BMW F 800 GT 2017 Owner's Manual
Rider's Manual (US Model)
F 800 GT
BMW Motorrad
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Welcome to BMW
Congratulations on choosing a
motorcycle from BMW Motorrad
and welcome to the community
of BMW motorcycle owners and
riders. Familiarize yourself with
your new motorcycle so that you
can ride it safely and confidently
in all highway 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
get the most benefit from your
BMW's advanced technical features.
In addition, it contains information
on maintenance and care to help
you maintain your motorcycle's
reliability and safety, as well as its
value.
Documentation confirming performance of scheduled maintenance is a precondition for generous handling of out-of-warranty
claims and goodwill warranty
treatment.
Should you want to sell your
BMW one day, please also remember to turn over the Ride's
Manual to the new owner. it is
an important part of your motorcycle.
Suggestions and complaints
If you have any questions concerning your motorcycle, your authorized BMW Motorrad retailer
is always happy to provide advice
and assistance.
We wish you many miles of safe
and enjoyable riding on your
BMW
BMW Motorrad.
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Table of Contents
1 General instructions . ... 5
Overview .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Abbreviations and
symbols .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Notice concerning current sta-
tus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2 Overviews . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. 9
General view, left side . . . . . . . 11
General view, right side . . . . . 13
Underneath seat . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Underneath the center fair-
ing panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Multifunction switch, left . . . . 16
Multifunction switch,
right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3 Displays . . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. 21
Indicator and warning
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . 23
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . 24
Onboard computer
display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Service display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Fuel gage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
4 Operation . .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. 39
Steering and ignition
lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Emergency on/off switch (kill
switch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Hazard warning lights sys-
tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Turn indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Stopwatch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Automatic Stability Control
(ASC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Electronic suspension ad-
justment (ESA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Riding mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Heated handlebar grips . . . . . 51
Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
5 Alarm system .. . .. .. . .. . 53
Overview .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Alarm function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Logging on additional re-
mote controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Synchronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
6 Setting .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. 63
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Spring preload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Damping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
7 Riding .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. . 69
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Observe checklist . . . . . . . . . . . 72
If there is a change in the
load status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Always before riding off . . . . . 72
At every third refueling
stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Starting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Shifting gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Parking your motorcycle . . . . 78
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Securing motorcycle for
transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
8 Technology in
detail .. . .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . 83
General instructions . . . . . . . . . 84
Antilock Brake System
(ABS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Automatic Stability Control
(ASC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Tire pressure control
(RDC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
9 Maintenance . . . .. .. .. . .. 89
General instructions . . . . . . . . . 90
Tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Service tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Front wheel stand . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Rear-wheel stand . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Coolant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Rims and tires. . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Light sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Fairings and panels . . . . . . . 113
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Diagnostic connector. . . . . . 120
10 Accessories . . .. .. .. . 121
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Onboard sockets . . . . . . . . . . 122
Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Topcase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
11 Care . . .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. . 129
Care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Washing your motorcy-
cle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Cleaning sensitive motorcy-
cle parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Paint care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Paint preservation . . . . . . . . . 132
Store motorcycle . . . . . . . . . . 132
Return motorcycle to
use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
12 Technical data . .. .. . 133
Troubleshooting chart . . . . . 134
Threaded fasteners . . . . . . . 135
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Rear-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . 139
Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Wheels and tires . . . . . . . . . . 140
Electrical system . . . . . . . . . . 141
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Performance data . . . . . . . . . 144
13 Service . . .. .. . .. .. .. .. 145
Reporting safety
defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
BMW Motorrad Service . . . 147
BMW Motorrad Mobility
Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Maintenance proce-
dures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Maintenance schedule . . . . 151
Confirmation of mainte-
nance work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Confirmation of service . . . . 167
14 Appendix . .. .. .. .. . .. . 169
Certificate for Electronic
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Certificate for Tire Pressure
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
15 Index . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 173
General instructions
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Abbreviations and symbols . . . . . . . . . . 6
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Notice concerning current status . . . . 7
1
5
z
General instructions
Overview
1
Chapter 2 of this Rider's Manual will provide you with an ini-
6
tial overview of your motorcycle.
All maintenance and repair work
carried out on your motorcycle
will be documented in Chapter
13. Documentation confirming performance of scheduled
maintenance is a precondition
for generous handling of out-ofwarranty claims and goodwill warranty treatment.
When the time comes to sell
your BMW, please remember
to hand over this Rider's Manual;
it is an important part of the mo-
z
General instructions
torcycle.
