Adjusting The Rear Suspension - Honda VFR 800 Owner's Manual

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Adjusting the Rear Suspension

Spring Preload
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You can adjust the spring preload by the
adjuster to suit the load or the road surface.
Use the pin spanner and extension bar to
turn the adjuster. Position 1 is for a decrease
spring preload (soft), or turn the position 3
to 7 increase spring preload (hard). The
standard position is 2.
Extension bar
Spring preload
adjuster
Attempting to adjust directly from 1 to 7 or
7 to 1 may damage the shock absorber.
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Adjusting the Rear Suspension
Pin spanner
5 6
7
4
3 2 1
Rebound Damping
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You can adjust the rebound damping by the
adjuster to suit the load or the road surface.
Turn clockwise to increase rebound damping
(hard), or turn counterclockwise to decrease
rebound damping (soft). The standard
position is approximately 1 1/2 turns from
the maximum setting so that the punch
mark on the adjuster aligns with the
reference punch mark.
Punch mark
Reference
punch mark
Damping adjuster
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