BMW R 1200 GS Adventure 2018 Owner's Manual

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BMW Motorrad

Rider's Manual (US Model)

R 1200GSAdventure

Motorcycle/Retailer Data

Motorcycle Data

Model

Vehicle identification number

Color number

Initial registration

License plate

Retailer Data

Contact in Service

Ms./Mr.

Phone number

Retailer's address/phone number (company stamp)

Welcome to BMW

Congratulations on choosing a motorcycle from BMW Motorrad and welcome to the community of BMW Motorrad 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 status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 Overviews ................ 9

General view, left side . . . . . . . 11 General view, right side . . . . . 13 Underneath seat . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Multifunction switch, left . . . . 15 Multifunction switch,

right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

3 Displays ................. 19

Indicator and warning

lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Multifunction display . . . . . . . . 22 Warning symbols in the

display panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Service display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Oil level indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Outside temperature . . . . . . . . 42 Tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . 43 Upshift recommendation . . . . 44

4 Operation................ 45

Steering and ignition

lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Ignition with Key-

less Ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Emergency on/off switch (kill switch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Hazard warning lights sys-

tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Turn indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Multifunction display . . . . . . . . 55 Antilock Brake System

(ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Automatic Stability Control (ASC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Dynamic Traction Control

(DTC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Electronic chassis and suspension adjustment

(DESA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Riding mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 PRO riding mode . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Hill Start Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Anti-theft alarm (DWA) . . . . . . 77 Heated handlebar grips . . . . . 80 Rider and passenger

seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Storage compartment . . . . . . . 83

5 Setting ................... 85

Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Handlebars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Spring preload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Damping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

6 Riding .................... 93

Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Observe checklist . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Before every journey:. . . . . . . . 96 At every third refueling

stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Starting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Off-road riding . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Shifting gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Parking your motorcy-

cle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Securing motorcycle for transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

7 Technology in de-

tail...................... 111

General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Antilock Brake System

(ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Automatic Stability Control (ASC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Dynamic Traction Control

(DTC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Dynamic ESA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Riding mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Tire pressure control

(RDC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Shift assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Hill Start Control . . . . . . . . . . 123

8 Maintenance .......... 125

General instructions . . . . . . . 126 Onboard tool set . . . . . . . . . . 126 Service tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Front wheel stand . . . . . . . . . 127 Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Coolant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Rims and tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Light sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Data link connector . . . . . . . 155

9 Accessories ........... 157

General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Onboard power

sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Topcase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Navigation system . . . . . . . . . 163

10 Care .................. 169

Care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Washing your motorcy-

cle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Cleaning sensitive motorcy-

cle parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Paint care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Protective wax coating . . . . 172 Store motorcycle . . . . . . . . . . 172 Return motorcycle to

use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

11 Technical data ...... 175

Troubleshooting chart . . . . . 176 Threaded fasteners . . . . . . . 177 Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Rear-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . 182 Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Wheels and tires . . . . . . . . . . 185 Electrical system . . . . . . . . . . 186 Alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Performance data . . . . . . . . . 190

12 Service ............... 191

Reporting safety

defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 BMW Motorrad Service . . . 193 BMW Motorrad Mobility Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Maintenance proce-

dures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 BMW Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Maintenance schedule . . . . 197 Maintenance confirma-

tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Service confirmations . . . . . 212

13 Appendix............. 215

Certificate for Electronic Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Certificate for Key-

less Ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Certificate for Tire Pressure Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

14 Index ................. 221

General instructions

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Abbreviations and symbols . . . . . . . . . . 6 Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Notice concerning current status . . . . 7

5 instructionsGeneral

General instructions

Overview

This Rider's Manual has been designed to provide quick and efficient orientation. The quickest way for you to find information on specific topics is to consult the comprehensive index at the back of the manual. If you would like to start with a quick overview of your motorcycle, this information has been provided in chapter 2. All maintenance and repair work carried out on your motorcycle will be documented in Chapter 12. Documentation confirm-

ing performance of scheduled maintenance is a precondition for generous handling of out-of- warranty claims and goodwill warranty treatment.

When the time comes to sell your BMW, remember to hand over this Rider's Manual; it is an important part of the motorcycle.

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 instructions and precautionary measures. Non-compliance

can cause damage to the vehicle or accessories and warranty claims may be denied as a result.

