BMW C Evolution 2014 Owner's Manual
Rider's Manual
C evolution
BMW Motorrad
The Ultimate
Riding Machine
Vehicle data/dealership details
Vehicle data
Model
Vehicle Identification Number
Colour code
Date of first registration
Registration number
Dealership details
Person to contact in Service department
Ms/Mr
Phone number
Dealership address/phone number (company stamp)
Welcome to BMW
We congratulate you on
your choice of a vehicle from
BMW Motorrad and welcome
you to the community of BMW
riders. Familiarise yourself with
your new vehicle so that you can
ride it safely and confidently in all
traffic situations.
About this Rider's Manual
Please read this Rider's Manual
carefully before starting to use
your new BMW. It contains important information on how to
operate the controls and how to
make the best possible use of all
your BMW's technical features.
In addition, it contains information on maintenance and care to
help you maintain your vehicle's
reliability and safety, as well as its
value.
Suggestions and criticism
If you have questions concerning
your E-Scooter, your authorised
BMW Motorrad dealer will gladly
provide advice and assistance.
We hope you will enjoy riding
your BMW and that all your journeys will be pleasant and safe
BMW Motorrad.
01 41 8 563 791
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Table of Contents
1 General instructions ... . 5
About this Rider's Manual . . . . 6
Abbreviations and
symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Actuality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2 General views . .. .. .. .. .. . 9
General view, left side . . . . . . . 11
General view, right side . . . . . 13
Multifunction switch, left . . . . 14
Multifunction switch,
right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Underneath the seat . . . . . . . . 17
3 Status indicators ... .. .. 19
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . 20
Warning and telltale
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Expert menu (part 1) . . . . . . . . 24
Expert menu (part 2) . . . . . . . . 25
Service-due indicator . . . . . . . . 26
Ambient temperature. . . . . . . . 26
Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4 Operation . .. . .. .. .. .. .. . . 39
Ignition switch/steering
lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Lock the handlebars . . . . . . . . 40
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Expert menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Reverser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Turn indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Hazard warning flashers . . . . . 50
Emergency off switch (kill
switch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Heated handlebar grips . . . . . 51
Stowage compartments . . . . . 52
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
5 Adjustment .. .. .. .. . .. .. . 55
Spring preload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
6 BMW ePOWER . . .. .. .. .. 59
Principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
General instructions . . . . . . . . . 60
Charging cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Charging process . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Making efficient use of the
ePOWER gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Setting riding mode . . . . . . . . . 68
Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
7 Riding .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. . 71
Safety instructions .. . . . . . . . . 72
Comply with checklist . . . . . . . 73
Starting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
E-Scooter Parking . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Securing E-Scooter for
transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
8 Engineering details . .. . . 83
Riding mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Brake system with
BMW Motorrad ABS . . . . . . . . 84
Torque Control Assist
(TCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
9 Maintenance . . . .. .. . .. .. 89
General instructions . . . . . . . . . 90
Standard toolkit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Coolant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Rims and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Body panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
10 Accessories . . . .. .. .. 105
General instructions . . . . . . . 106
Power sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Topcase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
11 Care . . .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. . 111
Care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . 112
Cleaning easily damaged
components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Paint care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Lay up the E-Scooter . . . . . 114
Protective wax coating . . . . 114
Restore the E-Scooter to
use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
12 Technical data . . . .. . 115
Troubleshooting chart . . . . . 116
Threaded fasteners . . . . . . . 117
Status indicators for the
charging cable (house symbol / current reading / car
symbol) and what they
mean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Rear-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . 120
Running gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . 122
Electrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Dimensions .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Riding specifications . . . . . . 127
13 Service . . .. . .. .. .. .. .. 129
Recycling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
BMW Motorrad Service . . . 130
BMW Motorrad Mobility
services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Maintenance work . . . . . . . . . 130
Maintenance schedule . . . . 133
Standard BMW service . . . . 134
Confirmation of mainten-
ance work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Confirmation of service . . . . 140
14 Certificate . . . .. .. .. .. 143
BMW C evolution Battery Certificate for the highvoltage battery services
and conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
15 Index . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 146
General instructions
About this Rider's Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Abbreviations and symbols . . . . . . . . . . 6
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Actuality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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About this Rider's
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Manual
6
Be sure to read this Rider's
Manual carefully before starting
to use your new E-Scooter. It
contains important information on
how to operate the controls and
how to make the best possible
use of all your E-Scooter's
technical features.
In addition, it contains information on maintenance and care to
help you maintain your vehicle's
reliability and safety, as well as its
value.
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Overview
Chapter 2 of this Rider's Manual
will provide you with an initial
overview of your E-Scooter. All
maintenance and repair work
on the vehicle is documented
in Chapter 13. This record of the
maintenance work you have had
performed on your vehicle is a
precondition for generous treatment of goodwill claims.
