BMW K 1200 S 5th 2007 Owner's manual

Rider's Manual

K 1200 S

BMW Motorrad

The Ultimate Riding

Machine

Motorcycle data/dealership details

Motorcycle 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 motorcycle from
BMW and welcome you to the
community of BMW riders.
Familiarise yourself with your new
motorcycle so that you can ride it
safely and confidently in all traffic
situations.
Please read this Rider's Manual
carefully before starting to use
your new BMW motorcycle. 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 motorcycle's
reliability and safety, as well as its
value.
If you have questions concerning
your motorcycle, your authorised

BMW Motorrad dealer will gladly
provide advice and assistance.

We hope that you will enjoy rid­ing your BMW and that all your
journeys will be pleasant and
safe.

BMW Motorrad.

Table of Contents

You can also consult the index at
the end of this Rider's Manual if
you want to find a particular topic
or item of information.

1 General instructions . .. .. 5

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Abbreviations and symbols . . . . 6

Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 General views . .. ... .. .. .. . 9

General view, left side . . . . . . . . 11

General view, right side . . . . . . 13

Underneath the seat . . . . . . . . . 14

Handlebar fitting, left . . . . . . . . . 15

Handlebar fitting, right . . . . . . . . 16

Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

3 Status indicators . .. .. .. 19

Standard status

indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Status indicators with on­board computer

OE

........... 21

Status indicators with
tyre-pressure monitoring

OE

(RDC)

...................... 22

Standard warnings . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Warnings issued by the on­board computer

ABS warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

ASC warnings
RDC warnings
Anti-theft alarm
warnings

OE

........... 27

OE

............. 31

OE

............. 33

OE

................... 38

4 Operation .. .. .. .. ... .. .. . 41

Ignition switch and steering

lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . 43

Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Odometer and tripmeters . . . . 45

On-board computer

OE

....... 47

Tyre pressure monitoring

RDCOE....................... 51

Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Turn indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Hazard warning flashers . . . . . . 53

Emergency off switch (kill

switch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Grip heating
Automatic Stability Control
ASC

OE

............... 55

OE

....................... 55

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Spring preload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Damping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Electronic Suspension Ad­justment ESA

OE

............. 59

Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Helmet holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Luggage loops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

5 Riding . .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. .. 67

Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Starting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Parking your motorcycle . . . . . 75

Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

6 Engineering details .. .. . 79

Brake system with BMW Mo-

torrad Integral ABS . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Electronic engine manage­ment with BMW Motorrad

OE

ASC

....................... 82

Tyre pressure monitoring

OE

RDC

....................... 84

7 Accessories . .. . .. ... .. .. 87

General instructions . . . . . . . . . . 88

Power socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

OA

Case
Breakdown assistance
kit

...................... 90

OA

......................... 93

8 Maintenance . .. .. ... .. .. 95

General instructions . . . . . . . . . . 96

Toolkit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Brake system, general . . . . . . . . 99

Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Front-wheel stand . . . . . . . . . . 113

Rear-wheel stand . . . . . . . . . . 114

Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

9 Care . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. . 131

Care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Washing motorcycle . . . . . . . . 132

Cleaning easily damaged

components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Paint care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Protective wax coating . . . . . 134

Laying up motorcycle . . . . . . 134

Restoring motorcycle to

use......................... 134

10 Technical data . .. ... . 135

Troubleshooting chart . . . . . . 136

Threaded fasteners . . . . . . . . 137

Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Rear-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Running gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Electrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Riding specifications . . . . . . . 147

11 Service . .. .. .. .. ... .. .. 149

BMW Motorrad service . . . . . 150

BMW Motorrad service

quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

BMW Motorrad Service
Card: on-the-spot break-

down assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 150

BMW Motorrad service net-

work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Maintenance work . . . . . . . . . . 151

Confirmation of mainten-

ance work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Confirmation of service . . . . . 157

General instructions

Overview ............................. 6

Abbreviations and symbols ........... 6

Equipment ............................ 7

Technical data ........................ 7

Currency .............................. 7

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General instructions

Overview

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Chapter 2 of this Rider's Manu­al will provide you with an initial

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overview of your motorcycle. All
maintenance and repair work on
the motorcycle is documented in
Chapter 11. This record of the
maintenance work you have had
performed on your motorcycle 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

Indicates warnings that you

must comply with for reas­ons of your safety and the safety
of others, and to protect your
motorcycle against damage.