NOTICE Special information on operating and in-

specting 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 informa-
	tion.
	Indicates the end of ac-
	cessory or equipment-
	dependent information.
	Tightening torque.
	Technical data.
NV	National-market version.

OE	Optional extra.
	BMW Motorrad optional
	extras are already com-
	pletely installed during
	motorcycle production.
OA	Optional accessory.
	BMW Motorrad op-
	tional accessories can
	be purchased and in-
	stalled at your autho-
	rized BMW Motorrad
	retailer.
ABS	Anti-Lock Brake System.
ASC	Automatic Stability Con-
	trol.
D-	Electronic chassis and
ESA	suspension adjustment.
DTC	Dynamic Traction Con-
	trol (optional equipment
	only in combination with
	Pro riding modes).

DWA Anti-theft alarm.

EWS Electronic immobilizer.

TPC Tire Pressure Control

(TPC).

Equipment

Technical data

All dimensions, weights and outputs in the Rider's Manual relate to the German DIN standards and comply with their tolerance specifications. Versions for individual countries may differ.

When you ordered your BMW	Notice concerning
motorcycle, you chose various	current status
items of custom equipment. This	current status
Rider's Manual describes optional	The outstanding levels of safety
equipment (OE) offered by BMW	and quality furnished by every
and selected optional accessories	BMW Motorrad are the result
(OA). This explains why the man-	of ongoing advanced develop-
ual may also contain descriptions	ment focusing on continuous
of equipment which you have not	improvement in design and en-
ordered. Please note, too, that	gineering as well as equipment
your motorcycle might not be ex-	and accessories. For this reason,
actly as illustrated in this manual	some aspects of your motorcycle
on account of country-specific	may vary from the descriptions in
differences.	this Rider's Manual. In addition,
If your motorcycle comes with	BMW Motorrad cannot guarantee
equipment not described here,	the total absence of errors. For
you can find the descriptions in a	this reason BMW is unable to
separate manual.	recognize any claims stemming

7 instructionsGeneral

1	from the information, illustrations
1	and descriptions in this manual.
8
General instructions

Overviews

General view, left side. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 General view, right side . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Underneath seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Multifunction switch, left . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Multifunction switch, right . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

9 Overviews

Overviews

General view, left side

1Fuel filler opening ( 106)

2Seat lock ( 81)

3Adjuster for rear damping (at the bottom on the spring strut) ( 91)

Overviews

BMW R 1200 GS Adventure 2018 Owner's Manual

Overviews

General view, right side

1Adjuster for spring preload, rear ( 90)

2Air cleaner (under center fairing panel) ( 142)

3Brake-fluid reservoir, front ( 132)

4Height adjuster for windshield ( 87)

5Power socket ( 158)

6Vehicle Identification Number (at fork bearing)

Data plate (at fork bearing)

7Coolant level indicator ( 134)

Coolant tank ( 134)

8Oil fill location ( 129)

9Engine oil level indicator ( 128)

10Behind side trim panel: Battery ( 150)

Positive battery connection point ( 148)

Diagnostic connector ( 155)

11Brake-fluid reservoir, rear ( 133)

Overviews

Underneath seat

1Standard tool kit ( 126)

2Rider's Manual (US Model)

3Tire inflation pressure table

4Load capacity table

5Adjuster for the rider's seat height ( 82)

6Fuses ( 154)

Multifunction switch, left

1High beam and headlight flasher ( 52)

2with cruise controlOE Cruise-control system ( 74).

3Hazard warning lights system ( 54)

4ABS ( 61) ASC ( 63)

with riding modes ProOE DTC ( 64)

5with Dynamic ESAOE Dynamic ESA adjustment options ( 64)

7Turn indicators ( 54)

8Horn

9Multifunction display ( 55)

Overviews

10with preparation for navigation systemOE

Operating the navigation system ( 165) Multi-Controller

Overviews

Multifunction switch, right

1with heated gripsOE Heated handlebar grips ( 80).

2Riding mode ( 67)

3Emergency on/off switch (kill switch) ( 52)

4Starter button

Starting engine ( 97).

Overviews

Instrument panel

1Speedometer

2Tachometer

3Photosensor (for adjusting brightness of instrument lighting)

with anti-theft alarm system (DWA)OE

Alarm system LED with Keyless RideOE

Indicator light for radiooperated key Switching on ignition

( 49).

