Suspensions adjustments!!???!?!?

Can we go over the suspension one more time???

1) how many adjustments are there?
2) where are all the adjustments?
3) verify ABS on bike?

I have been playing with the forks and have recently found out that a rag and channel locks are the proper tool for adjustments on the 6th gen. are there any other adjustments I dont know about? Would someone give me a quick way to verify if I have ABS on my bike??

I have the instructions to set up sag/static..any advice for the noob??

Thanks,

 

Hey Killer,
Do what I've had to do several times. Go to a dealer (or look on the web) and BUY AN OWNER'S MANUAL. Seriously. It's worth the few bucks you'll spend, has a wealth of info about stuff you're going to wonder about (and some you never would) along with the maintainance schedule.

To answer your question - the quickest way to verify if you have ABS (aside from looking closely at the bike - it may actually say it on there, somewhere) is to do a CONTROLLED panic stop in a safe area. If you can lock up either wheeel, you DON'T have ABS. If you feel a throbbing, pulsing through the brakes and the wheels don't lock up, congrats, you have an ABS equipped bike.

Not sure about the front fork adjustments, other than what it says in the owner's manual. You can adjust the damping soft - firm by looseining the lock nuts first, and then using a screwdriver to adjust the damping. Make SURE you adjust them equally. As for the rear suspension, it's a mono shock with a stepped adjuster that requires a spanner wrench. The higher you rotate and adjust the setting, the firmer the ride. Factory setting is # 2. If you're carrying luggage, or a passenger, or a just a lard butt like me, you might want to adjust it to a firmer setting.

Good luck!
Dennis

 

There are 14 pre-load settings for both the front and rear. No rebound settings for the front and I want to say 10 or so rebound settings for the rear. If your bike is ABS there should be a very visible knob/dial adjuster on the right side of the bike just next to the passenger foot peg. That dial will adjust your rear pre-load without the need of tools. The pre-load adjutments for the front are simply the two screws at top of your forks, on either side of the key ignition.

Non-ABS has no pre-load dial adjuster.

Hope that helps.

 

For the more recent model year bikes, you can download the owner's manual free in PDF format from www.ahm-ownerlink.com

 

Read the owner manual, and you will discover that the 2007 VFR 800A has a red ABS-indicator/status/warning light located in the right upper area of the cockpit display.

When the motorcycle's engine is started, this red indicator light will remain on (and it may blink) until the bike is rode above a certain speed for a brief period of time, during which a microprocessor conducts a self-diagnostic test of the ABS. This red ABS light will soon go dark if the computer determines that the ABS is in good working order.

On the other hand, if the ABS lamp remains lit or continues to blink as you ride, this is a signal that the ABS has not passed the computer's self-diagnostic tests of the system. Of course, this could conceivably be a microprocessor error, and if the ABS light doesn't shut off, try turning off the ignition, then reboot and start over. If the ABS light still shows that there may be a problem, you can continue riding with the assumption that you no longer have ABS until proven otherwise by a qualified Honda service center.