coolant YAMAHA YZF-R1 2014 Owners Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTSSAFETY INFORMATION.................. 1-1
DESCRIPTION .................................. 2-1
Left view ......................................... 2-1
Right view ....................................... 2-2
Controls and instruments ............... 2-3
INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL
FUNCTIONS ...................................... 3-1
Immobilizer system......................... 3-1
Main switch/steering lock............... 3-2
Indicator lights and warning lights............................................ 3-4
Multi-function meter unit ................ 3-8
D-mode (drive mode).................... 3-18
Handlebar switches ...................... 3-18
Clutch lever .................................. 3-20
Shift pedal .................................... 3-21
Brake lever.................................... 3-21
Brake pedal .................................. 3-22
Traction control system ................ 3-22
Fuel tank cap ................................ 3-24
Fuel ............................................... 3-25
Fuel tank breather hose and
overflow hose ............................ 3-26
Catalytic converter ....................... 3-27
Seats ............................................ 3-27
Helmet holder ............................... 3-29
Storage compartment .................. 3-29
Rider footrest position .................. 3-30
Rear view mirrors.......................... 3-30 Adjusting the front fork ................. 3-31
Adjusting the shock absorber
assembly.................................... 3-33
Luggage strap holders .................. 3-35
Sidestand ...................................... 3-35
Ignition circuit cut-off system ....... 3-36
FOR YOUR SAFETY –
PRE-OPERATION CHECKS ............. 4-1
OPERATION AND IMPORTANT
RIDING POINTS ................................ 5-1
Starting the engine .......................... 5-1
Shifting ............................................ 5-2
Tips for reducing fuel consumption ................................ 5-3
Engine break-in ............................... 5-3
Parking ............................................ 5-4
PERIODIC MAINTENANCE AND
ADJUSTMENT ................................... 6-1
Owner’s tool kit ............................... 6-2
Periodic maintenance chart for the emission control system .............. 6-3
General maintenance and lubrication chart ........................... 6-4
Removing and installing cowlings... 6-8
Checking the spark plugs ............. 6-10
Engine oil and oil filter cartridge.... 6-11
Coolant.......................................... 6-14
Air filter element ............................ 6-17 Checking the engine idling
speed ........................................ 6-17
Checking the throttle grip free play ............................................ 6-18
Valve clearance............................. 6-18
Tires .............................................. 6-18
Cast wheels .................................. 6-21
Adjusting the clutch lever free
play ............................................ 6-21
Checking the brake lever free play ............................................ 6-22
Brake light switches ..................... 6-23
Checking the front and rear brake pads .......................................... 6-23
Checking the brake fluid level ...... 6-24
Changing the brake fluid .............. 6-25
Drive chain slack........................... 6-25
Cleaning and lubricating the drive chain.......................................... 6-27
Checking and lubricating the
cables ........................................ 6-27
Checking and lubricating the throttle grip and cable ............... 6-28
Checking and lubricating the brake and shift pedals............... 6-28
Checking and lubricating the
brake and clutch levers ............. 6-29
Checking and lubricating the sidestand................................... 6-29
Lubricating the swingarm pivots......................................... 6-30U2SGE0E0.book Page 1 Wednesday, June 12, 2013 1:15 PM

DESCRIPTION
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Left view
1,2
3
4,5,6
13
12
11
10
7,8
9
1. Front fork spring preload adjusting bolt (page 3-31)
2. Front fork compression damping force adjusting screw (page 3-31)
3. Coolant reservoir (page 6-14)
4. Fuel injection system fuse (page 6-33)
5. Main fuse (page 6-33)
6. Fuse box (page 6-33)
7. Shock absorber assembly compression damping force adjusting bolt (for fast compression damping) (page 3-33) 8. Shock absorber assembly compression damping force adjusting bolt
(for slow compression damping) (page 3-33)
9. Shock absorber assembly spring preload adjusting screw (page 3-33)
10.Shock absorber assembly rebound damping force adjusting screw (page 3-33)
11.Engine oil drain bolt (page 6-11)
12.Coolant drain bolt (page 6-15)
13.Engine oil filter cartridge (page 6-11)
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Indicator lig hts and warning
lig hts
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Turn si gnal in dicator li ghts “ ”
an d“”
The corresponding indicator light
flashes when the turn signal switch is
pushed to the left or right.
