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Safety check
Checklist
For this reason, check the
details in the following Chapters
before you start the journey:
–Fuel level
– Positions of the handlebar-lever fittings
– Brake fluid level
– Clutch fluid level
–Brakes
– Warning lights and telltale lights
–Lights
– Front/rear shock absorber setting and spring preload
– Condition of wheels and tyres, tread depth and tyre
pressures
– Load, gross weight – Check at regular intervals as
described in the following
sections
(each time you stop for refuel-
ling):
– Engine oil level (every second or third time
you stop for refuelling):
– Brake pads
If you encounter any problems
or difficulties, it is always best to
contact your authorised BMW
Motorrad dealer.
He will provide the necessary
advice and assistance.
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Starting – Riding – Parking
Handling your motorcycle
safely
Each motorcycle has a charac-
ter all its own. It is time now for
you to familiarise yourself with
the way your own motorcycle
behaves:
– Acceleration
– Roadholding
– Cornering
–Braking …
These are all things you need to
become familiar with.
Please remember too that if the
motorcycle has not yet covered
1,000 kilometres (600 miles),
the engine is not yet fully run in.
e Attention:
BMW Integral ABSOE incorpo-
rates a brake booster, so brak-
ing efficiency is significantly
higher than with conventional
brake systems.
d Warning:
The tyres need to cover a cer-
tain distance
before they acquire their full
road grip (b 57).
When riding at high speed,
always bear in mind that various
boundary conditions such as:
settings of the spring and
shock-absorber system, unbal-
anced loading, loose clothing,
low tyre pressures, worn tyres,
etc.,
can affect the handling of your
motorcycle.
OEOptional extra
Your first journey
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Index
i
R - Z
RRear brakebrake fluid reservoir, 5
Rear shock absorber, 41
adjusting, 40
Refuelling, 24
Reliability, 76, 77
Removing System case, 18
Residual braking, 34 function, 71
Rev. counter, 6
Rider's equipment, 80
Riding, 64, 65
SSafety check, 20
Safety margin, 69
Seat, 15, 16
Sensitive electronic control, 68
Service worldwide, 78
Shock absorber front, 40
rear, 41
Side stand, 52, 53
Spring preload, 42
Starter button, 11
Starting the engine, 60, 61
System case, 17 removing, 18
TTank capacity, 25
Telltale and warning lightsABS, 7, 62
battery charge, 7, 62
engine oil pressure, 6, 63
fuel level, 6, 63
general, 62
high (main) headlight beam, 7
neutral indicators, 7
Toolkit, 5
Training means extra safety, 82
Tread depth, tyres, 43
Turn indicator switch left, 10
right, 11
Turn indicators telltale lights, 7
Turn-indicator cancel switch, 11
Type plate, 5
Tyre valve caps, 43
Tyres running-in, 57
VValve caps, 43
WWheels, 43, 44
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