Adjusting The Shock Absorber Assembly - Yamaha XVS65A Owner's Manual

To close the storage compartment
1. Place the storage compartment
cover in its original position as
shown.
1. Storage compartment
2. Storage compartment cover
2. Turn the key counterclockwise, re-
move it, and then close the lock
cover.
INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS
Adjusting the shock absorber
assembly
This shock absorber assembly is
equipped with a spring preload adjust-
ing ring.
NOTICE
To avoid damaging the mechanism,
do not attempt to turn beyond the
maximum or minimum settings.
Adjust the spring preload as follows.
1. Remove the passenger and rider
seats. (See page 4-10.)
2. To increase the spring preload and
thereby harden the suspension,
turn the adjusting ring in direction
(a). To decrease the spring pre-
load and thereby soften the sus-
pension, turn the adjusting ring in
direction (b).
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Align the appropriate notch in
the adjusting ring with the po-
sition indicator on the shock
absorber.
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EAU14865 Use the special wrench and
extension bar included in the
owner's tool kit to make the
adjustment.
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1. Position indicator
2. Spring preload adjusting ring
3. Extension bar
4. Special wrench
Spring preload setting:
Minimum (soft):
1
Standard:
3
Maximum (hard):
7
3. Install the passenger and rider
seats.
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