Adjusting The Shock Absorber Assembly - Yamaha YZF-R6P Owner's Manual

Adjusting the shock absorber
assembly
This shock absorber assembly is
equipped with a spring preload adjust-
ing ring, a rebound damping force ad-
justing knob and a compression
damping force adjusting screw.
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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Align the appropriate notch in the ad-
justing ring with the position indicator
on the shock absorber.
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CI-10E
Minimum (soft)
Standard
Maximum (hard)
1. Rebound damping force adjusting knob
Rebound damping force
To increase the rebound damping
force and thereby harden the rebound
damping, turn the adjusting knob in di-
rection a. To decrease the rebound
damping force and thereby soften the
rebound damping, turn the adjusting
knob in direction b.
CI-03E
Minimum (soft)
Maximum (hard)
* With the adjusting knob fully turned in direction a
Setting
1
4
9
3-18
20 clicks in direction b*
9 clicks in direction b*
Standard
3 clicks in direction b*
3