Rear Shock Absorber Adjustment - Yamaha 2001 YZF-R6M Owner's Manual

INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS
Rear shock absorber
adjustment
This shock absorber is equipped with
spring preload and damping force ad-
justers.
CAUTION:
3
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Never attempt to turn an adjuster
beyond the maximum or minimum
setting.
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EC000015
1. Spring preload adjusting ring
2. Special wrench
3. Position indicator
Adjusting spring preload
Turn the adjusting ring in direction a to
increase spring
direction b to decrease spring pre-
load.
Make sure that the appropriate notch in
the adjusting ring is aligned with the po-
sition indicator on the rear shock ab-
sorber.
CI-18E
Hard
Adjusting
9 8 7
position
1. Rebound damping force adjusting knob
Adjusting rebound damping force
Turn the adjusting knob in direction a
to increase rebound damping force and
in direction b to decrease rebound
preload and in
damping force.
CI-34E
Minimum (soft)
Maximum (hard)
* From the fully turned-in position
Stan-
Soft
dard
6 5 4 3 2 1
3-19
25 clicks out*
Standard 9 clicks out*
1 click out*