The air cleaner element must be kept clean to provide good engine power and g1as mileage. If you use your motorcycle under normal low-stress conditions, you should service the air cleaner at the intervals specified. If you ride in dusty, wet, or muddy conditions, you will need to inspect the air cleaner element much more frequently.
Use the following procedure to remove the element and inspect it.
Warning
Never run the engine without the air cleaner element properly installed. |
Caution Clean or replace the air cleaner element frequently if the motorcycle is used in dusty, wet or muddy conditions. The air cleaner element will clog under these conditions, and this may cause engine damage, poor performance, and poor fuel economy. Clean the air cleaner case and element immediately if water gets in the air cleaner box. |
Air cleaner element removal
Air cleaner element
Inspect the air cleaner element condition. Replace the air cleaner element periodically.
Installation
Reinstall the air cleaner element in the reverse order of the removal.
Caution A torn air cleaner element will allow dirt to enter the engine and can damage the engine. Carefully examine the air cleaner element for tears during cleaning. Replace it with a new one if it is torn. |
Caution Failure to position the air cleaner element properly can allow dirt to bypass the air cleaner element. This will cause engine damage. Be sure to properly install the air cleaner element. |
Vehicle side view
Note
difference between illustrations and actual
motorcycles may exist depending on the
markets.
Suzuki gsx-r1000 (2009-model)
Right side
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Headlight beam adjustment
Adjust the headlight beam, both horizontally and
vertically.
Note
to adjust the headlight beam, adjust the
beam horizontally first, then vertically.
It is not necessary to remove the
combination meter to turn the adjusters.
Horiz ...
Noise emission control system description
Tampering with the noise control system prohibited: local law or federal law
prohibits the following
acts or the causing thereof:
the removal or rendering inoperative by any person, other than for
purposes of maintenance, repair or
replacement, of any device or element of design in ...