GENERAL INFORMATION 1.1 General Information Table of Contents Betore Servicing Mod denen ‘Gonorl Spsciiestins. Petiodie Maitanance Chat, 12 1612 GENERAL INFORMATION Before Servicing Before starting to services motoreye careful reeding of the applicable seston js etommende to eee ere vey work, "Photograpie, diagrams, now, cautions, warning, end detales de liming (five beea Included wherever necenory. Nevertheless, even detaled account his TeRsGoes and a cats amoure of base knowledge els required for succesful work Especially note the folowing (hoi Mrfore removal and cianzembly, clean the motoceycle. Any dirt entering the engine of other pone eal work ar an abran anid shorten the feof the motorycl. For the sare renton, before Tnatling enew pat, clean off any dust or metal fills (2) Battery Ground LY Gre nd (-) lead trom the battery before performing any cliassembly operations. ‘This prevents: Tr Re reas of accidentally turing the engine over while partially disassemble. (Bh Safest otetricl cornsstions which will our when they sre alsconnected {e} damage to electrical pets. (9) Tightening Saquence Th Sear nsallega part with sever! bolts, nuts, or ew, start them all in ther holes 2a eet es rue Ht. Than tighten them evenly In across pattern. This is 1 ovoid and ate gore anaorausing at or lt leakage, Conversely when loosening the belt, Sion oa fiat Toor ail of them by about a quarter of turn and then remove them. ee echt sequence indistion in this Service Manual, te bolts, nuts, of screws must be tightened the order and method indieatd. (4) Teraue aU orque values ar given inthis Service Manual, use them. Either to litle or $0 much tongue may ia 0 serious damage, Use a good quality reliable torque wrench (6) Fore mon sense should dictate how much force is necessary in assembly and dtssemby. If «el trens especially cca to cemave or inal, stop and examine wit may be causing the 2 aa acre agpng a necesary, top lightly usin a woeden or paste faced malt Use Prop wer for sree (portculay forthe removal of screws held y a oeking agent in ‘rdarfo avoid damaging te seew heads. (6) Eetes “ay for sharp edges, especially during major engine dsasambly and asembly. Protect Your es rove or aie of tiek cloth when iting the engine or turing it over (21 igh Fash point Solvent a rt do point suhent is recommended to reduce fre danger. & commercial solvent com maith ible in Non Americas Stoddrd solvent (everle name). Always fllow manute ‘iret an container directions regarding the use of any so}vent (8) Gasket, O-Ring aoe sce gost o¢ O-ing once It hat been in service, The mating surfaces around the gn Tebuid be fee of foreign mater and perfectly enooth to avoid ol oF compression leaks. (o) Leguid Gasker,Nor-perranent Locking Agar i cestarufecturers dieetions for cleanlog and preparing surfaces whare these compounds Fee eeeiy oaringly.Excasive amounts ay Block engine oll pasoges #8 case mote datas, “an example of @ non-permanent locking agent commonty avilable in North ‘America Locite Lock’ Sel (Bi) (10) Press cart installed using pressor driver, such asa wheal bearing, should fist be coated with ol con its cuter or inner eveunfeance 9 tat it will go into lass oath. (19) Ba Bearing ean naling a bl bering, the bearing race whichis affected by tition sould be ped by s'artabie ver. Tos prevents severe stress on the balls and races, and prevents races an Pai? furs being devtd. Prete abl bearing until ie stops at te top inthe Hole or onthe shat.GENERAL INFORMATION 13. (12) Oi eal and Grease Sel Replace any ll or ea eels that were removed with new ones, a rmoval generally dariages ses When presting in a sal which has manutactre’s marks, pase itn with the marks facing ou Seals shouldbe presi into place ving a suitable driver, which avnly contact te sie of scl unt the foe of he seal is even with the end of the hole, {13) Seu! Guiee ' seal guide i requled for certain llr grese sels during instalation to old damage tothe seal lips. Before a sett pases through sel, apply a litle high temperature grease to the seal lips to reduce rubber to metal frition, (14) Greig, Retaining Fine Replace any crlipe and retaining rings that are removed with new one, a removal weakens and deforms hem, When isang circlpe and etsning rings, take care o compre or expand them only enaugh to install thom ané no mere (15) Lubrication Engine wear is ganerally at is maximum while the engine is warming up and betore al the rubbing surfaces have an adequate lubriatve fil, During asiembly, oor grease (whichever is ‘more stable} should be apped to any rubbing surface which has lost its lbrletve fim. Old ‘graso an dirty el shouldbe cleaned aff. Detriorated gease has lot Its ibrieative quality and ‘may contain abrasive foreign parties Don't use just any oll or grease. Some oll and greases in particular should be used only in cata applestions and may be harmful i sd nan aplication for which they are not intended ‘This manual makes reterence to molybdenum disifide gress (MoS) inthe asombly of eartaln engine and chassis