Adjusting The Shock Absorber Assembly - Yamaha MT-09 SP Owner's Manual

Instrument and control functions
Adjusting the shock absorber
assembly
This shock absorber assembly is
equipped with a spring preload adjust-
ing knob and rebound and compres-
sion damping force adjusting knobs.
NOTICE
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To avoid damaging the mechanism,
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 knob in direction (a). To
decrease the spring preload and there-
by soften the suspension, turn the ad-
justing knob in direction (b).
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ECA10102
1. Spring preload adjusting knob
The spring preload setting is deter-
mined by measuring distance A,
shown in the illustration. The shorter
the distance A is, the higher the spring
preload; the longer distance A is, the
lower the spring preload.
1. Distance A
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Spring preload setting:
(a)
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(b)
Rebound damping force
To increase the rebound damping
force and thereby harden the rebound
damping, turn the adjusting knob in di-
rection (a). To decrease the rebound
damping force and thereby soften the
rebound damping, turn the adjusting
knob in direction (b).
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1. Rebound damping force adjusting knob
Minimum (soft):
Distance A = 156.0 mm (6.14 in)
Standard:
Distance A = 156.0 mm (6.14 in)
Maximum (hard):
Distance A = 148.0 mm (5.83 in)
(b)
(a)
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