension, turn the adjusting bolt on
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each fork leg in direction (b).
1. Spring preload adjusting bolt
Align the appropriate groove on the ad-
justing mechanism with the top of the
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front fork collar.
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1. Current setting
2. Front fork collar
soften the
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Rebound damping force
The rebound damping force is adjust-
ed on the right front fork leg only. To in-
crease the rebound damping force and
thereby harden the rebound damping,
turn the adjusting screw in direction (a).
To decrease the rebound damping
force and thereby soften the rebound
damping, turn the adjusting screw in
direction (b).
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Be sure to perform this adjustment on
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1 the right front fork leg.
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5
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Spring preload setting:
Minimum (soft):
0
Standard:
2
Maximum (hard):
5