Cleaning - APRILIA RSV mile Use & Maintenance Book

CLEANING

Clean your vehicle regularly. Your vehicle
will look better and work better if you keep
it clean. You will find you will need to clean
it more frequently if it is used in the fol-
lowing conditions:
– Polluted areas (cities and industrial areas).
– Areas characterized by a high percenta-
ge of salinity and humidity (sea areas,
hot and humid climates).
– Particular conditions (use of salt and
anti-ice chemical products on the roads
during the winter).
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Do not allow contaminants such as indu-
strial dust, tar spots, dead insects, bird
droppings, etc. to remain on the painted
portions of your vehicle. They will very
quickly etch into and damage the paint.
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Do not park your vehicle under trees, sin-
ce some trees ooze resins that contain
chemicals which can damage the paint.
After your vehicle has been washed, the
brake functioning will be temporarily
impaired because of the wetness of the
discs and pads. Do not ride in traffic un-
til after you have dried the brakes by re-
peated braking from slow speed.
Always after washing your vehicle, car-
ry out the preliminary checking opera-
tion, see p. 72 (PRELIMINARY CHE-
CKING OPERATIONS).
To clean the lights, use a sponge so-
aked with water and a neutral detergent,
rubbing the surfaces delicately and rin-
sing frequently with plenty of water.
Polish with silicone wax only after ha-
ving carefully washed your vehicle.
Do not use polishing pastes on matt
paints.
Do not wash the vehicle in direct sunli-
ght, especially during the summer,
when the paintwork is still warm, since
if the shampoo dries before being rin-
sed away, it can damage the paint.
Do not use solvents or water hotter than
40°C to clean the plastic components of
the vehicle.
Never use a high pressure washer, a
steam cleaner, or an air augmented wa-
ter jet to clean your vehicle, especially
the wheel hubs, handlebar controls,
brake reservoirs and cylinders, instru-
m e n t s , e l e c t r i c a l c o m p o n e n t s o r
exhaust silencer.
Such cleaning machinery will force wa-
ter into critical portions of your vehicle,
which could damage your vehicle throu-
gh corrosion or short circuiting.
Do not use alcohol or gasoline or sol-
vents to clean the rubber parts, the pla-
stic parts, and the saddle, use only cle-
ar water with a mild soap.
Do not apply any protective coating to
the saddle, such coatings tend to make
the saddle too slippery.
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