Adjusting The Front Fork - Ducati Diavel ABS 2012 Owner's Manual

Adjusting the front fork

The front fork used on this motorcycle has rebound,
compression and spring preload adjustment.
Use the external screw adjusters to make
adjustments.
1) to adjust the rebound damping (fig. 121);
2) to adjust the preload of the inner springs (fig.
121);
3) to adjust the compression damping (fig. 122).
Position the motorcycle on its sidestand so that it is
stable.
Turn the knob (1) on every fork leg top with a suitable
wrench to adjust rebound damping.
Turn the adjuster (3) on fork leg bottom with a flat
screwdriver to adjust compression damping. Turn
the knob (1) and the adjusting screws (3) to adjust the
dampening. The stiffest damping setting is obtained
with the adjuster turned fully clockwise to the "0"
position. Starting from this position and by rotating
counterclockwise, you can count the turns.
To change preload of the spring inside each fork leg,
turn the hex. adjuster (2, fig. 121) with a 22 mm hex
wrench, starting from the fully open (clockwise)
position. From reference (A, fig. 121), every full turn
clockwise corresponds to 1 mm of preload of the
spring, up to a maximum of 15 mm, corresponding to
15 full turns.
152
fig. 121
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A
fig. 122
1
2
3