Tuning The Chassis; Fork/Shock Absorber; Adjusting The Compression Damping Of The Fork - KTM 690 SMC R 2017 Owner's Manual

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TUNING THE CHASSIS

10.1

Fork/shock absorber

10.2

Adjusting the compression damping of the fork

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The hydraulic compression damping determines the fork suspension behavior.
The fork and the shock absorber offer many options of adapting the chassis to your riding
style and the payload.
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To help you adapt the vehicle, we have summarized our findings in Table
can find the table on the underside of the seat.
These adjustments should be understood as a guideline and should always be the basis of
your own personal suspension setting. Do not change the adjustments at random or by more
than ± 40 %, since otherwise the riding characteristics could deteriorate, particularly at
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high speeds.
Turn white adjusting screw
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Adjusting screw
The compression damping is located in left fork leg COMP (white adjusting
screw). The rebound damping is located in right fork leg REB (red adjusting
screw).
Turn counterclockwise by the number of clicks corresponding to the fork type.
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all the way clockwise.
is located at the upper end of the left fork leg.
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