User manual APRILIA RS 50

[. . . ] - Noale (VE) SAFETY WARNINGS The following precautionary warnings are used throughout this manual in order to convey the following messages: Safety warning. When you find this symbol on the vehicle or in the manual, be careful to the potential risk of personal injury. Non-compliance with the indications given in the messages preceded by this symbol may result in grave risks for your and other people's safety and for the vehicle! INFORMATION The operations preceded by this symbol must be repeated on the opposite side of the vehicle. If not expressly indicated otherwise, for the reassembly of the units repeat the disassembly operations in reverse order. [. . . ] When the vehicle is straightened from the parking position to the driving position, the stand goes automatically up. TOPPING UP If it were necessary to top up, proceed as follows: Unscrew and remove the filling cap (4). Pour a small quantity of oil and wait about one minute, to allow the oil to flow uniformly inside the pan. Visually check if the oil reaches the lower edge of the threaded hole (3). If this is not the case, top up again with small quantities of oil and repeat the check through the threaded hole (3), until reaching the prescribed level. At the end of the operation, screw and tighten the filling cap (4). WARNING Tighten the filling cap thoroughly and make sure that there are no oil leaks. Periodically check that there are no leaks in correspondence with the oil pan cover seal. Do not use the vehicle with insufficient lubrication or with contaminated or unsuitable lubricants, since this would accelerate the wear of the moving parts and may also cause irreparable failures. Keep the vehicle in vertical position, with the two wheels resting on the ground. NOTE The non-performance of the operations described above may result in a wrong measurement of the level. Visually check if the oil reaches the lower edge of the threaded hole (3). If so, proceed as follows: Check and if necessary change the sealing washer (2). Otherwise: Provide for topping up. 44 use and maintenance RS 50 WARNING When warmed up, the engine contains hot oil; therefore, while carrying out the operations described here below be particularly careful, in order to avoid burns. Remove the right fairing, see p. Check the transmission oil level every 4000 km (2500 mi), change it after the first 500 km (312 mi) and successively every 8000 km (5000 mi). 32 (STARTING) and let it idle for a few minutes, in order to facilitate the outflow of the oil during the draining phase. WARNING Danger of fall or overturning. When the vehicle is straightened from the parking position to the driving position, the stand goes automatically up. Screw and tighten the drain plug (2). Pour about 820 cm> of transmission oil through the filling opening (4), see p. 32 (STARTING) and let it idle for about one minute, in order to ensure the filling up of the transmission oil circuit. 44 (CHECKING THE TRANSMISSION OIL LEVEL AND TOPPING UP). WARNING Tighten the filling plug and the drain plug thoroughly and make sure that there are no oil leaks. Periodically check that there are no leaks in correspondence with the oil pan cover seal. Do not use the vehicle with insufficient lubrication or with contaminated or unsuitable lubricants, since this would accelerate the wear of the moving parts and may also cause irreparable failures. NOTE Position the vehicle on firm and flat ground. Stop the engine and let it cool down for at least ten minutes, in order to allow the oil to flow back to the oil pan and to cool down. Keep the vehicle in vertical position, with the two wheels resting on the ground. Put a container (1) with at least 900 cm> capacity in correspondence with the drain plug (2). Drain the oil and let it drip into the container (1) for a few minutes. Check and if necessary replace the sealing washer of the drain plug (2). use and maintenance RS 50 45 FRONT WHEEL WARNING The disassembly and reassembly of the front wheel may be difficult for unskilled operators. If you want to perform these operations personally, keep to the following instructions. [. . . ] 0081-454772632 - Fax 0081-454772605 - Email: m-okuyama@apriliajapan. co. jp 8 Sheridan Close - NSW 2214 - Milperra - Sydney Tel. 0061-2-97742321 - Email: doreilly@jsg. com. au AUS JOHN SAMPLE GROUP PTY LTD. 78 use and maintenance RS 50 Importers NZ MOTORCYCLING DOWNUNDER LTD. 35, Manchester Street - P. o. B. 0064-3-3667580 - Email: j. horne@xtra. co. nz Old Pretoria Road - Wynberg - Johannesburg Tel. 0027-11-7868482 - Email: motovelo@betech. co. za San Jeromino - 64640 - 552 Monterrey N. L. [. . . ]