Changing The Rear Light Bulb; Changing The License Plate Bulb - APRILIA SR 50 - 2001 Manual

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CHANGING
THE REAR LIGHT BULB
Carefully read p. 82 (BULBS).
WARNING
Do not ride your vehicle if the tail light
and the stoplight are not working
properly. The stoplight is particularly
important to prevent other vehicles from
rearending you. Obviously, failure to
comply with these instructions could lead
to a serious accident with subsequent
injuries or even death.
NOTE
Before changing a bulb, check the
fuse, see p. 79 (CHANGING FUSES), also
check the operation of the stoplight switches,
see p. 66 (CHECKING THE SWITCHES).
The rear light comprises two units. Each
unit contains:
– one parking light bulb (1);
2
– one stoplight bulb (2).
To change them, proceed as follows:
♦
Place the vehicle on the center stand.
♦
Unscrew and remove the screw (3).
NOTE
While removing the lens, use extra
1
care to be sure that you do not break
the key.
♦ Remove the lens (4).
NOTE
Upon reassembly, position the
lens correctly in its seat.
Tighten the screw (3) moderately and
with care to avoid damaging the lens.
♦ Only for the stoplight bulb: push the bulb
in slightly and rotate it counterclockwise.
♦ Extract the bulb from its seat.
NOTE
Insert the bulb in the bulb socket,
carefully aligning the two bulb pins with
their guides in the socket.
♦ Correctly install a new bulb of the same
type.
CAUTION
CHANGING
THE LICENSE PLATE BULB
Carefully read p. 82 (BULBS).
To change the bulb:
CAUTION
While removing a bulb socket, do not
pull on the wires.
♦
Grasp the bulb socket (5) from the inside
of the rear part of the fairing cover, pull it
and remove it from its seat.
♦ Remove the bulb (6) and replace it with an
identical bulb.
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