If your motorcycle has leather accessories, special care must be taken.
Use a leather cleaner/treatment to clean and care for leather accessories.
Washing leather parts with detergent and water will damage them, shortening their life.
Vinyl parts should be washed with the rest of themotorcycle, then treated with a vinyl treatment.
The sidewalls of tires and other rubber components should be treated with a rubber protectant to help prolong their useful life.
| WARNING Rubber protectants can be slippery and, if used on the tread area, cause loss of traction resulting in accident causing injury or death. Do not apply rubber protectant to any tread area. |
Chrome and Aluminum
Bolt and Nut TighteningTurn Signal Relay Inspection
Remove the battery (see Battery Removal).
Take the turn signal relay [A] off the rear fender.
Disconnect the connector [B].
Connect one 12 V battery and turn signal lights as indicated
in the figure, and count how many times the lights
blink for one minute.
Turn Signal Relay ...
Battery Ground
Before completing any service on the motorcycle, disconnect
the battery cables from the battery to prevent the engine
from accidentally turning over. Disconnect the ground
cable (–) first and then the positive (+). When completed
with the service, first connect the positive (+) cable to the
p ...
Starter Motor Disassembly
Remove the starter motor (see Starter Motor Removal).
Take off the starter motor through bolts [A] and remove
the both end covers [B].
Pull out the armature [A] out of the yoke [B].
NOTE
Do not remove the circlip [C] from the shaft.
Remove the starter motor terminal lock ...