Yamaha Star XVS11W Owner's Manual

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1-11SAFETY INFORMATIONEAU10251MOTORCYCLES ARE SINGLETRACK VEHICLES. THEIR SAFE USEAND OPERATION ARE DEPENDENTUPON THE USE OF PROPER RIDINGTECHNIQUES AS WELL AS THE EX-PERTISE OF THE OPERATOR. EV-ERY OPERATOR SHOULD KNOWTHE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTSBEFORE RIDING THIS MOTOR-CYCLE.HE OR SHE SHOULD: OBTAIN THOROUGH INSTRUC-TIONS FROM A COMPETENTSOURCE ON ALL ASPECTS OFMOTORCYCLE OPERATION. OBSERVE THE WARNINGS ANDMAINTENANCE REQUIRE-MENTS IN THE OWNER’S MAN-UAL. OBTAIN QUALIFIED TRAININGIN SAFE AND PROPER RIDINGTECHNIQUES. OBTAIN PROFESSIONAL TECH-NICAL SERVICE AS INDICATEDBY THE OWNER’S MANUALAND/OR WHEN MADE NECES-SARY BY MECHANICAL CONDI-TIONS.Safe riding Always make pre-operationchecks. Careful checks may helpprevent an accident. This motorcycle is designed to car-ry the operator and a passenger. The failure of motorists to detectand recognize motorcycles in traf-fic is the predominating cause ofautomobile/motorcycle accidents.Many accidents have been causedby an automobile driver who didnot see the motorcycle. Makingyourself conspicuous appears tobe very effective in reducing thechance of this type of accident.Therefore:• Wear a brightly colored jacket.• Use extra caution when ap-proaching and passing throughintersections, since intersec-tions are the most likely placesfor motorcycle accidents to oc-cur.• Ride where other motorists cansee you. Avoid riding in anothermotorist’s blind spot. Many motorcycle accidents in-volve inexperienced operators. Infact, many operators who havebeen involved in accidents do noteven have a current motorcycle li-cense.• Make sure that you are qualifiedand that you only lend yourmotorcycle to other qualified op-erators.• Know your skills and limits.Staying within your limits mayhelp you to avoid an accident.• We recommend that you prac-tice riding your motorcyclewhere there is no traffic until youhave become thoroughly famil-iar with the motorcycle and all ofits controls. Many motorcycle accidents havebeen caused by error of the motor-cycle operator. A typical errormade by the operator is veeringU3B811E0.book Page 1 Friday, March 10, 2006 3:27 PM