Personal Fit Adjustments; Control Positioning; Handlebar Position, Width & Shape - Honda CRF150R 2020 Owner's Manual & Competition Handbook

Personal Fit Adjustments

The following suggestions may make your ride

Personal Fit Adjustments

both more comfortable and more responsive to
your control input.

Control Positioning

• Position the control levers so that you can use
them comfortably when seated and standing.
• Adjust the mounting bolt torque of the clutch
and brake lever assemblies so that they can
rotate on the handlebar in a fall. If an assembly
does not rotate, it may bend or break a control
lever. Make sure that the bolts are torqued
securely enough to prevent slippage during
normal operation.
Apply Pro Honda Hondalock or an equivalent to
the threads of these bolts prior to adjustment to
help ensure the correct torque is retained.
Tighten the top bolts first.
(1)
(1) control lever mounting bolts
As an alternative, consider wrapping the handlebar
area under the control assemblies with teflon tape.
Then tighten the assemblies to their normal torque.
Upon impact, the fully-tightened assemblies
should rotate on the teflon tape.
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Adjustments for Competition
• Position the shift lever and brake pedal so they
are close to your boot for rapid access, but not
so close that either is depressed when sitting or
standing comfortably on your CRF.
Handlebar Position, Width & Shape
• Position the handlebar so that both gripping the
bar and operating the controls is comfortable
while both seated and standing, while riding
straight ahead and turning.
Tighten the forward bolts first.
• Be sure to check control cable and wiring
harness routing after the adjustment.
(1)
• Handlebar width can be trimmed with a
hacksaw to better suit your particular shoulder
width and riding preference. Think this
through carefully and cut off just a small
amount at a time from both sides equally. It is
obviously much easier to make the handlebar
narrower than it is to add material.
• Chamfer the edges to remove burrs and other
irregularities or roughness after sawing the
handlebar.
• An alternate handlebar shape, through varying
rise or rearward sweep dimensions, will
provide further adjustment to riding position
and may better suit your particular body size or
riding style. Each of the ergonomic dimensions
of the machine were determined to suit the
greatest possible number of riders based on an
average size rider.