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Figure 40
Front Forks
Cobra offers stiffer and softer fork springs depending on the weight of your rider.
See the Parts Shock section or the Optional component section at the beginning
of the manual for these other components.
The front forks are designed with the damping components in separate fork legs.
The
compression damping
duties are performed in the
right fork leg
and the
rebound damping
duties are performed in the
left fork leg
. This allows easy
adjustment of the damping characteristics by appropriately changing the viscosity
of the fork oil in the fork leg controlling the damping characteristic that needs
changed.
Example: if stiffer compression damping is required, switch from 20 (standard)
weight fork oil to 25 or 30 weight oil in the right leg. If softer rebound damping is
desired, switch from 20 (standard) to 15 or 10 weight fork oil in the left leg.
NOTE:
Fork oil level affects bottoming harshness, and oil viscosity affects valving speed.