Rider Footrest Position; Rear View Mirrors; Adjusting The Front Fork - Yamaha YZF-R1 Owner's Manual

Rider footrest position

The rider footrests can be adjusted to
one of two positions to suit the rider's
preference. Have a Yamaha dealer ad-
just the position of the rider footrests.
Left side
1. Rider footrest
Right side
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1. Rider footrest
INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS
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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
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1. Riding position
2. Parking position
WARNING
Be sure to fold the rear view mirrors
back to their original position before
riding.
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Adjusting the front fork

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
screw.
NOTICE
To avoid damaging the mechanism,
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do not attempt to turn beyond the
maximum or minimum settings.
Spring preload
To increase the spring preload and
thereby harden the suspension, turn
the adjusting bolt on each fork leg in di-
rection (a). To decrease the spring pre-
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WARNING
damping force adjusting
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