Maintenance
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Rear Suspension
Rear Suspension Settings
The details shown in the tables are only
a guide. Setting requirements may vary
for rider and passenger weight and
personal preferences.
Preload Suspension Settings
Loading Condition Rear Spring Preload
1
Solo Riding
Standard
Fully Counter-
clockwise (Minimum)
Comfort
(Softer)
Fully Counter-
clockwise (Minimum)
Sport (Firmer)
Fully Counter-
clockwise (Minimum)
Solo with Loaded Luggage 9
Rider and Passenger 0 (Maximum)
Rider and Passenger with
Loaded Luggage
0 (Maximum)
1
Number of clicks counterclockwise from the
fully clockwise (maximum) position.
Damping Suspension Settings
Loading Condition
Rear
Rebound
Damping
1
Rear
Compression
Damping
1
Solo Riding
Standard 3 3
Comfort
(Softer)
Fully
Counter-
clockwise
Fully
Counter-
clockwise
Sport
(Firmer)
2 2
Solo with Loaded
Luggage
2 2
Rider and Passenger 0.25 0
Rider and Passenger
with Loaded Luggage
0.25 0
1
Number of turns counterclockwise from the
fully clockwise (closed) position noting that the
first turn is counted as one.
Rear Suspension Spring Preload
Adjustment
The spring preload adjuster is located
next to the rear suspension unit.
1
1. Spring preload adjuster
To change the spring preload setting:
•
Look upwards from the bottom of
the spring preload adjuster to the
top of the spring preload adjuster,
and rotate the adjuster clockwise
to increase and counterclockwise to
decrease.
•
Always count the number of
adjuster clicks/turns counter-
clockwise from the fully clockwise
position.
Note
The motorcycle is delivered from the
factory with the spring preload setting
in the fully counterclockwise (minimum)
position.
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