Specifications

Routine maintenance operations
Release 00 2002-09
chap. 2
2-28
Atlantic 500
WHEELS AND TIRES
Carefully read PRECAUTIONS AND GENERAL
INFORMATION.
CHECKING THE WHEELS
Make sure that the wheel rims are neither cracked nor
deformed. Replace if necessary.
Check the wheel eccentricity.
If it is deformed beyond tolerance limits, check the rim
and the bearings.
Replace the wheel if necessary.
Eccentricity limits:
Vertical: 0.078 in (2 mm)
Lateral: 0.078 in (2 mm)
Check the wheel balancing.
Rotate the wheel slowly several times and observe
the position in which it stops.
If the wheel is not statically balanced, it will always
stop in the same place. Place a balancing weight on
the lightest point of the wheel (top).
TABLE PRELOAD ADJUSTMENT FOR
REAR SUSPENSION SPRING
TIRES
This vehicle is equipped with tubeless tires (no inner
tube).
Periodically check the inflation pressure of the
tires at ambient temperature, see (TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS).
If the tires are warm, the measurement will not be
correct.
Always measure before and after any long trips.
If the inflation pressure is too high, the shocks of
rough terrain are not absorbed and are transmit-
ted to the handlebars, making for an uncomfort-
able ride and also diminishing the vehicle’s ability
to adhere to curves.
WARNING
Adjuster Rotation Rotation
ring-nut (arrow A) (arrow B)
Function Increase Reduce
spring spring
preload preload
Type of The riding The riding
riding position of position of
position the vehicle is the vehicle
more rigid is softer
Type of Roads with Roads with
road smooth or uneven
recomm. normal surface
surface
Notes Riding with Riding
a passenger without
a passenger