Vertical Beam Adjustment - APRILIA Atlantic 500 Workshop Manual

Electrical Equipment
• Loosen and remove the two fixing screws (3) of
the protective screen (4) of the third stop light.
• Pull out the all-glass bulbs (5) from their housing.
• Correctly fit a bulb of the same kind.
NOTE
During reassembly, correctly set the
protective screen in its housing.
CAUTION
Carefully and gently tighten the screw (3) in order
to avoid damaging the protective screen.

VERTICAL BEAM ADJUSTMENT

• To quickly check the alignment of the headlight
beam, place the vehicle on level ground, 10
metres from a vertical wall.
• Turn on the low beam, sit on the vehicle and
check that the top of the lighted area on the wall is
slightly lower than the projection of the headlight
axis (approximately 9/10 of the overall height).
To adjust the headlight beam:
• Use the special handle (1) from the front of the
vehicle.
• Turning it CLOCKWISE, the beam is raised.
• Turning it ANTICLOCKWISE, the beam is
lowered.
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Release 00 2002-09
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