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 TighteningValve Clearance
Valve and valve seat wear decreases
valve clearance, upsetting valve timing.
NOTICE
If valve clearance is left unadjusted,
wear will eventually
cause the valves to remain
partly open; which lowers performance,
burns the valves and
valve seats, and may cause serious
engine damage.
Valve cle ...
Bolt and Nut Tightening
In accordance with the Periodic Maintenance Chart, it is very important to
check
the tightness of the bolts and nuts listed here. Also, check to see that each
cotter
pin is in place and in good condition. Please ask your authorized Kawasaki
dealer
for torque values.
1. Clutch Lever Hol ...
KIBS Motor Relay Inspection (Service Code b 35)
Check the KIBS motor relay fuse (25 A) [A] (see Fuse
Inspection in the Electrical System chapter)
If the fuse is good, check the wiring continuity as follows.
Disconnect:
Battery Positive Cable (see Battery Removal in the Electrical
System chapter)
KIBS Hydraulic Unit Lead Connector (see ...