Kawasaki Ninja Owners Manual: Chrome and Aluminum

Kawasaki Ninja Owners Manual / Maintenance and adjustment / Cleaning Your Motorcycle / Chrome and Aluminum

Chrome and uncoated aluminum parts can be treated with a chrome/aluminum polish. Coated aluminum should be washed with a mild neutral detergent and finished with a spray polish. Aluminum wheels, both painted and unpainted can be cleaned with special non-acid based wheel spray cleaners.

Windshield and Other Plastic Parts
After washing use a soft cloth to gently dry plastic parts. When dry, treat the windshield, headlight lens, and other nonpainted plastic parts with an approved plastic cleaner/polisher product. ...

Leather, Vinyl, and Rubber
If your motorcycle has leather accessories, special care must be taken. Use a leather cleaner/treatment to clean and care for leather accessories. Washing leather parts with detergent and wat ...

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Air Intake Duct Disassembly (Other than US, CA and CAL Models)
Remove: Air Intake Duct (see Air Intake Duct Removal) Seal [A] and Screen [B] Turn the air intake valve actuator [C] counterclockwise (90°). Remove the shaft [A] of the air intake valve actuator. Remove: Pad [A] Screws [B] Air Intake Valve [C] ...

Clutch Lever Installation
Install the clutch lever so that the mating surface [A] of the clutch lever clamp is aligned with the punch mark [B] of the handlebar. Tighten the upper clamp bolt first, and then the lower clamp bolt. Torque - Clutch Lever Clamp Bolts: 7.8 N·m (0.80 kgf·m, 69 in·lb) There will be ...

Terminal Numbers of ECU Connectors
1. Subthrottle Valve Actuator: Y/BK 2. Subthrottle Valve Actuator: BK/O 3. Unused 4. Front Wheel Rotation Sensor Signal: G/Y 5. Unused 6. Starter Lockout Switch: R/G 7. Gear Position Switch: G/R 8. Crankshaft Sensor (–): BK 9. Power Supply to Sensors: BL 10. Unused 11. Intake Air Pre ...