Battery - Installation

Warning - General - Stabilise Motorcycle

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Make sure the motorcycle is stabilised and adequately supported.A correctly supported motorcycle will help prevent it from falling.An unstable motorcycle may fall, causing injury to the operator or damage to the motorcycle.

Warning - Battery terminals

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Ensure that the battery terminals do not touch the motorcycle frame as this may cause a short circuit or spark, which would ignite battery gases causing a risk of personal injury.

Battery Reconnection - Rider Configurable Modes

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Once the battery has been reconnected the rider’s configuration settings should be reset as noted prior to the battery being disconnected.
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If the battery has been disconnected or the fuses removed for any reason advise the rider to confirm the original mode settings have been correctly set. Failure to reset the motorcycle to the rider’s preferred rider mode settings and subsequently being ridden may cause loss of motorcycle control and an accident.

Battery Install LG1 LGX

  1. Place the battery into the battery tray and install the battery insert.
  2. Reattach the battery strap.
  3. note
    The battery positive and negative leads are to be connected to the vertical face of the battery terminals.The battery positive lead routes underneath the diagnostic connector cable and clips to the Engine ECM moulding.
  4. Reconnect the battery, positive (red) lead first, routing the positive lead underneath the diagnostic connector cable, and tighten the battery terminals to 4.5 Nm.
  5. Make sure the battery positive (red) lead is clipped to the engine ECM tray.
  6. LG1 Battery Positive Routing
    1. Battery positive terminal

    2. Battery positive lead

    3. Retaining feature on engine ECM moulding

    4. Diagnostic connector cable

  7. Apply a light coat of grease to the terminals to prevent corrosion.
  8. Cover the positive terminal with the protective cap.
  9. Battery Install/Remove
    1. Negative (black) terminal

    2. Battery

    3. Battery strap

    4. Positive (red) terminal

    5. Battery insert

Perform the following operations

Perform the following operations:

Seat - Install L Series