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

INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS
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1. Helmet holding cable
2. Helmet
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.

Adjusting the front fork

WARNING
Always adjust both fork legs equal-
ly, otherwise poor handling and loss
of stability may result.
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).
NOTICE
To avoid damaging the mechanism,
do not attempt to turn beyond the
maximum or minimum settings.
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EAU38943 Spring preload
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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-
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rection (a). To decrease the spring pre-
load and thereby
suspension, turn the adjusting bolt on
each fork leg in direction (b).
Align the appropriate groove on the ad-
justing mechanism with the top of the
front fork collar.
soften the