User Guide

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use and maintenance Atlantic 500
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LUBRICANT CHART
(Recommended) engine oil: SUPERBIKE 4, SAE 5W - 40 or 4T FORMULA RACING, SAE 5W - 40.
As an alternative to recommended oils, top brand oils meeting or exceeding A.P.I. SJ specifications can be used.
(Recommended) transmission oil:
F.C., SAE 75W - 90 or GEAR SYNTH, SAE 75W - 90.
As an alternative to recommended oils, top brand oils meeting or exceeding A.P.I. GL3 specifications can be used.
(Recommended) fork oil:
F.A. 5W, F.A. 20W; as an alternative, FORK 5W or FORK 20W.
When you wish to obtain an intermediate response between those offered by
F.A. 5W and F.A. 20W oils or FORK 5W and
FORK 20W, oils, you may mix the different products as follows:
SAE 10W =
F.A. 5W 67% of volume + F.A. 20W 33% of volume, or
FORK 5W 67% del volume + FORK 20W 33% of volume.
SAE 15W =
F.A. 5W 33% of volume + F.A. 20W 67% of volume, or
FORK 5W 33% of volume + FORK 20W 67% of volume.
Bearings and other lubrication points (recommended):
BIMOL GREASE 481 - GREASE SM2.
As an alternative to recommended grease, use top brand rolling bearing grease that will resist a temperature range of -30°C - +140°C, with
dropping point 150°C - 230°C, high corrosion protection, good resistance to water and oxidisation.
Battery lead protection: use neutral grease or Vaseline.
Use new brake fluid only. Do not mix different makes or types of oil without having checked bases compatibility.
Brake fluid: The system is filled with
Autofluid FR. DOT 4 (the braking system is also compatible with DOT 5); BRAKE 5.1 DOT
4 (the braking system is also compatible with DOT 5).
As an alternative to the recommended product, top brand brake fluid meeting or exceeding SAE J1703, NHTSA 116 DOT 4, ISO 4925
specifications for synthetic brake fluid can be used.
Use only nitrite-free anti-freeze and corrosion inhibitors with a freezing point of -35°C as a minimum.
(Recommended) engine coolant:
ECOBLU -40 °C - COOL.
As an alternative to the recommended product, top brand coolant meeting or exceeding CUNA NC 956-16 specifications for ethylene
glycol based anti-freeze can be used.
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