General Tips And Warnings For Starting The Motorcycle; Instructions For The First Ride; Running In - KTM 85 SX 2005 Owner's Manual

GENERAL TIPS AND WARNINGS FOR STARTING THE MOTORCYCLE

Instructions for the first ride

– Verify that your KTM dealer performed the PREPARATION OF
VEHICLE jobs (see Customer Service Manual).
– Before your youngster takes his or her first ride, explain how
each of the controls works and check if your youngster has
understood what you explained. We recommend to review the
entire owner's manual with your youngster item by item, pay
ing particular attention to the specially marked warnings and
pointing out the danger of injury.
– Adjust the clutch lever, hand lever and foot brake pedal so
your child can operate them easily!
– To prevent injury, teach your youngster the basic riding skills
on soft ground, e.g. on a meadow or in the garden. Be sure
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that there is room enough to maneuver, and that no other rid
ers are close.
– To ensure that your youngster gets the feel of the hand brake,
have your youngster operate the hand brake while you push
the motorcycle. Do not start the engine before your young
ster has learned to apply hand brake with appropriate
pressure.
– To familiarize your youngster with the operation of the hand
brake let him or her practice to operate the hand brake while
you are pushing the motorcycle. Do not start the engine
before he or she is thoroughly familiar with the use of the
hand brake.
– Initially, your youngster should ride back and forth between
two persons who help the young rider to stop the motorcycle.
However, you should also teach your youngster how to stop
the motorcycle himself/herself.
– To improve his/her riding skills, your youngster should prac
tise riding the motorcycle standing on the footpegs or to rid
ing at the slowest possible speed. Additionally, you can
arrange a series of obstacles and have your youngster drive
around them, etc.
– Pay attention to the running-in procedure.

Running in

– Even very precisely machined sections of engine components
have rougher surfaces than components which have been slid
ing across one another for quite some time. Therefore, every
engine needs to be broken in. For this reason, during its first
30 minutes the engine must not be revved up to its perform
ance limits.
– Apply low but changing loads for running-in.
– DO NOT DRIVE AT FULL LOAD FOR THE FIRST 30
MINUTES!
– HAVE YOUR YOUNGSTER WEAR PROPER PROTECTIVE GEAR
WHENEVER HE OR SHE RIDES THE MOTORCYCLE: HELMET, EYE
PROTECTION, CHEST, BACK, ARM AND LEG PROTECTORS,
GLOVES AND BOOTS. TO SET A GOOD EXAMPLE, BE SURE TO
WEAR PROTECTIVE GEAR YOURSELF WHENEVER RIDING A
MOTORCYCLE!
– ONLY USE ACCESSORY PARTS RECOMMENDED BY KTM.
– THE FRONT AND REAR WHEEL ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO BE TIRED
WITH TIRES THAT HAVE THE SAME PROFILE TYPE.
– YOUR YOUNGSTER'S DRIVING SPEED SHOULD ALWAYS BE
ADJUSTED TO HIS/HER DRIVING SKILLS AS WELL AS TO THE
TERRAIN.
– YOUR YOUNGSTER SHOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED TO RIDE THE
MOTORCYCLE WITHOUT SUPERVISION.
– REPLACE THE HELMET VISOR OR GOGGLE GLASSES EARLY
ENOUGH. WHEN LIGHT SHINES DIRECTLY ON A SCRATCHED
VISOR OR GOGGLES, YOU WILL BE PRACTICALLY BLIND.
– NEVER LEAVE YOUR MOTORCYCLE WITHOUT SUPERVISION AS
LONG AS THE ENGINE IS RUNNING.
– SX MODELS ARE DESIGNED FOR ONE PERSON ONLY.
PASSENGERS ARE NOT ALLOWED.
– THESE MODELS DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE REGULATIONS AND
SAFETY STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE LAW. THEREFORE,
THEY ARE NOT PERMITTED ON PUBLIC ROADS.
– ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND THAT OTHER PEOPLE FEEL MOLESTED
BY EXCESSIVE NOISE.
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