Adjusting the suspension

Adjusting the suspension fork

The front fork of the Street Machine GT comes with telescopic suspension forks from

BALLISTIC or MEKS.

At your request different types of suspension forks can be mounted to your Street Machine GT, please notice the manuals of the suspension fork manufacturer that are possibly enclo- sed.

The suspension travel of the BALLISTIC fork is approx. 40 mm (11/2"), of the MEKS fork ap- prox. 50 mm (2").

The suspension fork should compress by 30% while mounting the bike, which corresponds to 10-12 mm.

You set this value by adjusting the pre-load of the spring, provided you chose the correct spring stiffness (page. 19).

Every model has a turning knob on the fork legs that allows a simple adjustment of the pre-load.

The suspension forks BALLISTIC XL-600All and MEKS Carbon All have springs in both fork legs, the suspension fork MEKS Carbon AC has springs only in the left fork leg since the other fork leg contains a hydraulic damping cartrid- ge.

By turning the knobs clockwise you increase the pre-load, by turning them anti clockwise you decrease the pre-load.

It is sufficient to set the pre-load in the two fork legs to approximately the same level. It is not necessary to match them exactly.

Turning knob for the pre-load of the suspension fork BALLISTIC XL-600All

Turning knob for the pre-load of the suspension forks MEKS Carbon AC and MEKS Carbon All

The knob must turn easily. If a knob does not turn any further you have reached the final po- sition. In that case turn the knob again in the other direction about half a turn.

Do not turn the knob by force beyond the final position since this will damage the plastic thread inside.

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