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IMPORTANT
When replacing tires, it is advisable to use a high
quality type and make.
Tire pressure must be measured when the tires
are cold.
Removal and Refitting
The motorbike is equipped with light alloy rims which,
despite featuring a high mechanical resistance, can
however get damaged, both from an aesthetic and
functional point of view, by using unsuitable tools during
removal and refitting of the wheel onto the rim.
For the above procedures, it is therefore advisable to use
iron tools which do not have grooves and sharp edges on
the parts which come into contact with the edge of the
rim.
The contact surface must be wide, well smoothed and
with suitably rounded edges; using one of the special,
commercially available lubricants will help the tire slide
into and bed-in on the rim during disassembly and
reassembly, and it will eliminate the need to heavily load
the iron tools; for this reason, it is also very important that
the tires' bead heels are well set in the rim's central
channel.
When fitting the tires, it is also necessary to remember
that tires which have an arrow marked on the side must
be fitted in the following way:
• The arrow must face the same direction as the rear
wheel's rotation;
• The arrow must face the opposite direction to the front
wheel's rotation.
N.B.
The above is valid unless different instructions
are marked on the tire.
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