Abbreviations and symbols
CAUTION Hazard with
low risk. Failure to avoid
this hazard can result in minor or
moderate injury.
WARNING Hazard with
moderate risk. Failure to
avoid this hazard can result in
death or serious injury.
DANGER Hazard with high
risk. Failure to avoid this
hazard results in death or serious
injury.
ATTENTION Special in-
structions and precautionary measures. Non-compliance
can cause damage to the vehicle or accessories and warranty
claims may be denied as a result.
NOTICE Special informa-
tion on operating and inspecting your motorcycle as well
as maintenance and adjustment
procedures.
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 accessory or equipmentdependent information.
Tightening torque.
Technical data.
NV National-market version.
OE Optional extra.
BMW Motorrad optional
extras are already completely installed during
motorcycle production.
OA Optional accessory.
BMW Motorrad optional accessories can
be purchased and installed at your authorized BMW Motorrad
retailer.
Electronic immobilizer.
EWS
DWA
Anti-theft alarm.
ABS Anti-Lock Brake System.
ASC Automatic Stability Con-
trol.
ESA Electronic Suspension
Adjustment.
TPC Tire Pressure Control
(TPC/RDC).
Equipment
When you ordered your BMW
motorcycle, you chose various
items of custom equipment. This
Rider's Manual describes optional
equipment (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 motorcycle comes with
equipment not described here,
you can find the descriptions in a
separate manual.
Technical Data
All dimensions, weights and performance data contained this
Rider's Manual refer to the German DIN standards and comply
with their tolerance specifications.
Versions for individual countries
may differ.
Notice concerning current status
The outstanding levels of safety
and quality furnished by every
BMW motorcycle are the result
of ongoing advanced development focusing on continuous
improvement in design and engineering as well as equipment
and accessories. Because of
this, your motorcycle may differ
from the information supplied in
the Rider's Manual. In addition,
BMW Motorrad cannot guarantee
the total absence of errors. We
hope you will appreciate that no
claims can be entertained on the
basis of the data, illustrations or
descriptions in this manual.
1
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General instructions
1
8
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General instructions
Overviews
General view, left side. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
General view, right side . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Underneath seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Underneath the center fairing
panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Multifunction switch, left . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Multifunction switch, right . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2
9
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Overviews
2
10
z
Overviews
General view, left side
1 Headlamp range adjust-
ment (below instrument
cluster) ( 64)
2 Seat lock ( 52)
3 Oil fill location and oil dip-
stick ( 93)
4 Payload table (on steering
head at left)
2
11
z
Overviews
2
12
z
Overviews
General view, right side
1 Fuel filler cap ( 80)
2 Brake-fluid reservoir, front
( 97)
3 Vehicle identification num-
ber, type plate (on steering
head)
4 Coolant level indicator (be-
hind side fairing) ( 100)
5 Power socket ( 122)
6 without Electronic
Suspension Adjustment
OE
(ESA)
Adjusting spring preload at
rear wheel ( 66).
7 Brake-fluid reservoir, rear
( 98)
8 without Electronic
Suspension Adjustment
OE
(ESA)
Adjusting damping on rear
wheel ( 68).
2
13
z
Overviews
Underneath seat
2
1 Tools for adjusting spring
14
z
Overviews
preload ( 66)
2 Tool kit ( 90)
3 Rider's Manual (US Model)
4 Diagnostic connector
( 120)
5 Storage
with first-aid kit
Storing first-aid kit
6 Storage
with service tool set
Storing service tool kit
( 90)
OA
OA
Underneath the center fairing panel
1 Battery ( 115)
2 Storage
with tire repair kit
Storage space for tire repair set
3 Fuse ( 119).
4 Connector for optional ac-
cessories
OA
2
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Overviews
Multifunction switch,
2
left
16
1 High-beam headlight and
headlight flasher ( 42)
2 INFO button
Selecting display readings
( 44).
with onboard
computer
Resetting average data
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Overviews
( 45).
3 Hazard warning lights sys-
tem ( 43)
4 Turn indicators ( 43)
5 Horn
6 with Electronic
Suspension Adjustment
(ESA)
Viewing current setting
( 49).
7 with Automatic Stability
Control (ASC)
Switching the ASC function off ( 48).
OE
OE
OE
Multifunction switch, right
1 with heated grips
Operating heated grips
( 51).
2 MODE button
Setting riding mode
( 50).
3 Starter ( 72)
4 Emergency on/off switch
(kill switch) ( 42)
OE
2
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z
Overviews
Instrument panel
2
1 Indicator and warning lights
18
z
Overviews
( 22)
2 Speedometer
3 Button
Set clock ( 46).
with onboard
computer
Operating stopwatch
( 47).