4Indicator and warning lights ( 20)

5Multifunction display ( 22)

Displays

Indicator and warning lights . . . . . . . . . 20 Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Warning symbols in the display

panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Service display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Oil level indicator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Tire inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Upshift recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Displays

Indicator and warning lights

1with cruise controlOE Cruise-control system ( 74).

2Neutral position (idling)

3ASC ( 63)

with riding modes ProOE DTC ( 37)

4Turn indicators

5ABS ( 61)

6General warning light (in

conjunction with warning symbols on display) ( 24)

7with anti-theft alarm system (DWA)OE

Alarm signal ( 78) with Keyless RideOE

Indicator light for radiooperated key Switching on ignition

( 49).

8 High beam ( 52)

9with LED auxiliary headlightOA

Additional headlight ( 53).

10 Fuel reserve ( 42)

NOTICE

The ABS symbol can be shown differently depending on the country.

Displays

Multifunction display

1Fuel fill level indicator

2Upshift recommendation ( 44)

3Gear indicator display, "N" indicates "neutral".

4with riding modes ProOE Using Hill Start Control

( 76).

5Odometer ( 55)

6Service display (mainte-

nance interval) ( 193)

7Warning symbols ( 24)

8Onboard computer

with Dynamic ESAOE Dynamic ESA adjustment options ( 64)

9with heated gripsOE Heated handlebar grips ( 80).

10Riding mode ( 67)

11Clock ( 58)

12Outside temperature warning ( 42)

Warning symbols in the display panel

1with Tire Pressure Monitor (TPM)OE

Tire inflation pressure ( 43)

2EWS ( 30)

3Coolant temperature ( 31)

4Engine oil level ( 40)

5Electronic engine management ( 31)

6Battery charging ( 150)

7Warnings ( 24)

Displays

Warning lights

Displays

Warnings are displayed with appropriate warning lights.

You will find an overview of the potential warnings on the following pages.

Warnings for which no separate warning light is provided are signaled by the general warning light 1 and are accompanied by a warning symbol in area 2 or by a warning notice in area 3. The universal warning light shows red or yellow, depending on the urgency of the warning.

The universal warning light lights up for the most urgent warning.

Overview of warning indicators
Indicator and warning	Display text	Meaning
lights

	Ice crystal symbol	Outside temperature warning	( 30)
	is displayed.

General warning	EWS warning sym-	Electronic immobilizer is active	( 30)
light lights up yel-	bol is displayed.
low.

General warning	appears on the	Radio-operated key outside reception
light lights up yel-	display	range ( 30)
low.

General warning	!KEYLO is dis-	Replace battery of radio-operated key
light lights up yel-	played.	( 31)
low.

General warning	appears on the	Coolant temperature too high	( 31)
light shows red.	display.

General warning	appears on the	Engine in emergency-operation mode
light lights up yel-	display	( 31)
low.

Displays

Indicator and warning	Display text	Meaning
lights

General warning	!LAMP_ is indi-	Light source defect ( 32)
light lights up yel-	cated
low.

	DWALO ! is dis-	Anti-theft alarm battery low charge
	played.	( 33)

General warning	DWA ! is	Anti-theft alarm system battery
light lights up yel-	displayed.	discharged ( 33)
low.

General warning	Tire symbol with	Tire inflation pressure is at limit of ap-
light lights up yel-	one or two arrows	proved range ( 33)
low.	is displayed. The
	critical tire-infla-
	tion pressure also
	flashes.

General warning	Tire symbol with	Tire inflation pressure is outside ap-
light flashes red.	one or two arrows	proved range ( 34)
	is displayed. The
	critical tire-infla-
	tion pressure also
	flashes.

Indicator and warning	Display text	Meaning
lights

General warning	appears with one or	Sensor defective or system error
light lights up yel-	two arrows	( 34)
low.

	"--" or "-- --"	Transmission error ( 35)
	is indicated.

General warning	!RDC is displayed.	Battery of tire-inflation pressure sensor
light lights up yel-		weak ( 35)
low.

ABS indicator light		ABS self-diagnosis not completed
flashes.		( 36)

ABS indicator light		ABS error ( 36)
lights up.

ABS indicator light		ABS deactivated	( 36)
lights up.

ASC indicator		ASC intervention	( 36)
and warning light
flashes rapidly.