Specific instructions on

how to operate, control, ad­just or look after items of equip­ment on the motorcycle.

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.

Item of technical data.

OE Optional extra

The motorcycles are as­sembled complete with
all the BMW optional ex­tras originally ordered.

OA Optional accessory

You can obtain option­al accessories through
your authorised BMW
Motorrad dealer; optional
accessories have to be
retrofitted to the motor­cycle.

Electronic immobiliser

EWS

(Elektronische Wegfahr­sicherung).

DWA

Anti-theft alarm (Diebs­tahlwarnanlage)

Anti-lock brake system

ABS

ASC Automatic Stability Con-

trol.

ESA Electronic Suspension

Adjustment
Electronic Suspension
Adjustment.

Tyre pressure control

RDC

(ReifenDruck-Control)

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
Deutsche Institut für Normung
e.V. Versions for individual
countries may differ.

Currency

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 instructions

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General instructions

General views

General view, left side................ 11

General view, right side . . ............ 13

Underneath the seat ................. 14

Handlebar fitting, left ................. 15

Handlebar fitting, right . . . ............ 16

Instrument cluster ................... 17

Headlight ............................ 18

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General views

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General views

General view, left side

1 Adjuster for headlight beam

throw (underneath the in­strument cluster) ( 63)

2 Clutch-fluid reservoir

( 103)

3 Adjuster for spring preload,

rear ( 58)

4 Seat lock (underneath the

rear light) ( 63)

5 Adjuster for damping char-

acteristic, rear suspension
( 59)

6 Power socket ( 88)

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General views

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General views

General view, right side

1 Engine oil level indicator

( 97)

2 Fuel filler neck ( 77)
3 Battery compartment

( 128)

4 Brake-fluid reservoir, front

( 100)

5 Type plate (on rear cross-

tube)

6 Vehicle identification num-

ber (on side panel, front
right)

7 Brake-fluid reservoir, rear

( 102)

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General views

Underneath the seat

2

1 Helmet holder ( 65)
2 Toolkit ( 96)

14

3 Engine-oil filler neck

( 98)

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General views

Handlebar fitting, left

1 Operating the odometer

( 45), Operating the on­board computer

2 Operating ASC
3 Operating the ESA

( 59)

4 Horn
5 Flashing turn indicators,

left ( 53), Hazard warn­ing flashers ( 53)

6 High-beam headlight and

headlight flasher ( 52)

OE

OE

( 47)

( 55)

OE

2

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General views

Handlebar fitting, right

2

1 Emergency off switch (kill

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switch) ( 54)

2 Starter button ( 70)
3 Grip heating
4 Flashing turn indicators,

right ( 53), Hazard warn­ing flashers ( 53)

5 Cancel button, flashing turn

indicators ( 53), Pushbut­ton, cancel hazard warning
flashers ( 54)

OE

General views

( 55)

Instrument cluster

1 Rev. counter
2 Speedometer
3 Telltale lights ( 20)
4 Multifunction display

( 20)

5 Telltale light, anti-theft alarm

(OE) and sensor for instru­ment lighting

6 Select readings ( 45)

Reset the tripmeter ( 46)
Set the clock ( 44)

The instrument-cluster
lighting has automatic day

and night switchover.

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General views

Headlight

2

1 High-beam headlight
2 Low-beam headlight

18

3 Side light

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General views

Status indicators

Standard status indicators ........... 20

Status indicators with on-board com-

puterOE.............................. 21

Status indicators with tyre-pressure
monitoring (RDC)

Standard warnings ................... 22

Warnings issued by the on-board

computerOE......................... 27

ABS warnings ....................... 29

ASC warnings

RDC warningsOE.................... 33

Anti-theft alarm warningsOE......... 38

OE

................. 22

OE

..................... 31

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Status indicators

Standard status

3

indicators

20

Multifunction display

1 Clock ( 44)
2 Gear ( 20)

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Status indicators

3 Coolant temperature

( 20)

4 Odometer and tripmeters

( 45)

5 Fuel capacity ( 20)

Telltale lights

1 Flashing turn indicators, left
2 High-beam headlight
3 Idle
4 Flashing turn indicators,

right

Fuel capacity

The horizontal bars below

the fuel-pump symbol in­dicate the remaining quantity of
fuel.
When the fuel in the tank is
topped up the gauge briefly
shows the original level, before
the reading is updated.

