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 TighteningEconomical Riding Indicator
When the operator is driving the motorcycle
for optimum fuel-efficiency, the
economical riding indicator appears on
the multifunction meter to indicate favorable
fuel consumption. Monitoring
the economical riding indicator can
help the rider maximize fuel efficiency.
A. Economical Riding ...
Rocker Arm/Tie-Rod Bearing, Sleeve Inspection
NOTICE
Do not remove the bearings for inspection. Removal
may damage them.
Visually inspect the rocker arm, or tie-rod sleeves [A] and
needle bearings [B].
The rollers in a needle bearing normally wear very little,
and wear is difficult to measure. Instead of measuring,
inspect the ...
Key Registration
Case 1: When the ignition key has been lost or additional
spare ignition key is required.
Prepare a new spare ignition key.
Cut the key in accordance with the shape of the current
ignition key.
Remove the rear seat (see Rear Seat Removal in the
Frame chapter).
Remove the immobilizer/K ...