APRILIA rst mille futura Manual

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use and maintenance   RST mille Futura
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The instructions below must be followed
with the maximum care in order to avoid
any injury to persons and damage to prop-
erty and to the vehicle, caused by the fall-
ing of the rider or the passenger from the
vehicle  and/or the falling or overturning of
the vehicle itself.
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WARNING
Risk of falling and overturning.
Proceed with care.
The operations and movements required to
get on and off the vehicle must be per-
formed with complete freedom of move-
ment and with the hands free from obstruc-
tion caused by holding objects, the helmet,
gloves or glasses.
The vehicle is provided with two stands:
centre stand and side stand.
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CAUTION
Do not start the engine with the vehicle
positioned on the centre stand. Engag-
ing the gears may make you lose con-
trol of the vehicle.
Do not get on or let the passenger get
on the vehicle if this is positioned on
the centre stand.
It is forbidden to position the vehicle on
the centre stand while seated astride
the vehicle in riding position.
Get on and off the vehicle only from the left
side and always with extended side stand.
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CAUTION
Do not apply the load of your weight or
of the passenger’s weight onto the side
stand.
The stand has been designed to support
the weight of the vehicle and a minimum
load, without the rider and the passenger.
Getting on the vehicle into the riding posi-
tion with extended side stand is permitted
only for the purpose of preventing the vehi-
cle from falling or overturning and does not
envision the loading of the weight of the
rider and passenger onto the side stand.
While getting on and off, the weight of the
vehicle may cause an unbalance and the
consequent loss of equilibrium, and the ve-
hicle may fall or overturn.
NOTE 
The rider must always be the first
person to get on the vehicle and the last to
get off and it is the rider who controls the
balance and stability of the vehicle when
the passenger gets on and off.