CHAPTER 3
PERIODIC CHECKS AND ADJUSTMENTS
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
PERIODIC MAINTENANCE CHART FOR THE EMISSION CONTROL
SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
GENERAL MAINTENANCE AND LUBRICATION CHART . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
SEAT, FENDERS AND FUEL TANK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
SEAT, FRONT FENDER AND HEADLIGHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
FOOT PROTECTORS AND ENGINE SKID PLATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
REAR FENDER AND AIR FILLTER CASE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
FUEL TANK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
ENGINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
ADJUSTING THE VALVE CLEARANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
ADJUSTING THE ENGINE IDLING SPEED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
ADJUSTING THE THROTTLE LEVER FREE PLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
ADJUSTING THE SPEED LIMITER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
CHECKING THE SPARK PLUG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
CHECKING THE IGNITION TIMING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
MEASURING THE COMPRESSION PRESSURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
CHECKING THE ENGINE OIL LEVEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
CHANGING THE ENGINE OIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
ADJUSTING THE CLUTCH CABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22
CLEANING THE AIR FILTER ELEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23
CLEANING THE SPARK ARRESTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
CHASSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
ADJUSTING THE FRONT BRAKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
ADJUSTING THE BRAKE LEVER (For adjustment type model) . . . . 3-26
ADJUSTING THE REAR BRAKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
ADJUSTING THE PARKING BRAKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
CHECKING THE BRAKE FLUID LEVEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
CHECKING THE FRONT BRAKE PADS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
CHECKING THE REAR BRAKE PADS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
ADJUSTING THE REAR BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
CHECKING THE BRAKE HOSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
BLEEDING THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
ADJUSTING THE SHIFT PEDAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
ADJUSTING THE DRIVE CHAIN SLACK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
CHECKING THE STEERING SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
ADJUSTING THE TOE-IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
CHECKING THE FRONT AND REAR SHOCK ABSORBERS . . . . . . 3-38
ADJUSTING THE FRONT SHOCK ABSORBERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39
ADJUSTING THE REAR SHOCK ABSORBER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-40
CHECKING THE TIRES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41
CHECKING THE WHEELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-43
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