Adjusting The Front Fork - Yamaha YZF-R6 Owner's Manual

WARNING
Never ride with a helmet attached to
a helmet holding cable, since the
helmet may hit objects, causing loss
of control and possibly an accident.
To release a helmet from the helmet
holding cable
1. Remove the passenger seat.
2. Unfasten the snap hooks from the
cable holder, and then remove the
cable from the helmet strap buck-
le.
3. Install the passenger seat.
INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS
EWA14330

Adjusting the front fork

This front fork is equipped with spring
preload adjusting bolts, rebound damp-
ing force adjusting screws, compres-
sion damping force adjusting bolts (for
fast compression damping) and com-
pression damping force adjusting bolts
(for slow compression damping).
WARNING
Always adjust both fork legs equal-
ly, otherwise poor handling and loss
of stability may result.
Spring preload
1. Spring preload adjusting bolt
EAU38942 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
suspension, turn the adjusting bolt on
each fork leg in direction (b).
NOTE:
Align the appropriate groove on the ad-
EWA10180
justing mechanism with the top of the
front fork collar.
1. Current setting
2. Front fork collar
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and thereby soften the
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