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Fork Assembly
1. Drain the fork oil from the outer tube/slider
(1) by placing it upside down.
(About 7 cm
3
of fork oil will be left in the
outer tube/slider when it is left inverted for
about 20 minutes at 20°C/68°F)
(1)
(1) outer tube/slider
Amount of fork oil left in the fork
(without damper and spring)
minute
5
10
20
35
°C/°F
30/86
7.1
5.9
4.7
4.2
20/68
10.6
8.2
7.1
5.9
11.8
8.3
10/50
7.2
6.2
0/32
12.9
10.6
9.4
8.2
(
)
cm
3
0°C/32°F
16
10°C/50°F
14
12
20°C/68°F
10
8
6
4
2
0
0
20
40
60
80
100
Inverted time
Front Suspension Adjustments
2. Tighten the lock nut (2) fully by hand and
unit: cm
3
measure the thread length.
Standard: 0.43 – 0.51 in (11 – 13 mm)
55
85
145
Wipe the oil completely off the fork damper.
3.5
3.5
3.5
5.6
4.7
4.7
4.9
5.8
4.8
7.9
7.1
5.9
30°C/86°F
(2) lock nut
120
140
160
3. Wipe the oil completely off the fork spring
(minutes)
(3).
Install the fork spring to the fork damper.
Install the fork damper (4) to the outer
tube/slider (1).
(1)
(1) outer tube/slider
(3) fork spring
(2)
0.43 – 0.51 in
(11 – 13 mm)
(4)
(3)
(4) fork damper assembly
(cont'd)
Adjustments for Competition
89
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