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Neutral in dicator li ght “ ”
This indicator light comes on when the
transmission is in the neutral position.
EAU11081
Hi gh beam in dicator li ght “ ”
This indicator light comes on when the
high beam of the headlight is switched
on.
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Oil level warnin g lig ht “ ”
This warning light comes on if the en-
gine oil level is low.
The electrical circuit of the warning
light can be checked by turning the key
to “ON”. The warning light should
come on for a few seconds, and then
go off. If the warning light does not come on
initially when the key is turned to “ON”,
or if the warning light remains on, have
a Yamaha dealer check the electrical
circuit.
TIP
Even if the oil level is sufficient, the
warning light may flicker when rid-
ing on a slope or during sudden
acceleration or deceleration, but
this is not a malfunction.
 This model is also equipped with a
self-diagnosis device for the oil
level detection circuit. If a problem
is detected in the oil level detec-
tion circuit, the following cycle will
be repeated until the malfunction
is corrected: The oil level warning
light will flash ten times, then go
off for 2.5 seconds. If this occurs,
have a Yamaha dealer check the
vehicle.
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Fuel level warnin g li ght “ ”
This warning light comes on when the
fuel level drops below approximately
3.1 L (0.82 US gal, 0.68 Imp.gal). When
this occurs, refuel as soon as possible.
1. Shift timing indicator light
2. Engine trouble warning light “ ”
3. Oil level warning light “ ”
4. Coolant temperature warning light “ ”
5. Traction control system indicator/warning light “TCS”
6. Right turn signal indicator light “ ”
7. High beam indicator light “ ”
8. Neutral indicator light “ ”
9. Fuel level warning light “ ”
10.Left turn signal indicator light “ ”
11.Immobilizer system indicator light1 2
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3The electrical circuit of the warning
light can be checked by turning the key
to “ON”. The warning light should
come on for a few seconds, and then
go off.
If the warning light does not come on
initially when the key is turned to “ON”,
or if the warning light remains on, have
a Yamaha dealer check the electrical
circuit.
TIPThis model is also equipped with a self-
diagnosis device for the fuel level de-
tection circuit. If a problem is detected
in the fuel level detection circuit, the
following cycle will be repeated until
the malfunction is corrected: The fuel
level warning light will flash eight times,
and then go off for 3.0 seconds. If this
occurs, have a Yamaha dealer check
the vehicle.
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Coolant temperature warnin
g
li g ht “ ”
This warning light comes on if the en-
gine overheats. If this occurs, stop the
engine immediately and allow the en-
gine to cool. The electrical circuit of the warning
light can be checked by turning the key
to “ON”. The warning light should
come on for a few seconds, and then
go off.
If the warning light does not come on
initially when the key is turned to “ON”,
or if the warning light remains on, have
a Yamaha dealer check the electrical
circuit.
NOTICE
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Do not continue to operate the en-
g
ine if it is overheatin g.TIP For radiator-fan-equipped vehi-
cles, the radiator fan(s) automati-
cally switch on or off according to
the coolant temperature in the ra-
diator.
 If the engine overheats, see page
6-41 for further instructions.
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DisplayConditions What to do
Under 40 °C
(Under 104 °F) Message “Lo” is displayed. OK. Go ahead with riding.
40–116 °C
(104–242 °F) Coolant temperature is dis-
played.
OK. Go ahead with riding.
Above 116 °C
(Above 242 °F) Coolant temperature flash-
es.