Gear

The gear engaged or N

for neutral appears on the

display.

If no gear is engaged, the
'neutral' telltale light also

lights up.

Coolant temperature

The horizontal bars below
the temperature symbol

indicate the coolant temperature.

Service-due indicator

If the next service is due in less
than one month, the date for the

next service is shown briefly after
the Pre-Ride Check completes.
Month and year are both shown
as two-digit numbers with a line
as separator, so in this example
the next service is due in March

2007.

If the motorcycle 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. If the
countdown distance to the odo­meter reading at which a service
will be due is less than 1000 km,

the distance is counted down in
steps of 100 km and is shown
briefly after the Pre-Ride Check
completes.

If service is overdue, the date or
the odometer reading is accom­panied by the 'General' warning
light showing yellow. The word
"Service" remains permanently
visible.

If the service-due indicat-

or appears more than a
month in advance of the actual
due date or if the word "Service"
does not show permanently even
though a service is overdue, the
date stored in memory in the in­strument cluster is incorrect and
must be set. 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.

Status indicators with
on-board computer

1 Status-indicator panel of

the on-board computer
( 47)

OE

OE

3

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Status indicators

Status indicators

3

with tyre-pressure
monitoring (RDC)

22

1 Tyre pressures alternate

with the clock; if the motor-

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cycle is fitted with an on-

Status indicators

board computer tyre pres­sures displayed as an ad­ditional set of readings by
the on-board computer.
( 51)

OE

Standard warnings

Mode of presentation

Warnings are indicated by the
'General' warning light 1 show­ing in combination with a warning
word, for example 2 or in com­bination with one of the warning
symbols 3. The 'General' warn­ing light shows red or yellow, de­pending on the urgency of the

OE

warning. If two or more warn­ings occur at the same time, all
the appropriate warning lights
and warning symbols appear, al­ternating with warning words as
applicable.

The possible warnings are listed
on the next page.

Warnings, overview

Lights up yellow EWS ! appears on

Lights up yellow

Lights up red Temperature read-

Lights up yellow Appears on the dis-

Flashes red Appears on the dis-

Lights up red Appears on the dis-

Lights up yellow

the display.

FUEL ! appears

on the display.

ing flashes

play

play

play

LAMPR ! appears

on the display.

LAMPF ! appears

on the display.

Lights up yellow

LAMPS ! appears

on the display.

Meaning

Electronic immobiliser active ( 24)

Fuel down to reserve ( 24)

Coolant temperature too high ( 24)

Engine in emergency-operation mode
( 24)

Insufficient engine oil pressure ( 25)

Insufficient battery charge current
( 25)

Rear light bulb defective ( 26)

Front light bulb defective ( 26)

Bulbs defective ( 26)

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Status indicators

Electronic immobiliser active

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24

General warning light shows
yellow.

EWS ! appears on the display.

The key being used is not au­thorised for starting, or commu­nication between key and engine
electronics is disrupted.

Remove all other vehicle keys
from the same ring as the igni­tion key.
Use the reserve key.
Have the defective key re­placed, preferably by an au­thorised BMW Motorrad dealer.

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Status indicators

Fuel down to reserve

General warning light shows
yellow.

FUEL ! appears on the display.

Lack of fuel can result in

the engine misfiring and
cutting out unexpectedly. Mis­firing can damage the catalytic
converter; a hazardous situation

can result if the engine cuts out
unexpectedly.
Do not run the fuel tank dry.

The fuel tank contains no more
than the reserve quantity of fuel.

Reserve fuel

≥4l

Refuelling ( 77)

Coolant temperature too high

General warning light shows
red.

The temperature reading
flashes.

Continuing to ride when the

engine is overheated could
result in engine damage.
You must comply with the in­structions below.

The coolant temperature is too
high.

