Yamaha YZF690-U Owner's Manual

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Motorcycle care and storage7-27chemicals such as, solvents,gasoline, rust removers, brakefluid, or antifreeze, etc.Before washing1. Park the vehicle out of direct sun-light and allow it to cool. This willhelp avoid water spots.2. Make sure all caps, covers, elec-trical couplers and connectors aretightly installed.3. Cover the muffler end with a plas-tic bag and a strong rubber band.4. Pre-soak stubborn stains like in-sects or bird droppings with a wettowel for a few minutes.5. Remove road grime and oil stainswith a quality degreasing agentand a plastic-bristle brush orsponge. NOTICE: Do not usedegreasing agent on areas re-quiring lubrication such asseals, gaskets, and wheel axles.Follow product instructions.[ECA26290]Washing1. Rinse off any degreaser and spraydown the vehicle with a gardenhose. Use only enough pressureto do the job. Avoid spraying wa-ter directly into the muffler, instru-ment panel, air inlet, or other innerareas such as underseat storagecompartments.2. Wash the vehicle with a quality au-tomotive-type detergent mixedwith cool water and a soft, cleantowel or sponge. Use an old tooth-brush or plastic-bristle brush forhard-to-reach places. NOTICE:Use cold water if the vehicle hasbeen exposed to salt. Warm wa-ter will increase salt’s corrosiveproperties. [ECA26301]3. For windshield-equipped vehicles:Clean the windshield with a softtowel or sponge dampened withwater and a pH neutral detergent.If necessary, use a high-qualitywindshield cleaner or polish formotorcycles. NOTICE: Never useany strong chemicals to cleanthe windshield. Additionally,some cleaning compounds forplastic may scratch the wind-shield, so be sure to test allcleaning products before gen-eral application. [ECA26310]4. Rinse off thoroughly with cleanwater. Be sure to remove all deter-gent residues, as they can beharmful to plastic parts.After washing1. Dry the vehicle with a chamois orabsorbent towel, preferably mi-crofiber terrycloth.2. For drive chain-equipped models:Dry and then lubricate the drivechain to prevent rust.3. Use a chrome polish to shinechrome, aluminum, and stainlesssteel parts. Often the thermally in-duced discoloring of stainlesssteel exhaust systems can be re-moved through polishing.4. Apply a corrosion protection sprayon all metal parts includingchrome or nickel-plated surfaces.WARNING! Do not apply sili-cone or oil spray to seats, handgrips, rubber foot pegs or tiretreads. Otherwise these parts