Rear View Mirrors; Adjusting The Front Fork - Yamaha 2011 YZF-R1A Owner's Manual

INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS

Rear view mirrors

The rear view mirrors of this vehicle can
be folded forward for parking in narrow
spaces. Fold the mirrors back to their
original position before riding.
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4
2
1. Riding position
2. Parking position
WARNING
Be sure to fold the rear view mirrors
back to their original position before
riding.
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Adjusting the front fork

WARNING
Always adjust the spring preload on
both fork legs equally, otherwise
poor handling and loss of stability
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may result.
Each front fork leg is equipped with a
spring preload adjusting bolt, the right
front fork leg is equipped with a re-
bound damping force adjusting screw
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and the left front fork leg with a com-
pression damping
screw.
NOTICE
To avoid damaging the mechanism,
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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-
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suspension, turn the adjusting bolt on
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each fork leg in direction (b).
1. Spring preload adjusting bolt
force adjusting
Align the appropriate groove on the ad-
justing mechanism with the top of the
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front fork collar.
1. Current setting
2. Front fork collar
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and thereby soften
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the