Sale of the E-Scooter
If the time comes to sell your
E-Scooter, please remember to
hand over this Rider's Manual
to the new owner. The Rider's
Manual is an important part of
your vehicle.
High-voltage system of your
E-Scooter
Your E-Scooter is an electric
vehicle. The vehicle has a highvoltage system, two components
of which are an electrical machine and a high-voltage battery
unit.
Warning stickers on vehicle
components
Warning stickers on vehicle components draw your attention to
the fact that incorrect use of the
high-voltage technology or highvoltage components entails the
risk of life-threatening injury due
to electric shock.
Abbreviations and symbols
CAUTION Low-risk hazard.
Non-avoidance can lead to
slight or moderate injury.
WARNING Medium-risk
hazard. Non-avoidance can
lead to fatal or severe injury.
DANGER High-risk hazard. Non-avoidance leads
to fatal or severe injury.
ATTENTION Special
notes and precautionary
measures. Non-compliance can
lead to damage to the vehicle or
accessory and, consequently, to
voiding of the warranty.
NOTICE Specific instruc-
tions on how to operate,
control, adjust or look after items
of equipment on the vehicle.
Indicates the end of an
item of information.
Instruction.
Result of an activity.
Reference to a page with
more detailed information.
Indicates the end of a
passage relating to specific accessories or items
of equipment.
Tightening torque.
Technical data.
OE Optional extras.
The vehicles are assembled complete with
all the BMW Motorrad
optional extras originally
ordered.
OA Optional accessories.
You can obtain
BMW Motorrad
optional accessories
through your authorised
BMW Motorrad dealer;
optional accessories
have to be retrofitted to
the vehicle.
Anti-lock brake system.
ABS
DWA
Anti-theft alarm (Diebstahlwarnanlage).
Electronic immobiliser.
EWS
IC-
(In Cabel Control and
CPD
Protecting Device) Electronics module between
infrastructure and electric vehicle to increase
protection level and control the charging procedure.
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Regenerative brake sys-
RBS
1
8
tem (brake system with
energy recovery).
TCA Torque Control Assist.
Equipment
When you ordered your EScooter, you chose various
items of custom equipment.
This Rider's Manual describes
the optional extras (OE) offered
by BMW and selected optional
accessories (OA). This explains
why the manual may also contain
descriptions of equipment which
you have not ordered. Please
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note, too, that your vehicle might
not be exactly as illustrated
in this manual on account of
country-specific differences.
If your E-Scooter was supplied
with equipment not described
in this Rider's Manual, you will
find these features described in
separate manuals.
Technical data
All dimensions, weights and
power ratings stated in the
Rider's Manual are quoted to the
standards and comply with the
tolerance requirements of the
Deutsches Institut für Normung
e.V. (DIN). Versions for individual
countries may differ.
Actuality
The high safety and quality
standards of BMW E-Scooters
are maintained by constant
development work on designs,
equipment and accessories.
Because of this, your vehicle
may differ from the information
supplied in the Rider's Manual.
Nor can BMW Motorrad entirely
rule out errors and omissions.
We hope you will appreciate that
no claims can be entertained on
the basis of the data, illustrations
or descriptions in this manual.
General views
General view, left side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
General view, right side . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Multifunction switch, left . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Multifunction switch, right . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Underneath the seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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General view, left side
1 Brake-fluid reservoir for the
rear-wheel brake ( 94)
2 Helmet compartment
( 53) ( 53)
3 Spring preload ( 56)
4 Charging socket ( 64)
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General view, right side
1 Brake-fluid reservoir for the
front-wheel brake ( 93)
2 Vehicle identification num-
ber (VIN) (steering-head
bearing, top right)
3 Type plate (front panel car-
rier, inside, right side)
4 12 V battery (behind side
panel) ( 102)
Fuses (behind side panel)
( 100)
5 12 V socket (right stowage
compartment) ( 106)
2
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Multifunction switch,
2
left
14
1 High-beam headlight and
headlight flasher ( 48)
2 Hazard warning flashers
( 50)
