APRILIA RALLY 50, Manual

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use and maintenance Rally 50
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WARNING
Do not place anything inside the front
part of the fairing between the handle-
bar and the dashboard. Any object
placed in this area could jam the forks,
and also could restrict visibility of the
dashboard.
NOTE
Before riding away, carefully read
the “safe drive” chapter, see p. 17 (SAFE
DRIVE).
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WARNING
Never take your hands off the hand
grips nor your feet off the foot rests
while you are riding.
If you carry a passeng er, in struct
him/her not to move around unduly, and
to keep his/her body aligned with yours
during turns. Failure to do this could
upset the stability of the vehicle.
Before leaving, make sure that the
stand/stands is / are completely up.
Failure to follow these warnings may
cause an accident with consequent risk
of serious injury or even death.
To ride away:
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Allow the throttle to return to idle (1)
(
Pos. A ), apply the rear brake (2), then
remove the vehicle from the stand.
◆
Get on the vehicle, keeping at least one
foot on the ground in order not to lose
balance.
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Before riding away, be sure that the rear
view mirrors are correctly adjusted.
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CAUTION
When the vehicle is new to you, practice
looking in the rear view mirrors.
Only experience will allow you to cor-
rectly determine how far behind you fol-
lowing vehicles are.
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To ride away, release the brake lever (3)
and accelerate by gently rotating the
throttle grip (1) (
Pos. B ); the vehicle will
start moving.
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Ride at reduced speed for the first few
miles in order to warm the engine up.
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CAUTION
Never ride away abruptly with cold en-
gine.
To reduce the emission of polluting
substances and the consumption of fu-
el, warm the engine up by proceeding at
low speed for the first miles.