pare. Always check manutocturey recommendations belore using uch spec) lubricants (16) Electrica Wires All the slesrieal wees ave either single.color or two-color and, with only a few exceptions, must be connectod to wires of the tame color On any ofthe two-color wes there 8 greater {mount of ana color sd lesser amount of & Second Eolr, 80 9 twocolr ie identified By fist the primary cole and then the secondary colo For exarpl, 0 yellow wice with thin ea tripe is referred to ar "yellow/red” wa; t would Be a “rediyalion™ wir it the colors were reversed to make re th main gor. Wire [eros scion) Rea Wire strands [name ofwie Coior —] | Yellowieed Yolow ed (17) Feplacement Pats When tere isa repkacement instruction, replace these parts with aew anes every time they axe remove. These Feplaement parts Wl Be damaged or loge tel origina funtion once remove, (18) Inspection When parts have barn csstmbled, veually inspect these parts fr following conditions or other damage. If there is any doubt a to the condition of thm, replace them with new ones ‘Abrasion Denting Hardening Warping ending Deterioration Soratching Wear Crecking Discoloration Solsure (19) Serie Oats Numbers of serve cata inthis text have folowing meanings: ‘Standards": Show mensions or performances: which brand-new parts or systams have. “Service Limie"s Indeste the vesble limita. If the massurement sows excessive Wear OF eterlorted performace, replace the daraged part,GENERAL INFORMATION 15 General Spcitications tems KRQ50.A1 Dimensions: — —_ _ vera length 2,095 mm, @ 2,035 em Overall wats 685 mm Overall heat 1.185 mm Wheelbase 1,360 mm Road clearance 130mm Seat height 780 mm Dry wright 1318 N (194 kal, 1,308 N (199 a) Curb ueight: Front 728 N 174 ka) Rear 824 (84 ka), @ 815 N (83 ka) Fuel tank capacity wow ming ability 2 Braking estance 128 m from 50min Minimum turning eos 26m “Engines — Type 2aoke, Zeylinder, rotary & reed vale (RRIS) CCooting system Lauie-cooted Bore and stroke 560x508 mm Diselacement | 2aamt Compresion ratio 70 Maximum horsepower Max, 35.3 ki (48 PS) @10,000 r/min (pen) Maximum torque 36.3 Nem (3.7 kgm, 268 felb) (28,000 eminem ‘carburetors, Mikuni VZBSS x 2 Ccarburaton syste Startingsyster Primary kick starter Ignition stam cor Timing advance Electronically acvanced Ianition timing 185° BTDC ©1300 ¢/min rom) Spork plug NOK B0EE foption 00C5),V6 GENERAL INFORMATION ome inder numbering method Ficing order Value timing Intec Open Clore Dustion Exhaust Open less Duration Seaenging pan Close Dustion Lubriation system Engine oi Type capacity “Drive Ten: Primary reduetion system: Type Reduction ato. Clutch type ‘Transmission Type Gar ratios: Ist 2nd 31a ‘th 5h en Final drive system: Type Reduction ratio ‘Transmission oi rade Capacity KR250.A1 Front rear, 12 2 120" BT 55" ATC 18 96" BBC 96° ABDC 192" 625° BBDC 625" ABDC 138 Ssuprlube (ol injection) 2troke oll for sir cooled engine 15k Gear 2,791 (67/24) Wee mutt ic ‘e-speed, constant mesh, return shit 2.642 (37/14) 1777 2118) 1318 (29/22) 1.088 (26/24) 0.961 (26/28) 0.888 (24/27) Chain drive 2.714 (8/14) 6.796 @Top sor SE clase ‘SAE 1020 or 10W40 1aGENERAL INFORMATION 17 ems KR250-81 Frame _ Type “Tubular, double eralefelurinu) caso rake ange a Teal 84mm Type Tubeless Sie 100/00-16 54 # Fear te: Type Tubeless Size 110/80-18 58 H Front suspension: Type | etesoni fork (pneumatic) Wiel travel 140mm Rear suspension | Type ‘Swingarm (un-rak) Whoo evel 100 mm Brake type Front Dus dice Rear Single cise Electrical Equipment: Battery 12V45 An Hesalight Type Series teem Bulb 12 60/55 W (quart-hlogen) Teilorake light 12V5/21W,@ 12 a/27W Aerator Type Thee phase AC Fetes outpot 11.5 A.28,000 rmin (rpm, 14 V Voltage regulatr: Type Shortcreit Specifications subject to change without notes, né may not apply to every country. @ + South Atviean Ms18 GENERAL INFORMATION Potodie Maintenance Chore ‘The maintenance must be done in accardance with tis chart to keep the motoreyele in good running concition. The initial maintenance is vitally Important and must not be neglected. —— whichever ODOMETER READING ~~ Frequency Z zg am = ie “a [Lotuten — adjust ‘rive chain wer —chosk F a Drive chai = ubate a Dive chain dlack che ‘300k Brae lining wear= check rm Bese fl evel —check mone eb Brake uid = change [a . Brake howe ana pipe — eno ye "Ani-sve bk plunger ubber ep, a (ring, nd ng ~ reps vert || | Brake masta eloder cup ana ast oa a 2 year ssl replace any [Gales waton eel anc durt ea replace [2 voor Storing = check f sepepete yee | Stenring sem bearing = Tabi [Zea * 157 Front fork ol = change ee “ire wear~ check + eee pe 0 Whos bearing = abTaae Ex! saz Spandereter p= ve a oa Swing arm BOE, nis nkaae * lubricate oda lt oatan®— change amex whose Raditar hose connectors —abeakt——| veer [=| [P+] f+ | 38] [etter secroivetovel = chase} ro ‘General Lsbretion— paform topes pete bebe Tis] Aut bolt and fstne’ighies = cece ep pep pe ee ‘For higher odometer readings, repeat atthe frequency interval eatablahed here 4 Replace, od, aojust, clan, e torque if necro,