BMW S 1000 RR 2016 Owner's Manual
Rider's Manual (US Model)
S 1000 RR
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
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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, left side with
DDC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
General view, right side . . . . . 15
Underneath seat . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Multifunction switch, left . . . . 17
Multifunction switch,
right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3 Displays . . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. 21
Indicator and warning
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . 23
ABS Pro display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4 Operation . .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. 39
Steering and ignition
lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . 41
Emergency on/off switch (kill
switch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Hazard warning flashers . . . . . 43
Turn indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . 45
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Anti-theft alarm (DWA) . . . . . . 48
Antilock Brake System
(ABS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Automatic Stability Control
(ASC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Dynamic Traction Control
(DTC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Riding mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Speed warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Heated handlebar grips . . . . . 60
Rider and passenger
seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Helmet holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Luggage straps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
5 Setting .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. 65
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Spring preload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Damping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
DDC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
6 Riding .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. . 79
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . 80
Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Starting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Breaking in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Shifting gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Parking your motorcycle . . . . 90
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Secure motorcycle for trans-
port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
7 On the racetrack . .. .. .. . 95
Display for racing mode . . . . . 96
LAPTIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
RACE INFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
SETUP MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
SETUP DDC-SYS. . . . . . . . . 117
SETUP EQUIPMENT . . . . . 118
SETUP RACETRACK . . . . . 120
SETUP USER-MODE . . . . . 125
DTC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Start of race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Speed limiter for pit
lane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Mirror removal and installa-
tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Removing and installing
license-plate carrier . . . . . . . 132
Removing and installing
front turn indicator . . . . . . . . 134
Shift pattern reversal . . . . . . 136
Connector for optional ac-
cessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
8 Technology in de-
tail . . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . 141
Antilock Brake System
(ABS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Dynamic Damping Control
(DDC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Dynamic Traction Control
(DTC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Riding mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Pro shift assistant . . . . . . . . . 153
9 Maintenance . . . .. .. .. . 155
General instructions . . . . . . . 156
Onboard tool kit .. . . . . . . . . . 156
Front wheel stand . . . . . . . . . 157
Rear-wheel stand . . . . . . . . . 158
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Coolant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Wheel rims and tires . . . . . . 168
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Light sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Fairings and panels . . . . . . . 183
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
10 Accessories . . .. .. .. . 193
General instructions . . . . . . . 194
BMW Motorrad
ABS Pro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
11 Care . . .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. . 197
Care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Washing your motorcy-
cle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Cleaning sensitive motorcy-
cle parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Paint care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Protective wax coating . . . . 200
Store motorcycle . . . . . . . . . . 200
Return motorcycle to
use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
12 Technical data . .. .. . 201
Troubleshooting chart . . . . . 202
Threaded fasteners . . . . . . . 203
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Rear-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . 210
Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Wheels and tires . . . . . . . . . . 212
Electrical system . . . . . . . . . . 214
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Performance data .. . . . . . . . 217
13 Service . . .. .. . .. .. .. .. 219
Reporting safety
defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
BMW Motorrad Service . . . 221
BMW Motorrad Mobility
Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Maintenance proce-
dures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Maintenance schedule . . . . 225
Confirmation of mainte-
nance work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Confirmation of service . . . . 240
14 Appendix . .. .. .. .. . .. . 243
Certificate for Electronic
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
15 Index . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 246
General instructions
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Abbreviations and symbols . . . . . . . . . . 6
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Notice concerning current status . . . . 7
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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.
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.
DDC Dynamic Damping Con-
trol.
DTC Dynamic Traction Con-
trol.
VDS Vertical Down Sensor
(fall sensor).
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 BMW is equipped with
options or accessories not described in this Rider's Manual,
then this equipment is described
in separate operating instructions.
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 high safety and quality standards of BMW motorcycles are
maintained by consistent, ongoing development efforts embracing their design, 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. We
hope you will appreciate that no
claims can be recognized based
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General instructions
on the data, illustrations or descriptions in this manual.