4 Multifunction display
- without optional equipmentOE(standard) ( 23)
- with optional equipmentOE( 24)
5 Button
Selecting display readings
( 44).
Resetting the trip odometer ( 45).
OE
6 Photo sensor (brightness
control)
with onboard
computer
Activating the engine
speed warner ( 77).
with anti-theft alarm system (DWA)
DWA LED
General information on
DWA ( 54)
7 Tachometer
OE
OE
2
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z
Overviews
2
20
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Overviews
Displays
Indicator and warning lights . . . . . . . . . 22
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Onboard computer display . . . . . . . . . . 25
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Service display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Fuel gage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
3
21
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Displays
Indicator and warning
3
lights
22
1 with Automatic Stability
Control (ASC)
Switching the ASC function off ( 48).
2 ABS
3 Fuel reserve ( 38)
Fuel gage ( 29)
4 Turn indicator, right
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Displays
5 Neutral position (idling)
6 Turn indicator, left
7 High-beam headlamp
8 General warning light
( 25)
OE
Multifunction display
without heated grips
without onboard computer
without riding modes Pro
without Electronic Suspension
Adjustment (ESA)
1 Warning light for elec-
tronic engine management
( 30)
2 Clock ( 46)
3 Coolant-temperature warn-
ing indicator ( 29)
4 Service display ( 37)
5 Indication range for values
Odometer ( 44)
Trip odometer ( 45)
6 Fuel gage ( 37)
7 Riding modes ( 50)
8 Warning symbol ( 25)
9 Trip odometer ( 45)
OE
OE
OE
OE
3
23
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Displays
Multifunction display
3
with heated grips
with onboard computer
24
with riding modes Pro
with Electronic Suspension Adjustment (ESA)
1 Set heating stage of the
heated grips ( 51)
2 Stopwatch ( 46)
3 Displays for OE
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Displays
ESA ( 49)
Engine speed warner
( 77)
4 Onboard computer display
( 44)
Symbols ( 25)
5 Riding modes ( 50)
6 Gear indicator, "N" indi-
cates 'neutral'
OE
OE
OE
OE
Onboard computer display
with onboard computer
Mileage covered since
reaching the fuel reserve
( 38)
OE
Warning lights
Displays
Warnings are displayed with appropriate warning lights.
3
25
Average fuel consumption
Average speed
Current fuel consumption
Ambient temperature
( 31)
Coolant temperature
Warnings for which no separate
warning lamp is available are indicated by the 'universal' warning lamp 1 in conjunction with a
warning notice or a warning symbol in the multifunction display.
The universal warning light lights
up in either yellow or red depending on the urgency of the
warning.
Adjacent to the numerical data
display 2 a warning triangle 3
may also appear. These warnings appear in alternation with
the odometers ( 44).
The universal warning light lights
up for the most urgent warning.
You will find an overview of the
potential warnings on the following pages.
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Displays
Overview of warning indicators
3
Indicator and warning
26
lights
lights up yellow + "EWS" is indi-
lights up Fuel down to reserve ( 29)
Warning symbols in the
display panel
cated
Meaning
Electronic immobilizer is active ( 29)
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Displays
lights up red
lights up yellow appears on the
lights up red The engine symbol
lights up yellow + "LAMP" is indi-
flashes ABS self-diagnosis not completed.
flashes Coolant temperature too high ( 29)
display
is displayed
cated
"x.x °F" flashes
Engine in emergency-operation mode
( 30)
Engine warning ( 30)
Bulb defective ( 31)
Ice warning ( 31)
( 32)
Indicator and warning
lights
lights up
flashes rapidly ASC intervention ( 32)
Warning symbols in the
display panel
Meaning
ABS error ( 32)
3
27
flashes slowly ASC self-diagnosis not completed
lights up
lights up
lights up yellow + "DWA" is indi-
lights up yellow
flashes red + "x.x" flashes
cated
+ "x.x" flashes Tire pressure at the limits of the permis-
( 33)
ASC switched off ( 33)
ASC error ( 33)
DWA battery drained ( 33)
sible tolerance. ( 34)
Tire pressure is outside the approved
tolerance range ( 34)
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Displays
Indicator and warning
3
lights
28
z
Displays
lights up yellow + "" or
lights up yellow
Warning symbols in the
display panel
" " is
displayed
+ "RdC" is dis-
played.
+ "" or
" " is
displayed
Meaning
Sensor faulty or system fault ( 35)
Battery of the tire pressure sensor weak
( 35)
Transmission fault ( 35)
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