BMW K 1300 S Rider's User manual

BMW Motorrad

Rider's Manual (US Model)

K 1300 S

The Ultimate

Riding Machine

Motorcycle/Retailer Data

Motorcycle data

Model

Vehicle Identification Number

Color number

First registration

Registration number

Retailer Data

Contact in Service

Ms./Mr.

Phone number

Retailer's address/phone number (compa-

ny stamp)

Details described or illustrated

in this booklet may differ from

the motorcycle's actual specifi-

cation as purchased, the acces-

sories fitted or the national-mar-

ket specification. No claims will

be entertained as a result of such

discrepancies.

Dimensions, weights, fuel con-

sumption and performance data

are quoted to the customary tol-

erances.

The right to modify designs,

equipment and accessories is

reserved.

Errors and omissions excepted.

Not to be reproduced either

wholly or in part without written

permission from BMW Motorrad,

After Sales.

Printed in Germany.

The most important data for a filling station stop can be found in the following chart.

Fuel

Recommended fuel quality 98 ROZ/RON, Super Plus unlead-

ed

95 ROZ/RON, Super unleaded

(fuel type can be used with re-

duced performance and con-

sumption)

Usable fuel quantity Approx. 5 gal (Approx. 19 l)

Reserve fuel quantity ~1.1 gal (~4 l)

Tire inflation pressure

Tire pressure, front 36.3 psi (2.5 bar), Single rider,

with cold tire

36.3 psi (2.5 bar), Driver with pas-

senger and/or load, with cold tire

Tire pressure, rear 42.1 psi (2.9 bar), Single rider,

with cold tire

42.1 psi (2.9 bar), Driver with pas-

senger and/or load, with cold tire

BMW recommends

Order No.: 01 41 7 714 427

09.2008, 1st Edition

*01417714427*

Welcome to BMW

We congratulate you on your

choice of a motorcycle from

BMW and welcome you to the

community of BMW riders.

Familiarize yourself with your new

motorcycle so that you can ride it

safely and confidently in all traffic

situations.

Please read this Rider's Manual

carefully before starting to use

your new BMW motorcycle. It

contains important information on

how to operate the controls and

how to make the best possible

use of all your BMW's 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.

If you have any questions con-

cerning your motorcycle, your au-

thorized BMW Motorrad retailer

is always happy to provide advice

and assistance.

We wish you many miles of safe

and enjoyable riding

BMW Motorrad.

Table of Contents

You can also use the index at the

end of this Rider's Manual to find

a specific topic.

1 General instructions . ... 5

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

Abbreviations and

symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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

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

Currentness of this manu-

al . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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

General view, left side . . . . . . . 11

General view, right side . . . . . 13

Left handlebar fitting . . . . . . . . 14

Handlebar fitting, right . . . . . . . 15

Underneath seat . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

3 Status indicators . .. . .. . 19

Standard displays . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Displays with onboard com-

puter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Displays with Tire Pressure

Control RDC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Displays with heated hand

grips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Standard warning indica-

tors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Warning indicators of on-

board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

ABS warning indicators . . . . . 31

ASC warning indicators . . . . . 34

RDC warning indicators . . . . . 36

Anti-theft alarm warning indi-

cators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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

Ignition switch and steering

lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Electronic immobilizer

EWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Odometer and

tripmeters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Onboard computer . . . . . . . . . . 51

Tire Pressure Control

RDC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Turn indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Hazard warning flashers . . . . . 56

Emergency ON/OFF

switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

BMW Motorrad Integral

ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Automatic Stability Control

ASC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Heated hand grips . . . . . . . . . . 60

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Spring preload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Damping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Electronic suspension ad-

justment ESA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Helmet holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Luggage loops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

5 Riding .. . .. . .. . . . . . . .. . .. . 69

Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . 70

Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Starting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Shifting gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Parking your motorcycle . . . . 77

Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Securing motorcycle for

transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

6 Technology in

detail .. . . . . . . .. . .. . .. . .. . . 83

Brake system with BMW

Motorrad Integral ABS . . . . . . 84

Engine management with

BMW Motorrad ASC . . . . . . . . 86

Tire Pressure Control

RDC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Electronic Suspension Ad-

justment ESA II . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

7 Accessories .. . .. . .. . . . . . 91

General instructions . . . . . . . . . 92

Onboard socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Flat tire kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

8 Maintenance . . . . . .. . .. . . 99

General instructions . . . . . . . 100

Toolkit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Front wheel stand . . . . . . . . . 116

Rear-wheel stand . . . . . . . . . 117

Lamps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

9 Care .. . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . .. . 131

Care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Washing your motorcy-

cle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Cleaning sensitive motorcy-

cle parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Paint care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Protective wax coating . . . . 134

Storing motorcycle . . . . . . . . 134

Returning motorcycle to

use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

10 Technical data .. . . . . 135

Troubleshooting chart . . . . . 136

Threaded fasteners . . . . . . . 137

Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Rear-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . 142

Running gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Wheels and tires . . . . . . . . . . 144

