Kawasaki 1600 - Manual (Page 10)

8 ASSEMBLY
Assembly
Handlebar
NOTE
ż Position the handlebar clamp on the handle-
bar with the slanted side facing rearward.
•
Set the handlebar to match its punched mark
to the rear portion of the lower clamp mating
face and install the upper clamps and bolts (D
= 10, L = 23).
A. Front Bolts
B. Slanted Side
C. Gap
D. Punched Mark
E. No Gap
F. Forward
Handlebar Clamp Bolt Tightening
•
Tighten the front clamp bolts first, and then
the rear clamp bolts to the specified torque.
There will be a gap at the rear part of the
clamp after tightening.
Torque: 34 N·m (3.5 kgf·m, 25 ft·lb)
•
Push the large plastic plugs (4) into the han-
dlebar clamp bolts.
A. Plastic Plugs
B. Handlebar Clamps
Throttle Grip and Right Switch
Housing
Alignment Pin Type
•
Apply a light coat of grease on the exposed
portion of the throttle inner cables.
•
Fit both throttle cable tips into the nearest
socket in the throttle grip.
A. Front Half (Right Switch Housing)
B. Throttle Cable (Accelerator)
C. Cable Tips: Apply Grease.
D. Throttle Grip
E. Throttle Cable (Decelerator)
F. Rear Half (Right Switch Housing)
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Fit the two halves of the right switch housing
so that the pin on the front half fits into the
hole in the handlebar.
A. Hole
B. Pin
C. Front Half
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Insert the two screws (D = 5, L = 25) and
tighten them.
•
Tighten the holder screw.
•
Check that the throttle grip moves smoothly
from full open to close, and the throttle closes
quickly and completely.