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 ...
Immobilizer System (Equipped Models)
This motorcycle is equipped with an immobilizer system to protect the
motorcycle from theft. This
system provides a theft proof device by means of matching a code between the
inbuilt key transponder
and ECU. If the code does notmatch, ignition system, injectors, subthrottle
valve actuator an ...
KIBS Hydraulic Unit Removal
NOTICE
The KIBS hydraulic unit [A] has been adjusted
and set with precision at the factory. Therefore, it
should be handled carefully, never struck sharply,
as with a hammer, or allowed to fall on a hard
surface.
Be careful not to get water or mud on the KIBS hydraulic
unit.
Drain the b ...