INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS3-203 Do not exceed the maximumload of FZ8-N 199 kg (439 lb)FZ8-NA 194 kg (428 lb) for thevehicle.EAU55261Adjusting the front forkWARNINGEWA14671Always adjust the spring preload onboth fork legs equally, otherwisepoor handling and loss of stabilitymay result.Each front fork leg is equipped with aspring preload adjusting bolt. The rightfront fork leg is equipped with a re-bound damping force adjusting screwand compression damping force ad-justing screw.NOTICEECA10102To avoid damaging the mechanism,do not attempt to turn beyond themaximum or minimum settings.Spring preloadTo increase the spring preload andthereby harden the suspension, turnthe adjusting bolt on each fork leg in di-rection (a). To decrease the spring pre-load and thereby soften thesuspension, turn the adjusting bolt oneach fork leg in direction (b).The spring preload setting is deter-mined by measuring distance A,shown in the illustration. The shorterdistance A is, the higher the spring pre-load; the longer distance A is, the lowerthe spring preload.1. Spring preload adjusting bolt1. Distance A11(a) (b) (a) (b)1
