Adjusting The Front Fork - Yamaha VMAX VMX17 Owner's Manual

1. Rider seat backrest release lever
2. Remove the bolts, and then pull
the passenger seat off.
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1. Bolt
2. Passenger seat
To install the passenger seat
1. Insert the projection on the pas-
senger seat into the seat holder as
shown.
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1. Projection
2. Seat holder
2. Place the passenger seat in the
original position, and then install
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the bolts.
3. Return the backrest to the original
position.
TIP
Make sure that the passenger seat is
properly secured before riding.
Instrument and control functions

Adjusting the front fork

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Always adjust both fork legs equally,
otherwise poor handling and loss of
stability may result.
This front fork is equipped with spring
preload
damping force adjusting knobs and
compression damping force adjusting
screws.
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
suspension, turn the adjusting bolt on
each fork leg in direction (b).
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WARNING
adjusting bolts, rebound
and thereby soften
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