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 TighteningCylinder Head Removal
Remove:
Thermostat Housing (see Thermostat Removal in the
Cooling System chapter)
Exhaust Pipe (see Exhaust Pipe Removal)
Camshafts (see Camshaft Removal)
Heat Insulation Plate [A] (see Engine Removal in the
Engine Removal/Installation chapter)
Place a container under the coolant dr ...
Air Cleaner Oil Draining
A drain hose is connected to the bottom of the air cleaner
to drain water or oil accumulated in the cleaner part.
Visually check the drain hose [A] if the water or oil accumulates.
If any water or oil accumulates in the hose, remove the
plug [B] from the drain hose and drain it.
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Diode Circuit Inspection
Remove the relay box (see Relay Box Removal).
Check conductivity of the following pairs of terminals (see
Relay Box Internal Circuit in this section).
Diode Circuit Inspection
The resistance should be low in one direction and more
than 10 times as much in the other direction. If any dio ...