Maintenance
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Spring Preload Adjustment –
Tiger 800 XCA and Tiger 800 XCX
The spring preload adjuster is situated
on the right hand side of the
motorcycle, at the top of the rear
suspension unit.
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Spring preload adjuster
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Rear suspension unit
To adjust the spring preload setting:
• Rotate the 5 mm hexagon adjuster
clockwise to increase, or anticlock-
wise to decrease.
• The setting is measured as the
number of adjuster turns anticlock-
wise from the fully clockwise
(closed) position.
Rebound Damping Adjustment –
Tiger 800 XCA, Tiger 800 XCX and
Tiger 800 XRT
The rebound damping adjuster is
located at the bottom of the rear
suspension unit and is accessible from
either side of the motorcycle.
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Rebound damping adjuster
To adjust the rebound damping setting:
• Rotate the slotted adjuster clock-
wise to increase (H = harder sus-
pension) and anticlockwise to de-
crease (S = softer suspension).
• The setting is measured as the
number of adjuster turns anticlock-
wise from the fully clockwise
(closed) position.