If possible, ride in the part-load
range to cool down the engine.
In traffic jams, switch off the
engine, but leave the ignition
switched on so that the radiat­or fan continues to operate.
If the coolant temperature is
frequently too high, have the
fault rectified as soon as pos­sible by a specialist workshop,
preferably an authorised BMW
Motorrad dealer.

Engine in emergency­operation mode

General warning light shows
yellow.

Engine symbol appears on
the display.

The engine is running in

emergency operating mode.
Engine power might be reduced
and this can cause hazardous

situations, particularly if you at­tempt to overtake other road
users.
Engine power level might be
lower than normal: adapt your
style of riding accordingly.

The engine control unit has dia­gnosed a fault. In exceptional
cases, the engine stops and re­fuses to start. Otherwise, the en­gine runs in emergency operating
mode.

You can continue to ride, but
bear in mind that the usual en­gine power might not be avail­able.
Have the fault rectified as
quickly as possible by a
specialist workshop, preferably
an authorised BMW Motorrad
dealer.

Insufficient engine oil
pressure

General warning light
flashes red.

Oil-can symbol appears on
the display.

The oil pressure in the lube-oil
system is too low. Stop immedi­ately and switch off the engine if
the warning light shows.

The insufficient oil pres-

sure warning does not fulfil
the function of an oil gauge. The
only way of checking whether the
oil level is correct is to check the
oil level indicator.

A low oil level is one reason why
a warning indicating insufficient
oil pressure is issued.

Check the engine oil level
( 97)

If the oil level is too low:

Top up the engine oil ( 98)

If the engine oil level is correct:

Riding when engine-oil

pressure is low can result
in engine damage.
Do not continue your journey.

Have the fault rectified as
quickly as possible by a
specialist workshop, preferably
an authorised BMW Motorrad
dealer.

Insufficient battery charge
current

General warning light shows

red.

Battery symbol appears on

the display.

A discharged battery can

cause the engine to die
suddenly, and this could result in
a dangerous situation in traffic.
Have faults rectified as soon as
possible.

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Status indicators

If the battery is not char-

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Status indicators

ging, continuing to ride can
cause it to discharge completely,
in which case it will suffer irrepar­able damage.
If possible, do not continue your
journey.

Battery is not being charged.

You can continue to ride until
the battery is discharged. Bear
in mind, however, that the en­gine could cut out suddenly
and that the battery could dis­charge until completely flat,
in which case it might have
suffered irreparable damage.
Have the fault rectified as
quickly as possible by a
specialist workshop, preferably
an authorised BMW Motorrad
dealer.

Rear light bulb defective

General warning light shows

yellow.

LAMPR ! appears on the dis-

play.

A defective bulb places

your safety at risk because
it is easier for other users to
oversee the motorcycle.
Replace defective bulbs as
soon as possible; always carry a
complete set of spare bulbs if
possible.

Rear light or brake light bulb de­fective.

Replacing brake light and rear
light bulb ( 120)

Front light bulb defective

LAMPF ! appears on the dis-

play.

A defective bulb places

your safety at risk because
it is easier for other users to
oversee the motorcycle.
Replace defective bulbs as
soon as possible; always carry a

complete set of spare bulbs if
possible.

Low-beam headlight, high-beam
headlight, side-light or turn-indic­ator bulb defective.

Replacing low-beam headlight
bulb ( 116)
Replacing high-beam headlight
bulb ( 118)
Replacing parking-light bulb
( 119)
Replacing front turn indicator
bulbs ( 122)
Replacing rear turn indicator
bulbs ( 123)

Bulbs defective

General warning light shows
yellow.

LAMPS ! appears on the dis-

play.

A defective bulb places

your safety at risk because
it is easier for other users to
oversee the motorcycle.

Replace defective bulbs as
soon as possible; always carry a
complete set of spare bulbs if
possible.

A combination of the bulb de­fects described above has oc­curred.

See the fault descriptions
above.

Warnings issued by the
on-board computer

Mode of presentation

Warnings issued by the on-board
computer appear in panel 1.
The possible warnings are listed
on the next page.

OE

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Status indicators

Warnings, overview

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Status indicators

Appears on the dis­play

Check Oil ap-

pears on the dis­play.

Appears on the dis­play

Meaning

Engine-oil level too low ( 29)

Ice warning ( 29)