Warning light comes on.Stop the vehicle and allow it to idle until
the coolant temperature goes down.
If the temperature does not go down,
stop the engine. (See page 6-41.)
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Immobilizer system in dicator li ght
The electrical circuit of the indicator
light can be checked by turning the key
to “ON”. The indicator light should
come on for a few seconds, and then
go off.
If the indicator light does not come on
initially when the key is turned to “ON”,
or if the indicator light remains on, have
a Yamaha dealer check the electrical
circuit.
When the key is turned to “OFF” and
30 seconds have passed, the indicator
light will start flashing indicating the im-
mobilizer system is enabled. After 24
hours have passed, the indicator light
will stop flashing, however the immobi-
lizer system is still enabled.
The self-diagnosis device also detects
problems in the immobilizer system
circuits. (See page 3-15 for an expla-
nation of the self-diagnosis device.)
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Multi-function meter unit
WARNING
EWA12423
Be sure to stop the vehicle before
makin g any settin g chan ges to the
multi-function meter unit. Chan gin g settin
gs while ri din g can d istract the
operator an d increase the risk of an
acci dent.
The multi-function meter unit is
equipped with the following:
 a speedometer
 a tachometer
 an odometer
 two tripmeters (which show the
distance traveled since they were
last set to zero)
 a fuel reserve tripmeter (which
shows the distance traveled since
the fuel level warning light came
on)
 a stopwatch
 a clock
 a coolant temperature display
 an air intake temperature display
 a transmission gear display
 a drive mode display (which
shows the selected drive mode)
 a fuel consumption display (in-
stantaneous and average con-
sumption functions)
 a traction control system mode
display (which shows the selected
traction control system mode)
1. “RESET” button
2. “SELECT” button
3. Tachometer
4. Shift timing indicator light
5. Traction control system mode display
6. Coolant temperature display/air intake tem-
perature display
7. Drive mode display
8. Speedometer
9. Odometer/tripmeter/fuel reserve tripme- ter/instantaneous fuel consumption dis-
play/average fuel consumption display
10.Clock/stopwatch
11.Transmission gear display2
1 3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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3
To display the stopwatch
To change the display to the stop-
watch mode, push the “SELECT” but-
ton and “RESET” button together. To
change the display back to the clock
mode, push the “SELECT” button and
“RESET” button together; however,
this is not possible when the stop-
watch is counting.
Standard measurement1. Push the “RESET” button to start
the stopwatch.
2. Push the “SELECT” button to stop the stopwatch.
3. Push the “SELECT” button again to reset the stopwatch.
Split time measurement1. Push the “RESET” button to start the stopwatch.
2. Push the start switch “ ” or “RE- SET” button to measure split
times. Split times are displayed on
the odometer display for five sec-
onds. 3. Push the start switch “ ” or “RE-
SET” button to display the final
split time or push the “SELECT”
button to stop the stopwatch and
display the final split time.
Split time history
The split time history displays up to 20
stored split times. The split time history
can be displayed either in reverse
chronological order or by speed. 1. Push the “SELECT” button for at least one second to select the re-
verse chronological order mode;
“L-20” displays on the stopwatch. Push the “SELECT” button again
to select the speed mode; “F-20”
displays on the stopwatch.
TIP
Reverse chronological order
mode: The split times are shown
from the latest to earliest (i.e., L1,
L2, L3, L4).
 Speed order mode: The split times
are shown from the fastest to
slowest (i.e., F1, F2, F3, F4).2. Push the “RESET” button. De-
pending on the selected split time,
“L1” or “F1” displays on the cool-
ant temperature display/air intake
temperature display, and its corre-
sponding stored split time dis-
plays on the stopwatch.
3. Push the “SELECT” button to switch the displayed split time in
ascending order (i.e., 1, 2, 3, 4),
and the “RESET” button to switch
the displayed split time in de-
scending order (i.e., 20, 19, 18,
17).
