Adjusting The Front Fork - Yamaha VMAX VMX17 Owner's Manual

INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS

Adjusting the front fork

WARNING
Always adjust both fork legs equally,
otherwise poor handling and loss of
3
stability may result.
This front fork is equipped with spring
preload adjusting
damping force adjusting knobs and
compression damping force adjusting
screws.
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
suspension, turn the adjusting bolt on
each fork leg in direction (b).
EAU14734
EWA10181
bolts, rebound
1. Spring preload adjusting bolt
Align the appropriate groove on the ad-
justing mechanism with the top of the
ECA10102
front fork cap bolt.
1. Current setting
soften the
2. Front fork cap bolt
1
(a)
(b)
Rebound damping force
To increase the rebound damping
force and thereby harden the rebound
damping, turn the adjusting knob on
each fork leg in direction (a). To de-
crease the rebound damping force and
thereby soften the rebound damping,
turn the adjusting knob on each fork
leg in direction (b).
1
3 2
5 4
1
2
1. Rebound damping force adjusting knob
3-27
Spring preload setting:
Minimum (soft):
5
Standard:
4
Maximum (hard):
1
(a)
1
(b)