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 TighteningStarter Clutch Installation
Replace the O-ring [A] with a new one and apply grease.
Apply molybdenum disulfide grease to the starter clutch
shaft [B].
Install:
Starter Clutch [C]
Spacer (Small Diameter) [D]
Spacer (Large Diameter) [E]
Starter Clutch Shaft
Starter Clutch Shaft Holder [F]
Turn the O-ring si ...
Front Wheel Removal
Remove:
Front Caliper Mounting Bolts [A] (Both Sides)
Front Caliper [B] (Both Sides)
Loosen:
Front Axle Clamp Bolts [A] (Right Side)
Front Axle [B]
Remove the lower fairings (see Lower Fairing Removal in
the Frame chapter).
Raise the front wheel off the ground.
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Steering Damper Installation
Install the following parts as shown in the figure.
Collar [A]
Washer (t = 3.5 mm, 0.14 in.) [B]
Steering Damper [C] (
ZX1000JC/KC)
Electronic Steering Damper [D] (ZX1000JD/KD)
Washer (t = 1.2 mm, 0.05 in.) [E]
Apply a non-permanent locking agent to the threads of
the steering ...