Periodic Maintenance And Minor Repair; Owner's Tool Kit - Yamaha Vmax VMX12N Owner's Manual

PERIODIC MAINTENANCE AND MINOR REPAIR

Safety is an obligation of the owner.
Periodic inspection, adjustment and lu-
brication will keep your vehicle in the
safest and most efficient condition pos-
sible. The most important points of
motorcycle inspection, adjustment,
lubrication are explained on the follow-
ing pages.
Maintenance, replacement, or repair
of the emission control devices and
systems may be performed by any
repair establishment or individual
that is certified (if applicable).
If you are not familiar with motor-
cycle maintenance work, have a
Yamaha dealer do it for you.
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PERIODIC MAINTENANCE
PROPER PERIODIC MAINTENANCE
OF YOUR MOTORCYCLE IS IMPOR-
TANT IN ORDER TO ENJOY LONG,
PLEASURABLE SERVICE. ESPE-
and
CIALLY IMPORTANT ARE THE
MAINTENANCE SERVICES RELAT-
ED TO EMISSIONS CONTROL.
THESE CONTROLS NOT ONLY
FUNCTION TO ENSURE CLEANER
AIR, BUT ARE ALSO VITAL TO
PROPER ENGINE OPERATION AND
MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE. IN THE
FOLLOWING PERIODIC
NANCE CHARTS, THE SERVICES
RELATED TO
TROL ARE GROUPED SEPARATE-
LY. THESE SERVICES REQUIRE
SPECIALIZED DATA, KNOWLEDGE,
AND EQUIPMENT. YAMAHA DEAL-
ERS ARE TRAINED AND EQUIPPED
TO PERFORM THESE PARTICULAR
SERVICES.
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1. Owner's tool kit

2. Rider seat backrest
Owner's tool kit
The tool kit is located inside the storage
compartment behind the rider seat
MAINTE-
backrest. (See page 3-9 for an expla-
nation on moving the rider seat back-
EMISSIONS CON-
rest forward and back.)
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