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 TighteningSteering Damper Oil Leak Inspection
Visually inspect the steering damper [A] for oil leakage.
If the oil leakage is found on it, replace the steering
damper with a new one (see Steering Damper Removal/
Installation in the Steering chapter).
ZX1000JD/KD [B]
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CAN Communication (Transmission)/CAN Bus OFF Monitor Inspection (Service Code
b 57) CAN Communication (Reception) Monitor Inspection (Service Code b 58)
Remove:
Seat (see Seat Removal in the Frame chapter)
Immobilizer (Equipped Models)/Kawasaki Diagnostic
System Connector Cap [A]
Measure the CAN communication line resistance.
Immobilizer (Equipped Models)/Kawasaki Diagnostic
System Connector [A]
GY/BL Terminal [B]
LB Ter ...
Engine Oil
In order for the engine, transmission,
and clutch to function properly, maintain
the engine oil at the proper level,
and change the oil and replace the oil
filter in accordance with the Periodic
Maintenance Chart. Not only do dirt
and metal particles collect in the oil, but
the oil itself los ...