| 1. | Check tire pressure. Refer to Before Riding → Checking Tire Pressure and Inspecting Tires. | |
| 2. | Adjust suspension preload for rider/passenger and intended load. Refer to Before Riding → Adjusting Shock Absorbers. | |
| 3. | Fill fuel tank or add an equal amount of ballast. |
| 1. | See Figure 1. Park motorcycle on a line perpendicular to the wall (1) so front tire is pointed straight forward at the wall. | |
| 2. | Set motorcycle to the specified distance from the front of headlamp to wall (3). | |
| 3. | See Figure 2. With intended rider on motorcycle. Measure distance from floor to dimple (1) on the outer lens. Subtract distance shown. Distance: 25.4 mm (1 in) | |
| 4. | Draw an alignment line (4) at the calculated distance on the wall directly in front of motorcycle. | |
| 5. | Turn off any high beam and auxiliary lights to confirm low beam alignment. | |
| 6. | Low beam is aligned when top of low beam pattern (5) cut off line is aligned with alignment line (4). | |
| 7. | Adjust headlamp, if necessary. |
| 1 | Line perpendicular to wall |
| 2 | Distance from floor to dimple on headlamp |
| 3 | Distance from headlamp to wall 5 m (16.4 ft) |
| 4 | Alignment line |
| 5 | Headlamp low beam pattern |
| 1 | Optical center of low beam (dimple in lens). |
| 2 | High beam. |
| 3 | Low beam. |
| 1. | See Figure 3. Grasp adjuster cover (2) and pull forward to release it from posts (3). | |
| 2. | Insert flat blade screwdriver in vertical adjuster screw (1). | |
| 3. | Figure 2 Turn adjuster screw CW or CCW to move headlamp low beam pattern (5) up or down until top of light beam meets alignment line (4). | |
| 4. | Remove screwdriver. | |
| 5. | See Figure 3. Install adjuster cover. a. Align adjuster cover (2) with posts (3). b. Press cover firmly onto posts. |
| 1 | Vertical adjuster |
| 2 | Adjuster cover |
| 3 | Post (2) |