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 ...
Brake Line Bleeding
The brake fluid has a very low compression coefficient so
that almost all the movement of the brake lever or pedal
is transmitted directly to the caliper for braking action. Air,
however, is easily compressed. When air enters the brake
lines, brake lever or pedal movement will be partially used
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High Speed Compression Damping Adjustment
Turn the high speed compression
damping force adjuster clockwise to
increase damping force or counterclockwise
to decrease it.
NOTICE
Do not turn the compression
damping force adjuster beyond
the fully seated position or the
adjusting mechanism may be
damaged.
A. Compression Da ...