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General instructions
Overviews
General view, left side. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
General view, left side with DDC . . . . 13
General view, right side . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Underneath seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Multifunction switch, left . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Multifunction switch, right . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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Overviews
2
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Overviews
General view, left side
1 Adjuster for spring preload,
front ( 68)
Adjusting front compression damping (red scale)
( 72)
2 Adjusting rear compres-
sion damping (red scale)
( 74)
Adjuster for spring preload,
rear ( 70)
3 Seat lock ( 62)
4 Tire inflation pressure table
Load capacity table
Chain adjustment values
5 Engine oil level indicator
( 159)
6 Connector for optional ac-
cessories ( 139)
2
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Overviews
2
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Overviews
General view, left side with DDC
with Dynamic Damping Control
OE
(DDC)
1 Adjust spring preload on
front wheel ( 69).
2 Seat lock ( 62)
3 Tire inflation pressure table
Load capacity table
Chain adjustment values
4 Adjuster for spring preload,
rear ( 71)
5 Engine oil level indicator
( 159)
6 Connector for optional ac-
cessories ( 139)
2
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Overviews
2
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Overviews
General view, right side
1 Brake-fluid reservoir, rear
( 164)
2 Vehicle identification num-
ber and type plate (on
steering head at right)
3 Brake-fluid reservoir, front
( 163)
4 Adjusting rebound-stage
damping
without Dynamic Damp-
ing Control (DDC)
Rebound-stage damping
on front wheel ( 73).
5 Adjusting the steering
damper ( 67)
6 Checking coolant level
( 166)
7 Connector for optional ac-
cessories ( 138)
8 Oil fill location ( 160)
9 Adjusting rear rebound-
stage damping (yellow
scale) ( 74)
OE
2
15
z
Overviews
Underneath seat
2
1 Battery ( 185)
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Overviews
with anti-theft alarm sys-
tem (DWA)
Different position of battery
terminals: shifted forward
2 Helmet holder ( 63)
3 Luggage straps ( 64)
4 Onboard tool kit ( 156)
5 Fuse box ( 188)
6 Rider's Manual (US Model)
OE
Multifunction switch, left
1 Deactivating ASC ( 51)
Deactivating DTC ( 52)
Deactivate ABS ( 50)
with ABS Pro
or
with ABS Pro
Deactivate ABS Pro
( 50)
2 High-beam headlight and
headlight flasher ( 42)
Start time recording
( 100)
3 Cruise control ( 57)
4 Hazard warning flashers
( 43)
5 Adjusting DTC ( 127)
6 Turn indicators ( 43)
7 Horn
OA
OE
2
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Overviews
8 Set clock ( 48)
2
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z
Overviews
Resetting trip odometer
( 47)
Selecting displays ( 46)
Individualizing lap timer
( 100)
Select submenu ( 113)
Multifunction switch, right
1 Heated handlebar grips
( 60)
2 Selecting riding mode
( 54)
3 Emergency on/off switch
(kill switch) ( 41)
4 Starter button
Starting engine ( 82)
Launch Control ( 128)
Speed limiter for pit lane
( 130)
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Overviews
Instrument cluster
2
1 Indicator and warning light
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Overviews
fields ( 22)
2 Tachometer
3 Shiftpoint light ( 87)
4 Photosensor (for adjusting
brightness of instrument
lighting)
with anti-theft alarm system (DWA)
DWA LED ( 48)
5 Multifunction display
( 23)
OE
Displays
Indicator and warning lights . . . . . . . . . 22
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
ABS Pro display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
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Displays
Indicator and warning
3
lights
22
1 ASC ( 33)
DTC ( 33)
2 ABS ( 32)
3 Turn indicator, left
4 Universal warning light,
appears together with
warnings in multifunction
display ( 24)
5 Turn indicator, right
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Displays
6 Fuel reserve ( 37)
7 Neutral position (idling)
8 High-beam headlight
9 Engine-electronics warning
light ( 29)
10 Cruise control ( 57)
11 Light for fastest lap
( 102)
Multifunction display
1 Speedometer
2 Coolant temperature
3 Odometer ( 46)
4 Clock ( 48)
5 Heated handlebar grips
( 60)
6 Gear indicator display, "N"
indicates "neutral".