3 Using reverser ( 46).
4 Turn indicators ( 50)
5 Horn
6 On-board computer
( 41)
7 TRIP, operation of the trip-
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meter ( 41)
8 daytime driving lights
( 48)
Multifunction switch, right
1 with heated handlebar
2 Riding mode ( 68)
3 Emergency off switch (kill
4 Starter button ( 76)
OE
grips
Heated handlebar grips
( 51)
switch) ( 51)
2
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Cockpit
2
1 Warning and telltale lights
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General views
( 21)
2 Multifunction display
( 20)
3 Stowage compartments
( 52)
Charging socket (left)
( 106)
12 V socket and Rider's
Manual (right stowage
compartment) ( 106)
4 Ignition switch/steering lock
( 40)
Underneath the seat
1 Toolkit ( 90)
2 Payload table
3 Table of tyre pressures
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Status indicators
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Warning and telltale lights . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Expert menu (part 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Expert menu (part 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Service-due indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Ambient temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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Multifunction display
3
1 Warnings ( 27)
2 Drive gauge ( 67)
20
3 Automatic daytime riding
light ( 48)
4 Charge-status indicator
( 69)
5 Riding mode ( 68)
6 Total distance
7 with heated handlebar
8 Outside temperature warn-
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9 Top: distance information
OE
grips
Heated handlebar grips
( 51)
ing
and Setup menu ( 44)
Bottom: On-board computer ( 41)
Warning and telltale lights
1 Telltale light for left turn
indicators ( 50)
2 General warning light
( 27)
3 High-beam headlight
( 48)
4 Daytime riding light
( 48)
5 Reserve (flashes yellow
during charging and
shows green when highvoltage battery unit is fully
charged)
6 with alarm system
DWA ( 42)
Photosensor ( 44)
7 Insulation fault (shows yel-
low) ( 32)
High-voltage safety
connector not connected
(shows red) ( 32)
(DWA)
OE
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8 RBS ( 33)
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TCA ( 33)
9 ABS ( 33)
10 Telltale light for right turn
indicators ( 50)
Setup menu
1 with alarm system
Using anti-theft alarm
( 42).
2 Using automatic daytime
riding light ( 48).
3 Setting time ( 43).
4 Setting the date ( 43).
5 Adjust the display bright-
ness ( 44).
6 Calling up Expert menu
( 44).
(DWA)
OE
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Expert menu (part 1)
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You can switch certain
functions on/off and
change formats/units of
measure in the Expert
menu.
1 Ambient temperature
2 Time
3 Date
4 Average speed
5 Average consumption
6 Current consumption
7 Overall consumption
8 Energy recovery
9 Extended range
10 Ecology points
11 High voltage level
12 On-board voltage
Expert menu (part 2)
1 Operating hours
2 Time riding at speed of at
least 10 km/h
3 Clock format
4 Date format
5 Unit for distance
6 Unit for temperature
7 Reset
(Restore the factory defaults)
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Service-due indicator
3
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is accompanied by the 'general'
warning light showing yellow.
The warning symbol for
service shows along with
the 'general' warning light. The
service symbol remains permanently visible in accordance with
priority.
If the next service is due in less
than one month, the date for the
next service 1 is shown briefly
after the Pre-Ride-Check completes. In this example the read-
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ing means "April 20, 2015".
If the vehicle covers long distances in the course of the year,
under certain circumstances it
might be necessary to have it
serviced at a date in advance of
the forecast due date. When the
countdown distance to the odometer reading at which a service
is due drops below 1000 km,
the distance is counted down in
steps of 100 km 1 and is shown
briefly after the Pre-Ride-Check
completes.
If service is overdue, the
due date or the odometer
reading at which service was due
NOTICE
If the service-due indicator appears more than a month before the service date, the date
saved in the instrument cluster
must be adjusted. This situation
can occur if the 12 V battery was
disconnected.
Ambient temperature
If ambient temperature
drops below 3 °C the temperature reading in the multifunction display flashes to draw your
attention to the risk of black ice
forming. The display automat-
ically switches from any other
mode to the temperature reading when the temperature drops
below this threshold for the first
time.
Warnings
Mode of presentation
Warnings are indicated by the
corresponding warning lights.
Warnings for which there is no
dedicated warning light are indicated by 'General' warning light 1
showing in combination with up
to three warning symbols at po-
sition 2 appearing in succession
from right to left. These warning
symbols appear in their order of
priority. The highest priority is on
the right. The 'general' warning
light shows red or yellow, depending on the urgency of the
warning.
If multiple warnings are active at
the same time the three highestpriority warnings are shown.
The possible warnings are listed
on the next pages.
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Warnings, overview
3
Warning and telltale
28
lights
lights up yellow appears on the
lights up red appears on the
lights up yellow appears on the
lights up red appears on the
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lights up yellow appears on the
lights up red appears on the
lights up yellow
lights up red
Warning symbols in the
display
display
display
display
display
display
display
Meaning
Electronic immobiliser active ( 31)
Serious fault in high-voltage battery unit
( 31)
Fault in high-voltage battery unit ( 31)
Charging cable connected with operational readiness switched on ( 31)
Electric drive in emergency operating
mode ( 32)
Fault in electric drive ( 32)
Insulation fault in the high-voltage section ( 32)
High-voltage safety connector not connected ( 32)
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