Adjusting The Front Fork - Yamaha V MAX VMX17YC Owner's Manual

INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS

Adjusting the front fork

WARNING
Always adjust both fork legs equal-
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ly, otherwise poor handling and loss
of stability may result.
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This front fork is equipped with spring
preload adjusting bolts, rebound damp-
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ing force adjusting knobs and compres-
sion damping force adjusting screws.
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NOTICE
To avoid damaging the mechanism,
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do not attempt to turn beyond the
maximum or minimum settings.
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EAU14732 Spring preload
EWA10180
(a)
1. Spring preload adjusting bolt
ECA10101
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
suspension, turn the adjusting bolt on
each fork leg in direction (b).
Align the appropriate groove on the ad-
justing mechanism with the top of the
front fork cap bolt.
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(b)
1. Current setting
2. Front fork cap bolt
soften the
4-22
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2
Spring preload setting:
Minimum (soft):
5
Standard:
4
Maximum (hard):
1
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3 2
5 4