Electrical system . . . . . . . . . . 146

Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Riding specifications . . . . . . 149

11 Service . . .. . .. . .. . .. . . 151

Reporting safety

defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

BMW Motorrad Service . . . 153

BMW Motorrad Service

Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

BMW Motorrad Service

Card - On-the-spot break-

down assistance . . . . . . . . . . 153

BMW Motorrad Service

Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Maintenance work . . . . . . . . . 154

Confirmation of mainte-

nance work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Confirmation of service . . . . 160

General instructions

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

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

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

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

Currentness of this manual . . . . . . . . . . 7

1

5

z

General instructions

Overview

Chapter 2 of this Rider's Manu-

al will provide you with an initial

overview of your motorcycle. All

maintenance and repair work car-

ried out on your motorcycle will

be documented in Chapter 11.

Proof of the maintenance work

performed is a prerequisite for

generous treatment of claims.

When the time comes to sell

your BMW, please remember

to hand over this Rider's Manu-

al; it is an important part of the

motorcycle.

Abbreviations and

symbols

Indicates warnings that you

must comply with for rea-

sons of your safety and the safe-

ty of others, and to protect your

motorcycle against damage.

Special information on op-

erating and inspecting your

motorcycle as well as mainte-

nance and adjustment proce-

dures.

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.

OE Optional equipment

The motorcycles are as-

sembled complete with

all the BMW optional ex-

tras originally ordered.

OA Optional accessories

BMW optional acces-

sories can be purchased

and installed at your au-

thorized BMW Motorrad

retailer.

EWS

Electronic immobilizer.

DWA

Anti-theft alarm.

ABS Anti-Lock Brake System.

ASC Automatic Stability Con-

trol.

ESA Electronic Suspension

Adjustment

Electronic suspension

adjustment.

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6

z

General instructions

RDC Tire Pressure Control

(TPC).

Equipment

When you ordered your BMW

Motorrad, you chose various

items of custom equipment. This

Rider's Manual describes option-

al extras (OE) offered by BMW

and selected optional accessories

(OA). This explains why the man-

ual may also contain descriptions

of equipment which you have not

ordered. Please note, too, that

your motorcycle might not be ex-

actly as illustrated in this manual

on account of country-specific

differences.

If your BMW is equipped with

options or accessories not de-

scribed in this Rider's Manual,

then this equipment is described

in a separate operating manual.

Technical data

All dimensions, weights and out-

puts in the Rider's Manual refer

to the Deutsche Institut für Nor-

mung e. V. (DIN) and comply with

its tolerance regulations. Ver-

sions for individual countries may

differ.

Currentness of this

manual

The high safety and quality stan-

dards of BMW motorcycles are

maintained by constant devel-

opment work on designs, equip-

ment and accessories. Because

of this, your motorcycle may dif-

fer from the information supplied

in the Rider's Manual. In addition,

BMW Motorrad cannot guarantee

the total absence of errors. We

hope you will appreciate that no

claims can be entertained on the

basis of the data, illustrations or

descriptions in this manual.

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General instructions

1

8

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General instructions

Overviews

General view, left side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

General view, right side . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Left handlebar fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Handlebar fitting, right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Underneath seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2

9

z

Overviews

2

10

z

Overviews

General view, left side

1 Clutch fluid reservoir

( 106)

2 Headlight range adjust-

ment (below instrument

cluster) ( 66)

3 Seat lock (below tail light)

( 67)

4 Adjuster for spring preload,

rear ( 62)

5 Adjustment of rear damp-

ing ( 63)

6 Onboard socket ( 92)

2

11

z

Overviews

2

12

z

Overviews

General view, right side

1 Engine oil level indicator

( 101)

2 Fuel filler opening ( 79)

3 Battery compartment

( 127)

4 Brake-fluid reservoir, front

( 102)

5 Vehicle identification num-

ber (on the upper front

wheel control)

6 Type plate (on rear cross

tube)

7 Brake-fluid reservoir, rear

( 105)

2

13

z

Overviews

Left handlebar fitting

1 High-beam headlight and

headlight flasher ( 55)

2 Operating odometer

( 49)

with onboard comput-

er

OE

Operating onboard com-

puter ( 51)

3 Hazard warning flashers

( 56)

4 Operating turn indicators

( 56)

5 Horn

6 with Electronic Suspen-

sion Adjustment (ESA

II)

OE

Operating ESA ( 64)

7 ABS operation ( 58)

with automatic Stability

Control

OE

Operating the ASC

( 59)

2

14

z

Overviews

Handlebar fitting, right

1 with heated handlebar

grips

OE

Heated hand grips ( 60)

2 Starter button ( 72)

3 Emergency ON/OFF

switch ( 57)

2

15

z

Overviews

Underneath seat

1 Luggage loops

2 Rider's Manual (US Model)

3 Tire inflation pressure table

4 Payload table

5 Helmet holder ( 68)

6 Toolkit ( 100)

7 Engine oil fill location

( 102)

2

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z

Overviews

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