Compression Damping Of The Shock Absorber - KTM 1090 Adventure R Owner's Manual

12 SUSPENSION SETTING
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The compression damping of the shock absorber is divided into two ranges: high-speed and low-speed.
High-speed and low-speed refer to the compression speed of the rear wheel suspension and not to the vehicle
speed.
The high-speed setting, for example, has an effect when riding over an asphalt edge: the rear wheel suspension
compresses quickly.
The low-speed setting, for example, has an effect when riding over long ground swells: the rear wheel suspension
compresses slowly.
These two ranges can be adjusted separately, although the transition between high-speed and low-speed is grad-
ual. Thus, changes in the high-speed range affect the compression damping in the low-speed range and vice
versa.
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Compression damping of the shock absorber

Info
Turn clockwise to increase the spring pretension; turn
counterclockwise to reduce the spring pretension.
Adjusting the spring pretension has no influence on the
absorption setting of the rebound damping.
Basically, however, you should set the rebound damp-
ing higher with a higher spring pretension.