Rear View Mirrors; Adjusting The Front Fork - Yamaha R1 2019 Owner's Manual

Instrument and control functions
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Rear view mirrors

The rear view mirrors of this vehicle can
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be folded forward for parking in narrow
spaces. Fold the mirrors back to their
original position before riding.
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1. Riding position
2. Parking position
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WARNING
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Be sure to fold the rear view mirrors
back to their original position before
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riding.
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Adjusting the front fork

This model is equipped with adjustable
suspension. The spring preload, re-
bound damping force, and compres-
sion damping force of each leg can be
adjusted.
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WARNING
Always adjust both fork legs equal-
ly, otherwise poor handling and loss
of stability may result.
NOTICE
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Use extra care to avoid scratch-
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ing the gold-anodized finish
when making suspension ad-
justments.
EWA14372 To avoid damaging the suspen-
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sion's internal mechanisms, 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 nut on each fork in direc-
tion (a). To decrease the spring preload
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turn the adjusting nut on each fork in di-
rection (b).
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1. Spring preload adjusting nut
Rebound damping force
To increase the rebound damping force
and thereby harden the rebound damp-
ing, turn the adjusting bolt on each fork
leg in direction (a). To decrease the re-
bound damping force and thereby soft-
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(b)
(a)
Spring preload setting:
Minimum (soft):
0 turn(s) in direction (a)
Standard:
9 turn(s) in direction (a)
Maximum (hard):
15 turn(s) in direction (a)
after fully turning in direction (b)