Adjusting The Front Fork - Yamaha FZ8-N Owner's Manual

 Do not exceed the maximum
load of FZ8-N 199 kg (439 lb)
FZ8-NA 194 kg (428 lb) for the
vehicle.
INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS

Adjusting the front fork

WARNING
Always adjust the spring preload on
both fork legs equally, otherwise
poor handling and loss of stability
may result.
Each front fork leg is equipped with a
spring preload adjusting bolt. The right
front fork leg is equipped with a re-
bound damping force adjusting screw
and compression damping force ad-
justing 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 bolt on each fork leg in di-
rection (a). To decrease the spring pre-
load and thereby soften
suspension, turn the adjusting bolt on
each fork leg in direction (b).
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(a) (b)
1. Spring preload adjusting bolt
The spring preload setting is deter-
mined by measuring distance A,
shown in the illustration. The shorter
distance A is, the higher the spring pre-
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load; the longer distance A is, the lower
the spring preload.
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the
1. Distance A
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(a) (b)
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