Check Alignment
  1. Check tire pressure.
  2. Adjust rear shocks for the rider and intended load.
  3. Fill fuel tank or add an equal amount of ballast.
    4. NOTE
    Choose a wall in minimum light.
  4. See Figure 1. Park the motorcycle on a line (1) perpendicular to the wall.
  5. Position motorcycle front axle 7.6 m (25 ft) from wall.
  6. Draw a vertical centerline (2) on the wall.
    7. NOTE
    The upper lens is low beam on LED headlamps.
  7. With the motorcycle loaded, point the front wheel straight forward at wall. Measure the distance (4) from the floor to the center of the low beam bulbs.
  8. Draw a horizontal line (5) at the measured bulb centerline.
  9. Measure the horizontal distance from the vehicle vertical centerline to the vertical centerline of each headlamp.
  10. See Figure 2. Mark the headlamp centerlines (1, 2) on the wall to intersect the horizontal line.
    11. NOTE
    LED headlamps create a beam that is nearly flat on the top.
  11. Verify headlamp alignment:
    1. Set headlamps to low beam.
    2. The headlamp is aligned when the light beam hot spot is located as shown.
Adjust Alignment
1. Place the vehicle facing a target wall as described above.
2. Remove screw and lockwasher securing turn signal lamps. Remove turn signal lamps from the headlamp mounting brackets.
3. Loosen the headlamp nuts only enough to allow movement of the lamp.
4. Turn headlamps on low beam. Cover the right headlamp. Adjust left headlamp so the top of the high intensity zone (3) is below and centered under the left centerlines as shown in Figure 2.
5. Cover the left headlamp. Adjust right headlamp so the top of the high intensity zone (4) is below and centered under the right auxiliary/fog lamp centerlines as shown in Figure 2.
6. Tighten headlamp nut to 27.1–32.5 N·m (20–24 ft-lbs).
7. Secure turn signal lamps with screw and lockwasher. Tighten to 10.9–14.8 N·m (96–131 in-lbs).
1Perpendicular line
2Vertical centerline
325 ft (7.6 m)
4Low beam bulb centerline
5Horizontal line at low beam centerline
Figure 1. Headlamp Alignment: LED
1Left headlamp centerlines
2Right headlamp centerlines
3Left high intensity beam area
4Right high intensity beam area
Figure 2. Headlamp Alignment: HDI