Handlebar Position; Adjusting The Front Fork - Yamaha Tracer MTT850D 2019 Owner's Manual

Instrument and control functions

Handlebar position

The handlebar can be adjusted to one
of two positions to suit the rider's pref-
erence. Have a Yamaha dealer adjust
the position of the handlebar.
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1. Handlebar
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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
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
and the left front fork leg with a com-
pression damping force adjusting
screw.
NOTICE
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 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).
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(a) (b)
1. Spring preload adjusting bolt
The spring preload setting is deter-
mined by measuring distance A,
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shown in the illustration. The shorter
distance A is, the higher the spring pre-
load; the longer distance A is, the lower
the spring preload.
soften the
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(a) (b)