Adjusting The Front Fork - Yamaha 2007 YZF-R1W Owner's Manual

INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS
To release a helmet from a helmet
holder
Remove the passenger seat, remove
the helmet from the helmet holder, and
then install the seat.
3

Adjusting the front fork

This front fork is equipped with spring
preload adjusting bolts, rebound damp-
ing force adjusting screws and com-
pression damping force
screws.
WARNING
Always adjust both fork legs equal-
ly, otherwise poor handling and loss
of stability may result.
Spring preload
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-
3-20
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suspension, turn the adjusting bolt on
each fork leg in direction (b).
NOTE:
Align the appropriate groove on the ad-
adjusting
justing mechanism with the top of the
front fork cap bolt.
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1. Current setting
2. Front fork cap bolt
Spring preload setting:
Minimum (soft):
8
Standard:
5
Maximum (hard):
0
thereby soften the