BMW C Evolution 2014 Owner's Manual

BMW Motorrad

The Ultimate

Riding Machine

Rider's Manual

Cevolution

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.

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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 sym-

bol / 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 Bat-

tery 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 Manual

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.

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	Reference to a page with
	hazard. Non-avoidance can	more detailed informa-
	lead to fatal or severe injury.	tion.
	DANGER High-risk haz-	Indicates the end of a
	ard. Non-avoidance leads
		passage relating to spe-
	to fatal or severe injury.
		cific accessories or items
	ATTENTION Special
		of equipment.

	notes and precautionary
	measures. Non-compliance can		Tightening torque.
	lead to damage to the vehicle or
	accessory and, consequently, to		Technical data.
	voiding of the warranty.
	NOTICE Specific instruc-
	tions on how to operate,	OE	Optional extras.
	control, adjust or look after items
			The vehicles are as-
	of equipment on the vehicle.
			sembled complete with
	Indicates the end of an		all the BMW Motorrad
	item of information.		optional extras originally
	Instruction.		ordered.
	Result of an activity.

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.
ABS	Anti-lock brake system.
DWA	Anti-theft alarm (Dieb-
	stahlwarnanlage).
EWS	Electronic immobiliser.
IC-	(In Cabel Control and
CPD	Protecting Device) Elec-
	tronics module between
	infrastructure and elec-
	tric vehicle to increase
	protection level and con-
	trol the charging proced-
	ure.

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RBS	Regenerative brake sys-
	tem (brake system with
	energy recovery).
TCA	Torque Control Assist.

Equipment

When you ordered your E- Scooter, 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 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

1Brake-fluid reservoir for the rear-wheel brake ( 94)

2Helmet compartment ( 53) ( 53)

3Spring preload ( 56)

4Charging socket ( 64)

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General view, right side

1Brake-fluid reservoir for the front-wheel brake ( 93)

2Vehicle identification number (VIN) (steering-head bearing, top right)

3Type plate (front panel carrier, inside, right side)

412 V battery (behind side panel) ( 102)

Fuses (behind side panel) ( 100)

512 V socket (right stowage compartment) ( 106)

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Multifunction switch, left

1High-beam headlight and headlight flasher ( 48)

2Hazard warning flashers ( 50)

3Using reverser ( 46).

4Turn indicators ( 50)

5Horn

6On-board computer ( 41)

7TRIP, operation of the tripmeter ( 41)

8daytime driving lights ( 48)

Multifunction switch, right

1with heated handlebar gripsOE

Heated handlebar grips ( 51)

2Riding mode ( 68)

3Emergency off switch (kill switch) ( 51)

4Starter button ( 76)

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Cockpit

1Warning and telltale lights ( 21)

2Multifunction display ( 20)

3Stowage compartments ( 52)

Charging socket (left) ( 106)

12 V socket and Rider's Manual (right stowage compartment) ( 106)

4Ignition switch/steering lock ( 40)

Underneath the seat			2
1	Toolkit ( 90)
2	Payload table	17
3	Table of tyre pressures
		General views

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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

1Warnings ( 27)

2Drive gauge ( 67)

3Automatic daytime riding light ( 48)

4Charge-status indicator ( 69)

5Riding mode ( 68)

6Total distance

7with heated handlebar gripsOE

Heated handlebar grips ( 51)

8Outside temperature warning

9Top: distance information

and Setup menu ( 44) Bottom: On-board computer ( 41)

Warning and telltale lights

1Telltale light for left turn indicators ( 50)

2General warning light ( 27)

3High-beam headlight ( 48)

4Daytime riding light ( 48)

5Reserve (flashes yellow during charging and shows green when highvoltage battery unit is fully charged)

6with alarm system (DWA)OE

DWA ( 42)

Photosensor ( 44)

7Insulation fault (shows yellow) ( 32)

High-voltage safety connector not connected (shows red) ( 32)

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8RBS ( 33) TCA ( 33)

9ABS ( 33)

10Telltale light for right turn indicators ( 50)

Status indicators

Setup menu

1with alarm system (DWA)OE

Using anti-theft alarm ( 42).

2Using automatic daytime riding light ( 48).

3Setting time ( 43).

4Setting the date ( 43).

5Adjust the display brightness ( 44).

6Calling up Expert menu ( 44).

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Expert menu (part 1)

You can switch certain functions on/off and change formats/units of measure in the Expert menu.

1Ambient temperature

2Time

3Date

4Average speed

5Average consumption

6Current consumption

7Overall consumption

8Energy recovery

9Extended range

10Ecology points

11High voltage level

12On-board voltage

Expert menu (part 2)

1Operating hours

2Time riding at speed of at least 10 km/h

3Clock format

4Date format

5Unit for distance

6Unit for temperature

7Reset

(Restore the factory defaults)

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Service-due indicator

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 reading 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

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.

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 tem-

perature 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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Status indicators

Warnings, overview
Warning and telltale	Warning symbols in the	Meaning
lights	display
lights up yellow	appears on the	Electronic immobiliser active ( 31)
	display
lights up red	appears on the	Serious fault in high-voltage battery unit
	display	( 31)
lights up yellow	appears on the	Fault in high-voltage battery unit ( 31)
	display
lights up red	appears on the	Charging cable connected with opera-
	display	tional readiness switched on ( 31)
lights up yellow	appears on the	Electric drive in emergency operating
	display	mode ( 32)
lights up red	appears on the	Fault in electric drive ( 32)
	display
lights up yellow		Insulation fault in the high-voltage sec-
		tion ( 32)
lights up red		High-voltage safety connector not con-
		nected ( 32)