2
19
2
Safety check
Checklist
Use the safety checklist –
before every journey
Please perform the safety
check accurately. If your motor-
cycle needs any routine mainte-
nance, you can then attend to it
before the journey starts
(
b Maintenance Instructions),
or, for example have it carried
out by your authorised BMW
motorcycle dealer.
This is to ensure that your
motorcycle corresponds with
road-vehicle use and safety
laws.
Your vehicle must be in perfect
technical order: this is a basic
prerequisite for your safety and
the safety of other road users.
For this reason, check the
details in the following sections
before you start the journey:
– Engine oil level
–Fuel level
– Positions of the handlebar- lever fittings
– Brake fluid level
– Clutch fluid level
–Brakes – Warning lights and telltale
lights
–Lights
– 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 55).
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
Riding, 62
Risk of overheating, 49
Running in, 55
SSafety check, 19
Safety instructionscatalytic converter, 49
general, 48, 49
Seat, 15 adjusting, 13, 14
closing the storage
compartment, 15
lock, 5
single, 15
Service worldwide, 76
Shock absorbers, 40
Side stand, 50, 51
Spring strut, 4
Starter button, 11
Starting the engine, 58
Storage compartment, 15
System case, 16
TTelltale and warning lights ABS, 7
battery charge, 7
engine oil pressure, 6
fuel level, 6
high (main) headlight beam, 7
neutral indicators, 7 Telltale lights
ABS, 61
battery charge, 61
engine oil pressure, 60
fuel tank level, 60
Toolkit, 5, 15
Tread depth, tyres, 42
Troubleshooting chart, 73
Troubleshooting, ABS, 73
Turn indicator switch left, 10
right, 11
Turn indicators
telltale lights, 7
Turn-indicator cancel switch, 11
Type plate, 5
Tyre pressures, 43
Tyre valve caps, 42
Tyres running-in, 55
VValve caps, 42
WWarning lightsABS, 61
battery charge, 61
engine oil pressure, 60
fuel tank content, 60
general, 61
Wheels, 42
R - Z
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