Adjusting The Shock Absorber Assembly - Yamaha YZF-R1R Owner's Manual

Adjusting the shock absorber
assembly
This shock absorber assembly is
equipped with a spring preload adjust-
ing ring and rebound and compression
damping force adjusting screws.
CAUTION:
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Never attempt to turn an adjusting
mechanism beyond the maximum
or minimum settings.
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INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS
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1. Spring preload adjusting ring
2. Special wrench
3. Position indicator
Spring preload
To increase the spring preload and
thereby harden the suspension, turn
the adjusting ring in direction a. To de-
crease the spring preload and thereby
soften the suspension, turn the adjust-
ing ring in direction b.
NOTE:
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G
Align the appropriate notch in the
adjusting ring with the position in-
dicator on the shock absorber.
G Use the special wrench included in
the owner's tool kit to make the ad-
justment.
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3-20
CI-10E
Setting
Minimum (soft)
Standard
Maximum (hard)
1
4
9
3