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 motorcycle, 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
Chapter 2 of this Rider's Manual
will provide you with an initial
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overview of your motorcycle. All
maintenance and servicing work
on the vehicle is documented in
Chapter 11. This record of the
maintenance work you have had
performed on your vehicle is a
precondition for generous treatment of goodwill claims.
When the time comes to sell
your BMW, please remember
to hand over this Rider's Manual;
it is an important part of the motorcycle.
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General instructions
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.
OEOptional extras.
The vehicles are assembled complete with
all the BMW Motorrad
optional extras originally
ordered.
OAOptional accessories.
You can obtain
BMW Motorrad
optional accessories
through your authorised
BMW Motorrad dealer;
optional accessories
have to be retrofitted to
the vehicle.
Electronic immobiliser.
EWS
DWA
Anti-theft alarm (Diebstahlwarnanlage).
Anti-lock brake system.
ABS
ASCAutomatic Stability Con-
trol.
ESAElectronic Suspension
Adjustment.
Tyre pressure monitor-
RDC
ing.
Equipment
When you ordered your BMW
motorcycle, you chose various
items of custom equipment.
This Rider's Manual describes
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 motorcycle
might not be exactly as illustrated in this manual on account
of country-specific differences.
If your BMW 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 motorcycles
are maintained by constant
development work on designs,
equipment and accessories.
Because of this, your motorcycle
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.
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General views
General view, left side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
General view, right side . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7Service due (25)
8Values area (42)
9with on-board com-
OE
grips
Display showing chosen
level of grip heating
(47)
OE
puter
Stopwatch (43)
oring (RDC)
Tyre pressures (26)
perature (32)
OE
puter
Symbols explaining the
readings shown in the values area (23)
OE
10 Coolant temperature
display
11 – with on-board computer
(OE)
Gear indicator; "N" indicates neutral
12 Fuel level (25)
13 – with on-board computer
(OE)
Values area (42)
14 a warning is shown in the
values area (27)
15 Trip meter (42)
Meaning of symbols
with on-board computer
Distance travelled after fuel
down to reserve (25)
Average consumption
Average speed
Current consumption
Ambient temperature
(26)
OE
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Warning and telltale
3
lights
24
1ABS warning light (34)
2with Automatic Stability
Control (ASC)
ASC warning light (35)
3Warning light for fuel down
to reserve (25) (32)
4General warning light, in
combination with warnings
in the display (27)
5High-beam headlight tell-
tale light
6Telltale light for right turn
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indicators
7Telltale light for neutral
8Telltale light for left turn
indicators
NOTICE
The ABS symbol might differ,
depending on the specifics of
national regulations.
OE
Fuel level
Due to the complex shape of the
fuel tank, it is impossible to determine the fuel level when the
tank is approaching capacity. For
this reason, the fill-level indicator
only displays the bottom half of
the filling capacity in detail.
If the fill-level indicator reaches
the 1/2-mark 1, the fuel tank
is half-full. From then on, the
fill-level will be displayed more
precisely.
If the fuel reserve is reached, the
fuel warning light will come on.
Fuel reserve
The amount of fuel present in
the fuel tank when the fuel warning light is switched on is dependent on vehicle dynamics.
The more the fuel moves inside the tank (due to regularly
changing angles of heel, frequent braking and acceleration),
the more difficult it becomes to
determine the reserve volume.
For this reason, the fuel reserve
volume cannot be displayed exactly.
with on-board computer
After the fuel warning light
comes on, the distance that
has travelled since this time is
displayed.
The distance that can still be
travelled using the reserve
volume depends on the style of
driving (usage) and the amount
of fuel remaining at the time the
light came on.
OE
The odometer for the fuel reserve is reset when the amount
of fuel is greater than the reserve
volume.
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. The month and year are
displayed with two and four digits respectively, separated by a
colon. In the example, the display
represents “June 2014”.
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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 odo-
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meter 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 word "Service" remains permanently visible.
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 battery was disconnected for a prolonged period of
time.
If you want to have the date
set consult a specialist workshop, preferably an authorised
BMW Motorrad dealer.
Ambient temperature
with on-board computer
When the motorcycle is at
a standstill the heat of the
engine can falsify the ambienttemperature reading. If the effect
OE
of the engine's heat becomes excessive, -- temporarily appears
on the display.
If ambient temperature drops below 3 °C the temperature display
flashes to draw your attention
to the risk of black ice forming. The display automatically
switches from any other mode
to the temperature reading when
the temperature drops below this
threshold for the first time.
Tyre pressures
with tyre pressure monitoring
OE
(RDC)
If the critical value is close to the
limit of the permissible tolerance
range, the 'General' warning light
shows yellow. If the tyre pressure registered by the sensor is
outside the permissible tolerance
range, the 'General' warning light
flashes red.
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The tyre-pressure readings are
based on a reference tyre temperature of 20 °C. The front
tyre pressure is on the left 1;
the reading on the right 2 is the
rear tyre pressure. "-- --"
appears directly after the ignition is switched on, because
the sensors do not transmit tyre
pressures until the first time the
motorcycle accelerates to more
than 30 km/h.
If warning triangle 3 also
shows, the reading is a
warning. The critical pressure
flashes.
The detailed description of
BMW Motorrad RDC starts on
page (91).
Warnings
Mode of presentation
Warnings are indicated by the
corresponding warning lights.
Warnings that do not have warning lights of their own are indicated by 'general' warning light 1
showing in combination with a
text warning or a warning symbol
in the multifunction display. The
'General' warning light shows red
or yellow, depending on the urgency of the warning.
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A reading in values area 2
that constitutes a warning
is accompanied by warning
triangle 3. These warnings can
alternate with the odometer
readings (42).
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The status of the 'General' warning light matches the most urgent warning.
The possible warnings are listed
on the next page.
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