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Yamaha RZV500R Fork Adjusters

#1 Post by ChequeredFlagRacing » Wed Nov 28, 2018 7:40 am

Could someone scan the owners handbook relevant pages or link me to adjustment info please.
Should the knobs stop in both directions or do they rotate 360 left and right?
What do I use the red markers for on the fork leg tops?
What air pressure is uses in the forks if at all?

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Re: Yamaha RZV500R Fork Adjusters

#2 Post by busa1300 » Fri Nov 30, 2018 8:30 pm

The owners manual would be in Japanese.
I do have a shop manual for the RZV....also in Japanese.
I could try to scan a few pages if the pictures would help?
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Re: Yamaha RZV500R Fork Adjusters

#3 Post by jackson.40 » Sat Dec 01, 2018 6:08 am

Here you go.................

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Re: Yamaha RZV500R Fork Adjusters

#4 Post by ChequeredFlagRacing » Wed Apr 03, 2019 7:02 am

Many thanks
Yamaha FS1E 1975
Yamaha RD200 1976
Yamaha RD400 1977
Yamaha AS3 125cc 1978
Yamaha AS1 125cc 1979
Honda CX500
Honda MT125cc 1980
Yamaha TZ125G 1981-82
Zeger TC500cc 1983-84
Yamaha RD500LC 1985-87
Honda C90 1989
Yamaha DT175 1993
Yamaha RZV500R 2018

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Re: Yamaha RZV500R Fork Adjusters

#5 Post by ChequeredFlagRacing » Wed May 01, 2019 3:55 am

Any Japanese owners able to translate the above please?
Tried a few google options and apps but failed
Yamaha FS1E 1975
Yamaha RD200 1976
Yamaha RD400 1977
Yamaha AS3 125cc 1978
Yamaha AS1 125cc 1979
Honda CX500
Honda MT125cc 1980
Yamaha TZ125G 1981-82
Zeger TC500cc 1983-84
Yamaha RD500LC 1985-87
Honda C90 1989
Yamaha DT175 1993
Yamaha RZV500R 2018

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Re: Yamaha RZV500R Fork Adjusters

#6 Post by JonW » Wed May 01, 2019 9:07 am

you can download an app for your phone that when you hover the camera over the text it converts it, or load the page into an online converter etc.
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Re: Yamaha RZV500R Fork Adjusters

#7 Post by ChequeredFlagRacing » Wed May 01, 2019 1:18 pm

JonW wrote: Wed May 01, 2019 9:07 am you can download an app for your phone that when you hover the camera over the text it converts it, or load the page into an online converter etc.
Tried one and it struggled with it due to clarity

Which app do you use?
Yamaha FS1E 1975
Yamaha RD200 1976
Yamaha RD400 1977
Yamaha AS3 125cc 1978
Yamaha AS1 125cc 1979
Honda CX500
Honda MT125cc 1980
Yamaha TZ125G 1981-82
Zeger TC500cc 1983-84
Yamaha RD500LC 1985-87
Honda C90 1989
Yamaha DT175 1993
Yamaha RZV500R 2018

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Re: Yamaha RZV500R Fork Adjusters

#8 Post by bokusouchi » Wed May 01, 2019 2:07 pm

no need for a phone
(google translate on a phone is a pain to use )
, you can use https://translate.yandex.com/ .
the site can convert japanese in a picture .
it works rather well with horizontal japanese , not so well with vertical .
if you have a book , you can scan it , then translate the picture through yandex .

if you have vertical japanese , you have first to convert the picture to text via for exemple https://www.newocr.com/

or https://www.ocrconvert.com/japanese-ocr

then pass the text to google translate or Yandex .

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Re: Yamaha RZV500R Fork Adjusters

#9 Post by ChequeredFlagRacing » Wed May 08, 2019 4:49 am

Wrote to Yamaha UK and USA to ask for English info. If I get any I'll repost here
Yamaha FS1E 1975
Yamaha RD200 1976
Yamaha RD400 1977
Yamaha AS3 125cc 1978
Yamaha AS1 125cc 1979
Honda CX500
Honda MT125cc 1980
Yamaha TZ125G 1981-82
Zeger TC500cc 1983-84
Yamaha RD500LC 1985-87
Honda C90 1989
Yamaha DT175 1993
Yamaha RZV500R 2018

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Re: Yamaha RZV500R Fork Adjusters

#10 Post by ChequeredFlagRacing » Thu May 09, 2019 5:02 pm

These adjusters work on rebound only
Nothing seemed to work when I got the bike but now the oil has 'circulated' in the fork with use they seem to work.
1 is soft
4 is hard
I just go from 1-2-3-4 and then keep going in same direction back to 1 rather than going 4-3-2-1
Yamaha FS1E 1975
Yamaha RD200 1976
Yamaha RD400 1977
Yamaha AS3 125cc 1978
Yamaha AS1 125cc 1979
Honda CX500
Honda MT125cc 1980
Yamaha TZ125G 1981-82
Zeger TC500cc 1983-84
Yamaha RD500LC 1985-87
Honda C90 1989
Yamaha DT175 1993
Yamaha RZV500R 2018

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