Storage Compartment; Adjusting The Front Fork - Yamaha YZF-R1 Owner's Manual

INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS
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1. Storage compartment

Storage compartment
The storage compartment is located
under the passenger seat. (See
page 3-17 for passenger seat removal
and installation procedures.)
WARNING
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G Do not exceed the load limit of
3 kg for the storage compart-
ment.
G Do not exceed the maximum
load of 202 kg for the vehicle.
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Adjusting the front fork

This front fork is equipped with spring
preload adjusting bolts, rebound damp-
ing force adjusting screws and com-
pression damping
screws.
WARNING
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Always adjust both fork legs equal-
ly, otherwise poor handling and loss
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of stability may result.
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force adjusting
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1. Spring preload adjusting bolt
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-
load
suspension, turn the adjusting bolt on
each fork leg in direction b.
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and thereby soften the