Adjusting The Rear Shock Absorber - Ducati Scrambler Owner's Manual

Adjusting the rear shock absorber

The rear shock absorber has commands that enable
you to adjust the setting to suit the load on the
motorcycle. Ring nut (A), located in the shock
absorber upper side, adjusts the external spring
preload.
To change spring preload, turn the ring nut (A) using
the supplied pin wrench, and align ring nut cam with
the reference notch (B). Ring nut has five cams (1, 2,
3, 4 and 5) which correspond to the available preload
settings: turn counter clockwise (C) to INCREASE
preload, or turn clockwise (D) to DECREASE preload.
Standard setting is the one for which reference notch
(B) on shock absorber is aligned with ring nut third
cam: position indicated in the figure.
132
B
A
D
5
4
3
2
C
Fig 86
B
1
Fig 87