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 TighteningSpark Plugs
The standard spark plug is shown in
the table. The spark plugs should be
replaced in accordance with the Periodic
Maintenance Chart.
Spark plug removal should be done
only by a competent mechanic following
the instructions in the Service Manual.
Spark Plug
A. Plug Gap ...
Economical Riding Indicator
When the operator is driving the motorcycle
for optimum fuel-efficiency, the
economical riding indicator appears on
the multifunction meter to indicate favorable
fuel consumption. Monitoring
the economical riding indicator can
help the rider maximize fuel efficiency.
A. Economical Riding ...
Idle Speed Control Valve Actuator Installation
Replace the O-ring [A] with a new one.
Apply engine oil to the new O-ring.
Install the idle speed control valve [A] as shown in the
figure.
10° [B]
Tighten:
Torque - Idle Speed Control Valve Actuator Retainer
Screws: 2.06 N·m (0.21 kgf·m, 18 in·lb)
Install th ...