Adjusting The Front Fork; Damping Force - Yamaha TDM900 Owner's Manual

Adjusting the front fork

This front fork is equipped with spring
preload adjusting bolts and damping
force adjusting screws.
WARNING
Always adjust both fork legs equal-
ly, otherwise poor handling and loss
of stability may result.
Spring preload
(b)
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(a)
1. Spring preload adjusting bolt
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
INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS
EAU14781 suspension, turn the adjusting bolt on
each fork leg in direction (b).
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1. Standard setting
2. Current setting
3. Front fork cap bolt
NOTE:
Align the appropriate groove on the ad-
justing mechanism with the top of the
front fork cap bolt.
Spring preload setting:
Minimum (soft):
8
Standard:
7
Maximum (hard):
1
soften the

Damping force

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1. Damping force adjusting screw
3-15
1 (a)
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1. Turn the adjusting screw on each
fork leg in direction (a) until the
screw moves almost a 1/2 turn
without clicking.
2. Continue turning the adjusting
screw in direction (a) until it clicks.
This is the minimum setting.
3. To increase the damping force,
continue turning the adjusting
screw in direction (a). The third
click after the minimum setting is
the maximum setting. If the adjust-
ing screw is turned further in direc-
tion (a), it will move half a turn
before returning to the minimum
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