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Checking the headlight setting
Main work
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Remove the screw on the rear of the turn signal housing.
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Carefully remove turn signal glass
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Lightly squeeze orange cap
and take it off.
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Press the turn signal bulb lightly into the socket, turn it coun-
terclockwise by about 30°, and take it out of the socket.
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Do not touch the reflector with your fingers and keep it
free from grease.
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Press the new turn signal bulb carefully into the socket and
turn it clockwise until it stops.
Turn signal (R10W/socket BA15s) (
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Mount the orange cap.
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Position the turn signal glass.
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Insert the screw and first turn counterclockwise until it
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engages in the thread with a small jerk. Tighten the screw
lightly.
Finishing work
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Check that the turn signal system is functioning properly.
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Park the vehicle on a horizontal surface in front of a light-
colored wall and make a mark at the height of the center of
the low beam headlight.
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Make another mark at a distance
Guideline
B
Distance
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Position the vehicle vertically at a distance
wall.
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Guideline
A
Distance
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The rider now sits down on the motorcycle.
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Switch on the low beam.
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Check the headlight setting.
The boundary between light and dark must be exactly on
the lower mark for a motorcycle with rider.
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If the boundary between light and dark does not meet
specifications:
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Adjust the headlight range. (
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 15
1
.
2
in the area of the holding lugs
p. 151)
B
under the first marking.
5 cm (2 in)
A
away from the
5 m (16 ft)
p. 116)
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