BMW R 1200 RT 2015 Owner's manual

Owner's Handbook (US Model)

R 1200 RT

BMW Motorrad

The Ultimate

Riding Machine

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 motorcycle owners and riders. Familiarize yourself with your new motorcycle so that you can ride it safely and confidently in all highway traffic situations.

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

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 vehicle's reliability and safety, as well as its value.

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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

Multifunction switch, left . . . . 15

Multifunction switch,

right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . 18

3 Displays . ... ... ... ... .. .. 21

Warning and indicator

lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Multifunction display . . . . . . . . 23

Meaning of symbols. . . . . . . . . 24

Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Ambient temperature. . . . . . . . 39

Cruising range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Oil level indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Service display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Tire inflation pressures . . . . . . 41

4 Operation ... . .. .. .. .. .. .. 43

Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Ignition with Key-

less Ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Multifunction display . . . . . . . . 53

Onboard computer . . . . . . . . . . 57

Tripmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Emergency on/off switch (kill

switch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Turn indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Hazard warning flashers . . . . . 63

ASC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Riding mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Spring preload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Damping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Electronic suspension ad-

justment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Hill Start Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Heating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Adjusting the instrument

cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Storage compartment . . . . . . . 77

Central locking system . . . . . . 77

DWA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Rider's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Passenger seat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

5 Riding .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . 89

Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Observe checklist . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Starting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Shifting gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Parking your motorcycle . . . . 98

Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Fastening motorcycle for

transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

6 Technology in de-

tail . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. . 105

Riding mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Gear Shift Assistant

Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Hill Start Control . . . . . . . . . . 108

BMW Motorrad Integral

ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

BMW Motorrad ASC . . . . . . 111

TPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

ESA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

7 Maintenance . . .. . .. .. . 117

General instructions . . . . . . . 118

Tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Coolant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Wheel rims and tyres. . . . . . 126

Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Muffler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Front wheel stand . . . . . . . . . 134

Light sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

8 Accessories . .. .. .. .. . . 149

General instructions . . . . . . . 150

Onboard power

sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Navigation system. . . . . . . . . 151

Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Topcase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

9 Care .. . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 161

Care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Washing your motorcy-

cle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Cleaning sensitive motorcy-

cle parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Paint care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Store motorcycle . . . . . . . . . . 164

Protective wax coating . . . . 164

Return motorcycle to

use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

10 Technical Data . . .. .. 167

Troubleshooting chart . . . . . 168

Threaded fasteners . . . . . . . 169

Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Rear-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . 174

Suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . 176

Electrical system . . . . . . . . . . 178

Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Performance data . . . . . . . . . 182

11 Service . . .. .. .. .. .. . .. 183

Reporting safety

defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

BMW Motorrad Service . . . 185 BMW Motorrad Mobility

Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Maintenance proce-

dures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Maintenance schedule . . . . 189

Standard BMW Service . . . 190 Confirmation of mainte-

nance work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Confirmation of service . . . . 196

12 Appendix . .. .. .. .. .. .. 199

Certificate for Electronic

Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Certificate for Remote

Key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Certificate for Key-

less Ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Certificate for Tyre Pres-

sure Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

13 Index .. . .. .. .. .. .. . .. . 209

General instructions

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

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

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

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

Notice concerning current status . . . . 7

General instructions

Overview

This Rider's Manual has been designed to provide quick and ef-

ficient 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 11. Documentation confirming performance of scheduled maintenance is a precondition

General instructions

for generous handling of out-ofwarranty 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 in-

structions and precautionary measures. Failure to comply can lead to damage to the motorcycle and/or accessories and thus to the rejection of warranty claims.

NOTE Special information

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.

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).

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). It may also describe equipment options that you have not chosen. 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 outputs in the Rider's Manual relate 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. For this reason, some aspects of your motorcycle may vary from the descriptions in this Rider's Manual. In addition, BMW Motorrad cannot guarantee the total absence of errors. For this reason BMW is unable to recognize any claims stemming

General instructions

from the information, illustrations and descriptions in this manual.

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 cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Overviews

General view, left side

1 Clutch fluid reservoir

( 126)

2 Fuel filler opening

( 100)

3 Seat lock ( 85) 4 with seat heating

Passenger seat heater ( 74)

5 2nd power socket 6 Left-hand stow compart-

ment ( 77)

7 Payload table

Tire inflation pressure table

Overviews

General view, right side

1 Rider's Manual (US Model) 2 Onboard power socket

( 150)

3 Brake-fluid reservoir, front

( 122)

4 with audio system

Right storage compartment ( 77)

5 Vehicle Identification Num-

ber (at fork bearing) Data plate (at fork bearing)

6 Coolant level indicator (be-

hind side panel) ( 124)

7 Oil fill location ( 119) 8 Rear brake fluid reser-

voir (behind side fairing) ( 123)

Overviews

Underneath seat

1 Adjuster for the rider's seat

Overviews

height ( 86)

2 Standard tool kit ( 118) 3 Tool for adjusting spring

load ( 67)

4 Fuses ( 147)

Multifunction switch, left

1 High-beam headlight and

headlight flasher ( 61)

2 with cruise control

Cruise control ( 65)

