Changing Bulbs; Changing The Headlight Bulbs; Low Beam Bulbs - APRILIA Atlantic 500 Workshop Manual

Electrical system

CHANGING BULBS

WARNING
Before changing a bulb, turn the ignition switch to
the " " position and wait a few minutes so that the
bulb cools down. Change the bulb wearing clean
gloves or using a clean and dry cloth. Do not leave
fingerprints on the bulb, since these may cause its
overheating and consequent breakage. If you
touch the bulb with your bare fingers, remove any
fingerprints with alcohol in order to avoid any
damage.
TAKE CARE TO AVOID DAMAGING THE ELECTRIC
CABLES.

CHANGING THE HEADLIGHT BULBS

Read carefully (BULBS).
The headlight contains:
– two high beam bulbs (1).
– one low beam bulb (2).
– one parking light bulb (3).
To replace:
• Removing the front hood, see (REMOVING THE
FRONT HOOD).

LOW BEAM BULBS

CAUTION
To extract the bulb electric connector, do not pull
its electric wires.
• Grasp the bulb electric connector (4), pull it and
disconnect it from the bulb (5).
• Rotate the bulb socket (6) counterclockwise and
extract it from the seat.
• Remove the bulb (5).
During reassembly:
NOTE
Insert the bulb (5) in the reflector seat, align-
ing the three notches on the bulb with the correspond-
ing guides on the reflector seat.
• Place the bulb socket (6) in the reflector seat and
turn it clockwise.
• Connect the bulb electric connector (4).
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Release 00 2002-09
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