Honda 175 (1971), CL175 K5 (1971) Owner's Manual
HONDA
MOTOR
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175
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MODEL
K5
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ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
In
struments and
The instr uments, with the indi
incorpora
and
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mounted
within
above
CD
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Ind
icator Lamps
cator
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the
headlight
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eedometer
Odom
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beam indicato
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Tachometer
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ac
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hometer red
indicat
lamps
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case.
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beam
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amp (red
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amp (green)
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ind
icator
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ion
umu
high
neutral
lated.
beam.
position
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gnition
si
de under
Switch
the front e
switch
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of the fuel
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swi
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on
the left
tank
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iti
on
dot
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dot
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iti
on
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lamp (amber)
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range.
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it tachometer
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needle
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light circuit
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in
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id
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remo
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ti
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in
tail lights are not required.
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d
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is mou
nted
on the
ip swit
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red dot, is used f
ch housing.
by
the th
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g daylight hours when
positions are e
mpl
oyed
ow be;i
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oth
ving an
is for high beam. In
beam indicator
dlig
ht operates only when the
switch is in the
page
er vehicle. The " H"
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lamp light
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ignition switch
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rn
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button ® is
the he;i
motor wil
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ated directly
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~witch
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l cr;ink the engin
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e.
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signal switch @ is locate d on the
left handle
switch
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button © is
handle bar gr
below
th e turn signal switch.
ip swit
located on the le
ch housing
dir
ft
ectly
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