7 Riding mode
RAIN
SPORT
RACE
Setting riding mode
( 54)
with Pro riding modes
Additional riding modes
SLICK
USER
NOTICE
Refer to Chapter 7 for information regarding the display modes
available for track use.
OE
3
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Displays
ABS Pro display
3
with ABS Pro
or
24
with ABS Pro
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Displays
During the Pre-Ride-Check, the
availability of the ABS Pro function is indicated in the multifunction display with ABS Pro.
OA
OE
Warning lights
Display
Warnings are displayed with appropriate warning lights.
Warnings for which no individual
warning light is present are signaled by the universal warning
light 1 which lights up in combination with the appearance of a
warning notice such as 2 in the
multifunction display. The universal warning light shows red
or yellow, depending on the urgency of the warning.
If several warnings are active, all
corresponding warning lights and
warning symbol are displayed;
warnings appear alternately.
You will find an overview of the
potential warnings on the following pages.
Overview of warning indicators
Indicator and warning
lights
lights up red
Warning symbols in the
display panel
EWS! is displayed
Meaning
Electronic immobilizer is active ( 29)
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flashes red Coolant tempera-
lights up Engine in emergency-operation mode
flashes yellow Severe fault in the engine management
lights up
ture display flashes
LAMP! is indi-
cated
lights up yellow
lights up yellow
LAMPR! is indi-
cated
LAMPF! is indi-
cated
Coolant temperature too high ( 29)
( 29)
system ( 30)
Lights for turn indicators defective
( 30)
Taillight defective ( 31)
Lights for front parking lights defective
( 31)
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Displays
Indicator and warning
3
lights
26
lights up yellow
Warning symbols in the
display panel
LAMPS! is indi-
cated
Meaning
Taillight and lights for parking lights defective ( 31)
Front lights defective ( 31)
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Displays
lights up yellow
lights up yellow
flashes ABS self-diagnosis not completed
lights up
lights up
flashes rapidly ASC intervention ( 33)
VDS! is shown in
the empty display
VDS! is displayed
Motorcycle has fallen over ( 32)
Fall sensor defective ( 32)
( 32)
ABS switched off ( 32)
ABS error ( 32)
Indicator and warning
lights
flashes slowly ASC self-diagnosis not completed
lights up
Warning symbols in the
display panel
Meaning
( 33)
ASC switched off ( 33)
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lights up
flashes rapidly DTC intervention ( 33)
flashes slowly DTC self-diagnosis not completed
lights up
lights up
lights up yellow
DDC! is displayed
ASC error ( 33)
( 34)
DTC switched off ( 34)
DTC error ( 34)
DDC error ( 35)
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Displays
Indicator and warning
3
lights
28
lights up yellow
lights up yellow
Warning symbols in the
display panel
DWALO! is dis-
played
DWA! is displayed
Meaning
DWA battery charge level low ( 35)
DWA battery drained ( 35)
z
Displays
Shiftpoint light
flashes or remains
on continuously
Shiftpoint light
flashes or remains
on continuously
lights up red NO CAN is dis-
lights up yellow NO CODING is
lights up yellow
lights up Fuel down to reserve ( 37)
SPEED! is dis-
played
0L-CON! is indi-
cated
played
displayed
SERVICE! is
indicated
Speed warning ( 36)
Launch Control not ready ( 36)
CAN open/short circuit ( 36)
Encoding missing ( 36)
Service date missed ( 36)
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