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 TighteningWater Pump Inspection
Remove the left lower fairing (see Lower Fairing Removal
in the Frame chapter).
Check the drainage outlet passage [A] at the bottom of
the water pump body for coolant leaks.
If the mechanical seal is damaged, the coolant leaks
through the seal and drains through the passage. Replace
th ...
Tire Repair
Currently two types of repair for tubeless tires have come
into wide use. One type is called a temporary (external) repair
which can be carried out without removing the tire from
the rim, and the other type is called permanent (internal)
repair which requires tire removal. It is generally unders ...
Transmission Assy Assembly
Install the ball bearing [A] until it is bottomed.
Turn the oil seal side to the bottom.
Special Tool - Bearing Driver Set: 57001-1129
Install the bearing holder [B].
Turn the flat side to the bottom.
Apply a non-permanent locking agent to the bearing
holder bolts [C].
Tighten: ...