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 TighteningWheel Rotation Sensor Rotor Inspection
Remove:
Wheels (see Front/Rear Wheel Removal in the
Wheels/Tires chapter)
Brake Disc Mounting Bolts [A]
Sensor Rotor [B]
Front Wheel [C]
Rear Wheel [D]
Visually inspect the wheel rotation sensor rotor.
If the rotor is deformed or damaged (chipped teeth [A]),
replace the ...
DFI Servicing Precautions
There are a number of important precautions that should
be followed servicing the DFI system.
This DFI system is designed to be used with a 12 V sealed
battery as its power source. Do not use any other battery
except for a 12 V sealed battery as a power source.
Do not reverse the battery ...
Moving Off
Check that the side stand is up.
Pull in the clutch lever.
Shift into 1st gear.
Open the throttle a little, and start to
let out the clutch lever very slowly.
As the clutch starts to engage, open
the throttle a littlemore, giving the engine
just enough fuel to keep it from
stallin ...