Adjusting The Shock Absorber Assembly - Yamaha NIKEN 2019 Owner's Manual

Compression damping setting:
Minimum (soft):
13 click(s) in direction (b)
Standard:
8 click(s) in direction (b)
Maximum (hard):
1 click(s) in direction (b)
Instrument and control functions
Adjusting the shock absorber
assembly
This shock absorber assembly is
equipped with a spring preload adjust-
ing knob and a rebound damping force
adjusting screw.
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 knob in direction (a). To
decrease the spring preload and there-
by soften the suspension, turn the ad-
justing knob in direction (b).
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1. Spring preload adjusting knob
Spring preload setting:
Minimum (soft):
0 click(s) in direction (a)
Standard:
1 click(s) in direction (a)
Maximum (hard):
24 click(s) in direction (a)
TIP
When adjusting the spring preload set-
ting, turn the adjuster in direction (b)
until it stops, and then count the clicks
in direction (a).
Rebound damping force
To increase the rebound damping for-
ce and thereby harden the rebound
damping, turn the adjusting screw in
(a)
1
4
(b)