3 Hazard warning flashers

( 63)

4 Windshield adjustment

( 76)

5 with additional LED

headlight

Auxiliary headlight ( 62)

6 Turn indicator ( 62) 7 Horn

Overviews

8 Multi-Controller and MENU

Overviews

button Multifunction display ( 53) ASC ( 63)

with Dynamic ESA

D-ESA ( 69)

with audio system Audio system (see audio system manual)

9 Menu Favorite ( 56).

Multifunction switch, right

1 with central locking sys-

2 Riding mode ( 64) 3 Emergency on/off switch

4 Starting the engine

tem

Central locking ( 77)

(kill switch) ( 60)

( 92)

Overviews

Instrument cluster

1 Speedometer 2 Warning and indicator

Overviews

lights ( 22)

3 with navigation system

with preparation for navi-

gation system Navigation system ( 151)

4 Ambient light sensor (for

brightness adjustment of instrument lighting)

5 Tachometer 6 with navigation system

with preparation for navi-

gation system Release for navigation slot ( 151)

7 Multifunction display

( 23)

8 Tripmeter ( 59)

NOTICE

The brightness of the warning lights and telltale lights, the

display and the instrument needle and gauge lighting is adapted automatically to suit ambient brightness.

Overviews

Displays

Warning and indicator lights . . . . . . . . . 22

Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Meaning of symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Ambient temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Cruising range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Oil level indicator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Service display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Tire inflation pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Displays

Warning and indicator

lights

1 ABS ( 35) 2 ASC ( 36) 3 Turn indicator, left 4 Fuel reserve ( 39) 5 High-beam headlight 6 Turn indicator, right 7 Electronic engine manage-

Displays

ment

8 DWA ( 83)

with Keyless Ride Indicator light for radiooperated key ( 47)

9 with additional LED

headlight Auxiliary headlight ( 62)

10 with cruise control

Cruise control ( 65)

11 Universal warning light, ap-

pears together with warning symbols in display panel ( 25)

Multifunction display

1 Tripmeter ( 59) 2 Warning symbols ( 25) 3 Menu panel ( 53)

Audio system

4 with seat heating

Seat heating ( 73) Heated handlebar grips ( 73)

with Dynamic ESA

D-ESA settings

5 Onboard computer ( 57)

with Tire Pressure Control (TPC)

Tire inflation pressure

6 Clock ( 57) 7 Odometer 8 Riding mode ( 64) 9 with Hill Start Control

Hill Start Control ( 71)

10 Gear indicator, "N" appears

in neutral

11 Coolant temperature

Fuel level

Displays

Meaning of symbols

Meanings of the symbols at posi-

Displays

tion 1:

Average fuel consumption since last reset ( 58)

Current fuel consumption

Range with fuel now on board ( 39)

Average speed since last reset ( 58)

Ambient temperature ( 39)

with Tire Pressure Control

(TPC)

Tire inflation pressures ( 41)

Stopwatch ( 58)

Travel times ( 58)

Date (display mode depends on the time format

selected) ( 57)

Oil level ( 40)

Electrical system voltage

1 Heated handlebar grips switched on

with seat heating

2 Rider`s-seat heating ON 3 Rear-seat heating ON

with Dynamic ESA

1 Damping 2 Vehicle load

Warning lights

Display

Warnings are displayed with appropriate warning lamps.

Warnings for which there is no specific individual warning lamp are indicated by the universal warning lamp 1 in conjunction with a warning symbol such as 2 shown on the multifunction display. The universal warning lamp lights up in either yellow or red depending on the urgency of the warning. Up to four warning symbols can be displayed at any given time. The universal warning lamp lights up for the most urgent warning.

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

Displays

Overview of warning indicators

Warning and indicator

lamps

lights up yellow appears on the

Displays

lights up yellow appears on the

lights up yellow

lights up red Temperature read-

lights up

flashes Severe engine fault ( 32)

Warning symbols in the display panel

appears on the display

display

ing turns red

appears on the display

Meaning

Outside temperature warning ( 30)

EWS active ( 30)

Radio-operated key outside reception range ( 30)

Replace battery of radio-operated key ( 31)

Coolant temperature too high ( 31)

Engine-oil level too low ( 31)

Engine fault ( 31)

Warning and indicator lamps

lights up yellow appears on the

lights up red appears on the

Warning symbols in the display panel

display

appears on the display

display

appears on the display

display

Meaning

Front light failure ( 32)

Rear light failure ( 32)

Light failure ( 33)

DWA battery charge level low ( 33)

DWA battery drained ( 33)

Onboard system voltage low ( 34)

Onboard system voltage critical ( 34)

Battery charging voltage insufficient ( 34)

Displays

Warning and indicator

lamps

flashes ABS self-diagnosis not completed

lights up

flashes rapidly ASC intervention ( 35)

Warning symbols in the display panel

Meaning

( 35)

ABS error ( 35)

Displays

flashes slowly ASC self-diagnosis not completed

lights up

lights up yellow appears on the

flashes red

display

+ tire pressure in red

( 36)

ASC switched off ( 36)

ASC error ( 36)

ESA error ( 36)

Tire inflation pressure is outside approved range ( 37)

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