Downloadedfrom(Section3)recommendationstoensurethatthevehicleisinpeakoperatlngcondition.Performingthefirstscheduledmaintenanceisveryimportant.Itcompen-satesfortheinitialwearthatoccursduringthebreak-inperiod.Sections1and3applytothewholemotorcycle.Section2illustratesproce-duresforremovaI/instailationofcomponentsthatmayberequiredtoper-formservicedescribedinthefollowingsections.Section4through19describepartsofthemotorcycle,groupedaccordingtolocation.Findthesectionyouwantonthispage,thenturntothetableofcontentsonthefirstpageofthesection.Mostsectionsstartwithanassemblyorsystemillustration,serviceinforma-tionandtroubleshootingforthesection.Thesubsequentpagesgivedetailedprocedure.Ifyoudon'tknowthesourceofthetrouble,gotosection21,Troubleshooting.Yoursafety,andthesafetyofothers,isveryimportant.Tohelpyoumakeinformeddecisionswehaveprovidedsafetymessagesandotherinfor-mationthroughoutthismanual.Ofcourse,itisnotpracticalorpossibletowarnyouaboutallthehazardsassociatedwithservicingthisvehicle.Youmustuseyourowngoodjudgement.Youwillfindimportantsafetyinformationinavarietyofformsincluding:*SafetyLabels-onthevehicle-SafetyMessages-precededbyasafetyalertsymboldandoneofthreesignalwords,DANGER,WARNING,orCAUTION.Thesesignalwordsmean:YouWILLbeKILLEDorSERIOUSLYHURTifyoudon'tfollowinstructions.YouCANbeKILLEDorSERIOUSLYHURTifyoudon'tfollowinstructions.YouCANbeHURTifyoudon'tfollowinstructions.*Instructions-howtoservicethisvehiclecorrectlyandsafely.Asyoureadthismanual,youwillfindinformationthatisprecededbya1-symbol.Thepurposeofthismessageistohelppreventdamagetoyourvehicle,otherproperty,ortheenvironment.iri/DateofIssue:January,20020HondaMotorCo.,Ltd.Downloadedfrom(s)withnewone(s)beforeassembly.IuUsetherecommendedengineoil,unlessotherwisespecified.Usemolybdenumoilsolution(mixtureoftheengineoilandmolybdenumgreaseinaratioof1:l).Usemulti-purposegrease(lithiumbasedmulti-purposegreaseNLGl#2orequivalent).Usemolybdenumdisulfidegrease(containingmorethan3%molybdenumdisulfide,NLGl#2orequivalent).Example:MolykoteBR-2plusmanufacturedbyDowCorning,U.S.A.\4Multi-purposeM-2manufacturedbyMitsubishiOil,JapanUsemolybdenumdisulfidepaste(containingmorethan40%molybdenumdisulfide,NLGl#2orequivalent).Example:MolykoteG-nPastemanufacturedbyDowCorning,USA.HondaMoly60(U.S.A.only)RocolPastemanufacturedbySumicoLubricant,JapanRocolASPmanufacturedbyRocolLimited,U.K.vUsesiliconegrease.IIApplyalockingagent.Useamediumstrengthlockingagentunlessotherwisespecified.Applysealant.l-UseDOT4brakefluid.Usetherecommendedbrakefluidunlessotherwisespecified.Useforkorsuspensionfluid.Downloadedfrom(1)Theframeserialnumberisstampedontherightsideofthesteeringhead.(2)Theengineserialnumberisstampedontherightsideoftheuppercrankcase.VEHICLEIDENTIFICATIONNUMBER(VIN)THROTTLEBODYID~NTIFICATIONNUMBER(3)TheVehicleIdentificationNumber(VIN)islocatedonleftsideofthemainframeontheSafetyCertificationLabels.(4)Thethrottlebodyidentificationnumberisstampedontheintakesideofthethrottlebodyasshown.COLORLABEL(5)Thecolorlabelisattachedasshown.Whenorderingcolor-codedparts,alwaysspecifythedesignatedcolorcode.1-2Downloadedfrom:Californiatype:49states,Canadatype:Californiatype:Maximumweightcapacity49states,Californiatype:Canadatype:CurbweightFrametypeFrontsuspensionFrontwheeltravelRear