KTM 950 Adventure 2005, Owner'S Manual

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DRIVING INSTRUCTIONS
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE SIDE STAND
Use your foot to push the side stand forward as far as possible, and lean your
motorcycle to the side. Make sure that your motorcycle is standing safely on
solid ground. Just in case, you can also put in a gear.
THE SIDE STAND IS DIMENSIONED FOR THE WEIGHT OF THE MOTORCYCLE ONLY.
IF YOU ARE SITTING ON THE MOTORBIKE AND THUS APPLY AN ADDITIONAL LOAD
ONTO THE SIDE STAND, YOU MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE SIDE STAND OR THE
FRAME, AND YOUR MOTORBIKE MAY FALL OVER.
NOTE REGARDING THE CENTER STAND:
We advise the following procedure to place the motorcycle on the center stand
as effortlessly as possible:
a) press main stand to ground using foot
b) put your weight on the stand stabilizer and pull the motorcycle back by
the footrest support (see illustration).
Make sure that the ground is solid and that your motorcycle is standing
securely.
– THE CENTER STAND IS DESIGNED TO HOLD THE WEIGHT OF THE MOTORCY-
CLE ONLY. BY SITTING ON THE MOTORCYCLE, YOU WILL PUT ADDITIONAL WEIGHT
ON THE CENTER STAND, POSSIBLY CAUSING THE CENTER STAND OR FRAME
TO BE DAMAGED OR THE MOTORCYCLE TO FALL DOWN.
– DO NOT PULL THE MOTORCYCLE BACK ON THE CENTER STAND BY HOLDING
THE HAND WHEEL [2] ON THE SHOCK ABSORBER ADJUSTMENT (IT COULD CAUSE
THE SHOCK ABSORBER TO LEAK) BUT USE THE FOOTREST BRACKET [1] .
Fuel
In the condition at delivery, the LC8 engine requires unleaded premium-grade
fuel with at least 95 octane (ROZ).
If using lower octane fuel, it is easy to change over to the pre-programmed
ignition curve for 80 - 94 octane (ROZ) (see activating the ignition curve for
low-octane fuel).
– USE UNLEADED PREMIUM-GRADE 95 OCTANE (ROZ) FUEL. IF USING LOWER
OCTANE FUEL, THE IGNITION CURVE MUST BE CHANGED, OTHERWISE ENGINE
DAMAGE WILL OCCUR.
– THIS MOTORCYCLE IS EQUIPPED WITH 2 CATALYTIC CONVERTERS. LEADED
FUEL WILL DESTROY THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS. PLEASE USE UNLEADED
FUEL ONLY.
The 950 Adventure has 2 tanks with 1 filler neck each. Fill the right tank
first, then the left tank (see drawing for the maximum filling level). If the right
tank is filled up to the filler neck, fuel may overflow when the motorcycle is
parked on the side stand after refueling when the fuel becomes warm.
GASOLINE IS HIGHLY FLAMMABLE AND POISONOUS. EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD
BE USED WHEN HANDLING GASOLINE. DO NOT REFUEL THE MOTORCYCLE NEAR
OPEN FLAMES OR BURNING CIGARETTES. ALWAYS SWITCH OFF THE ENGINE
BEFORE REFUELLING. BE CAREFUL NOT TO SPILL GASOLINE ON THE ENGINE OR
EXHAUST PIPE WHILE THE ENGINE IS HOT. WIPE UP SPILLS PROMPTLY. IF GASO-
LINE IS SWALLOWED OR SPLASHED IN THE EYES, SEEK A DOCTOR’S ADVICE
IMMEDIATELY.
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