Yamaha YZ250F User Manual

CHASSIS
10-2
EAS1SM5370
TIRE PRESSURE
Tire pressure should be adjusted to suit the
road surface condition of the circuit.
• Under a rainy, a muddy, a sandy, or a slippery
condition, the tire pressure should be lower
for a larger area of contact with the road sur-
face.
• Under a stony or a hard road condition, the
tire pressure should be higher to prevent a flat
tire.
EAS1SM5371
FRONT FORK SETTING
The front fork setting should be made depend-
ing on the rider’s feeling of an actual run and
the circuit conditions.
The front fork setting includes the following
three factors:
1. Setting of air spring characteristics
• Change the fork oil amount.
2. Setting of spring preload
• Change the spring.
3. Setting of damping force
• Change the compression damping force.
• Change the rebound damping force.
The spring acts on the load and the damping
force acts on the cushion travel speed.
EAS1SM5372
CHANGE IN AMOUNT AND CHARACTERIS-
TICS OF FORK OIL
Damping characteristic near the final stroke
can be changed by changing the fork oil
amount.
EWA1DX4001
WARNING
Adjust the oil amount in 5 cm
3
(0.2 US oz,
0.2 Imp.oz) increments or decrements. Too
small oil amount causes the front fork to
produce a noise at full rebound or the rider
to feel some pressure on his hands or body.
Alternatively, too large oil amount will
cause the air spring characteristics to have
a tendency to be stiffer with the consequent
deteriorated performance and characteris-
tics. Therefore, adjust the front fork within
the specified range.
Standard tire pressure
100 kPa (1.0 kgf/cm
2
,15 psi)
Extent of adjustment
60–80 kPa (0.6–0.8 kgf/cm
2
, 9.0–
12 psi)
Extent of adjustment
100–120 kPa (1.0–1.2 kgf/cm
2
,
15–18 psi)
Standard oil amount
335 cm
3
(11.33 US oz, 11.82
lmp.oz) (USA) (CAN)
355 cm
3
(12.00 US oz, 12.52
lmp.oz) (EUR) (JPN) (AUS) (NZL)
(ZAF)
Extent of adjustment
300–365 cm
3
(10.14–12.34 US
oz, 10.58–12.87 Imp.oz)
A. Air spring characteristics in relation to oil
amount change
B. Load
C. Stroke
1. Max. oil amount
2. Standard oil amount
3. Min. oil amount

Yamaha YZ250F Specifications

General

Brand	Yamaha
Model	YZ250F
Category	Motorcycle
Language	English