When washing the vehicle, be careful
not to let any water enter the storage
compartment.
INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS
Adjusting the front fork
WARNING
Always adjust both fork legs equal-
ly, otherwise poor handling and loss
of stability may result.
This front fork is equipped with spring
preload adjusting bolts, rebound damp-
ing force adjusting screws and com-
pression
damping
force
screws.
NOTICE
To avoid damaging the mechanism,
do not attempt to turn beyond the
maximum or minimum settings.
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Spring preload
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adjusting
1. Spring preload adjusting bolt
To increase the spring preload and
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thereby harden the suspension, turn
the adjusting bolt on each fork leg in di-
rection (a). To decrease the spring pre-
load
and
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 cap bolt.
(b)
(a)
thereby
soften
the
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