Rear View Mirrors; Adjusting The Front Fork - Yamaha YZF-R1Z Owner's Manual

Rear view mirrors

The rear view mirrors of this vehicle can
be folded forward for parking in narrow
spaces. Fold the mirrors back to their
original position before riding.
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2
1. Riding position
2. Parking position
WARNING
Be sure to fold the rear view mirrors
back to their original position before
riding.
INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS
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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
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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
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and the left front fork leg with a com-
pression damping
screw.
NOTICE
To avoid damaging the mechanism,
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do not attempt to turn beyond the
maximum or minimum settings.
Spring preload
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1. Spring preload adjusting bolt
To increase the spring preload and
thereby harden the suspension, turn
force adjusting
the adjusting bolt on each fork leg in di-
rection (a). To decrease the spring pre-
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load
suspension, turn the adjusting bolt on
each fork leg in direction (b).
Align the appropriate groove on the ad-
justing mechanism with the top of the
front fork collar.
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and thereby soften
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the