Periodic Maintenance And Minor Repair; Owner's Tool Kit - Yamaha XT500E Owner's Manual

PERIODIC MAINTENANCE AND MINOR REPAIR

Safety is an obligation of the owner.
Periodic inspection, adjustment and
lubrication will keep your vehicle in
the safest and most efficient condi-
tion possible. The most important
points of inspection, adjustment, and
lubrication are explained on the fol-
lowing pages.
The intervals given in the periodic
maintenance and lubrication chart
should be simply considered as a
general guide under normal riding
conditions. However, DEPENDING
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ON THE WEATHER,
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION, AND
INDIVIDUAL USE, THE MAINTE-
NANCE INTERVALS MAY NEED TO
BE SHORTENED.
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If you are not familiar with motor-
cycle maintenance work, have a
Yamaha dealer do it for you.
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1. Owner's tool kit

Owner's tool kit
Tool ki t
The owner's tool kit is located behind
panel A. (See page 6-7 for panel
removal and installation procedures.)
The service information included in
this manual and the tools provided in
the owner's tool kit are intended to
assist you in the performance of pre-
ventive
repairs. However, additional tools
such as a torque wrench may be nec-
essary to perform certain mainte-
nance work correctly.
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