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 TighteningFront Fork
The front fork operation and oil leakage
should be checked in accordance
with the Periodic Maintenance Chart.
For various riding or load conditions
the front fork can be adjusted for:
Spring preload
Rebound damping force
Compression damping force
WARNINGImproper fork leg adju ...
Swingarm Removal
Remove:
Rear Wheel (see Rear Wheel Removal in the
Wheels/Tires chapter)
Mud Guard with Rear Brake Hose (see Mud Guard Removal
in the Frame chapter)
Rocker Arm (see Rocker Arm Removal)
Remove:
Brake Hose Clamp Bolt [A]
Unscrew the swingarm pivot shaft nut [A].
Usi ...
Rear Turn Signal Light Bulb Replacement
Remove the upper seat cover (see Seat Cover Removal
in the Frame chapter).
Disconnect the tail/brake light connector [A].
Turn the socket [A] counterclockwise and remove the
socket together with the bulb.
Push and turn the turn signal light bulb [A] counterclockwise
an ...