Damping - BMW G 650 Xchallenge Rider's Manual

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Turn air pump hose 3 toward
air pump and close Velcro
strip 2.
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Sit on motorcycle, hold mo-
torcycle vertically and load it
with your entire body weight as
much as possible.
Release air from the Air Damp-
ing System by pressing in valve
pin and check level.
You can use the tip of the
valve cap as an aid to press
in the valve pin.
Release air and check level re-
peatedly until level indicator is
horizontal.
Screw valve cap onto Air
Damping System valve.
Removing seat ( 41)
Installing air pump (

Damping

Adjustment on front wheel
Both the rebound and the com-
pression damping of the tele-
scopic forks can be adapted
to the road condition. With the
rebound, the damping during
rebound is adjusted, and with
compression the damping during
compression.
The stiffer the damping, the
greater the compensating
movement of the forks is
damped when riding on rough
road surfaces. When soft
damping is set, the forks react
correspondingly faster to rough
roads.
Adjusting rebound on
front wheel
Make sure ground is level and
firm and park motorcycle.
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