Yamaha YZF600RT Owner's Manual

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1-11SAFETY INFORMATIONEAU10271MOTORCYCLES ARE SINGLETRACK VEHICLES. THEIR SAFEUSE AND OPERATION ARE DEPEN-DENT UPON THE USE OF PROPERRIDING TECHNIQUES AS WELL ASTHE EXPERTISE OF THE OPERA-TOR. EVERY OPERATOR SHOULDKNOW THE FOLLOWING REQUIRE-MENTS BEFORE RIDING THISMOTORCYCLE.HE OR SHE SHOULD: OBTAIN THOROUGH INSTRUC-TIONS FROM A COMPETENTSOURCE ON ALL ASPECTS OFMOTORCYCLE OPERATION. OBSERVE THE WARNINGSAND MAINTENANCE 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 tocarry the operator and a passen-ger. The failure of motorists to detectand recognize motorcycles in traf-fic is the predominating cause ofautomobile/motorcycle accidents.Many accidents have beencaused by an automobile driverwho did not see the motorcycle.Making yourself conspicuous ap-pears to be very effective in reduc-ing the chance of this type ofaccident.Therefore:• Wear a brightly colored jacket.• Use extra caution when you areapproaching and passingthrough intersections, since in-tersections are the most likelyplaces for motorcycle accidentsto occur.• Ride where other motorists cansee you. Avoid riding in anothermotorist’s blind spot. Many accidents involve inexperi-enced operators. In fact, many op-erators who have been involved inaccidents do not even have a cur-rent motorcycle license.• 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 accidents have beencaused by error of the motorcycleoperator. A typical error made bythe operator is veering wide on aU5AH19E0.book Page 1 Thursday, May 13, 2004 4:23 AM