Adjusting the suspension
Adjusting the rear suspension element
Danger! While adjusting the rear suspension element never load the bicycle e.g. through resting on the seat or loading the rear rack when your hands or tools are close to the suspension element. Otherwise your hands may get caught and squeezed when the suspension compresses.
For the rear suspension of the Street Machine GT a steel spring is combined with a hydraulic damping unit in a spring element.The damping results from fluid friction of an oil flow through thin holes of a throttle valve in between two chambers inside the damper.A slightly noticeable sound that may occur from this oil flow is normal. Due to the fluid friction the spring element may heat up, therefore touch the spring element after a ride very ca- refully.
Danger! The suspension elements are filled with gas under high pressure. Never try to open the damper or to remove the screw at the gas tank. Inside the damper there are no user serviceable parts. In case of damage you will have to take the complete suspension element to your dealer.
Danger! Take care that the rear wheel or mudguard never hits frame, rear rack or luggage box while the suspension is fully com- pressed.
Therefore relax the spring completely by turning the spring retention disc on the thread of the spring element as far as it will go (before this, push the possibly existing safety spring ring from its slot in the threaded section as far as it will go). Have a second person mount the bicycle and make the suspension bottom out by leaning on the seat or the rear rack.
If the distance between the wheel or mudguard and the frame or rear rack is smaller than 1 cm you will have to mount an additional spacer. In case you don't, the mudguard may break suddenly or the rear wheel might be blocked which can lead to serious crashes.
The suspension travel is adjusted by adding clips to the piston rod of the spring element.
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