1. Coolant temperature display/air intake tem-perature display
2. Stopwatch
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3
“AVE_ _._ km/L”: The average dis-
tance that can be traveled on 1.0 L
of fuel is shown.
 “AVE_ _._ L/100 km”: The average
amount of fuel necessary to travel
100 km is shown.
 “AVE_ _._ MPG” (for the UK only):
The average distance that can be
traveled on 1.0 Imp.gal of fuel is
shown.
To switch between the average fuel
consumption displays, push the “SE-
LECT” button for one second when
one of the displays is shown.
To reset the average fuel consumption
display, select it by pushing the “SE-
LECT” button, and then push the “RE-
SET” button for at least one second.
TIPAfter resetting an average fuel con-
sumption display, “_ _._” is shown for
that display until the vehicle has trav-
eled 1 km (0.6 mi).
Transmission gear display
This display shows the selected gear.
The neutral position is indicated by “ ”
and by the neutral indicator light.
Drive mo de display This display indicates which drive
mode has been selected: “STD”, “A” or
“B”. For more details on the modes
and on how to select them, refer to
pages 3-18 and 3-20.
Coolant temperature
display
The coolant temperature display indi-
cates the temperature of the coolant.
TIPWhen the coolant temperature display
is selected, “C” is displayed for one
second, and then the coolant tempera-
ture is displayed.
1. Neutral indicator light “ ”
2. Transmission gear display
1. Drive mode display
211
1. Coolant temperature display
1
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NOTICE
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Do not continue to operate the en-
gine if it is overheatin g.Air intake temperature display
The air intake temperature display indi-
cates the temperature of the air drawn
into the air filter case. Turn the key to
“ON”, and push the “RESET” button to
switch the coolant temperature display
to the air intake temperature display.
Push the “RESET” button again to re-
turn to the coolant temperature dis-
play.
TIP Even if the air intake temperature
is set to be displayed, the coolant
temperature warning light comes
on if the engine overheats.
 When the key is turned to “ON”,
the coolant temperature is auto-
matically displayed, even if the air
intake temperature was displayed
prior to turning the key to “OFF”.
 When the air intake temperature
display is selected, “A” is dis-
played for one second, and then
“A” and the air intake temperature
are displayed.
Traction control system mo de dis-
play
This display indicates which traction
control system mode has been select-
ed. For more details on the modes and
on how to select them, refer to page
3-22.
1. Air intake temperature display
1
1. Traction control system mode display
1
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FOR YOUR SAFETY – PRE-OPERATION CHECKS
4-1
4
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Inspect your vehicle each time you use it to make sure the vehicle is in safe operating condition. Always follow the inspection
and maintenance procedures and schedules described in the Owner’s Manual.
WARNING
EWA11152
Failure to inspect or maintain the vehicle properly increases the possibility of an acci dent or equipment damag e.
Do not operate the vehicle if you fin d any pro blem. If a pro blem cannot be corrected b y the proce dures provi ded in
this manual, have the vehicle inspecte d b y a Yamaha dealer.Before using this vehicle, check the following points:
ITEM CHECKS PAGE
Fuel • Check fuel level in fuel tank.
• Refuel if necessary.
• Check fuel line for leakage.
• Check fuel tank breather hose and overflow hose for obstructions, cracks or
damage, and check hose connections. 3-25, 3-26
En gine oil • Check oil level in engine.
• If necessary, add recommended oil to specified level.
• Check vehicle for oil leakage. 6-11
Coolant • Check coolant level in reservoir.
• If necessary, add recommended coolant to specified level.
• Check cooling system for leakage. 6-14
Front brake • Check operation.
• If soft or spongy, have Yamaha dealer bleed hydraulic system.
• Check brake pads for wear.
• Replace if necessary.
• Check fluid level in reservoir.
• If necessary, add specified brake fluid to specified level.
• Check hydraulic system for leakage. 6-23, 6-24
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