BMW R 1200 RT Rider's Manual

BMW Motorrad

Rider's Manual (US Model)

R 1200 RT

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)

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 . . . . . . . 16

Underneath seat . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3 Status indicators . . . . . . . 23

Standard displays . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Displays with onboard com-

puter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Displays with Tire Pressure

Control TPC/RDC . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Displays with heated handle-

bar grips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Displays with seat heater . . . . 26

Indicator light of cruise-con-

trol system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Standard warning indica-

tors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Warning indicators of on-

board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

ABS warning indicators . . . . . 34

ASC warning indicators . . . . . 37

TPC/RDC warning indica-

tors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Anti-theft alarm warning indi-

cators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

4 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Ignition switch and steering

lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Electronic immobilizer

EWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Odometer and

tripmeters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Multifunction display . . . . . . . . 52

Onboard computer . . . . . . . . . . 52

Tire Pressure Control TPC/

RDC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Turn indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Hazard warning flashers . . . . . 57

Emergency ON/OFF

switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Heated handlebar grips . . . . . 58

Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Automatic Stability Control

ASC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Seat height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Storage compartment . . . . . . . 65

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Spring preload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Damping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Electronic suspension ad-

justment ESA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Front and rear seats. . . . . . . . . 72

Helmet holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

5 Riding .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 75

Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . 76

Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Starting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Parking your motorcycle . . . . 82

Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Securing motorcycle for

transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

6 Technology in

detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Brake system with BMW

Motorrad Integral ABS . . . . . . 86

Engine management with

BMW Motorrad ASC . . . . . . . . 88

Tire Pressure Control TPC/

RDC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Electronic Suspension Ad-

justment ESA II . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

7 Accessories .. . . . . . . . . . . . 93

General instructions . . . . . . . . . 94

Onboard sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Topcase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

8 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . 101

General instructions . . . . . . . 102

Onboard toolkit . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

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

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

Fairings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Rear-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . 143

Running gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Wheels and tires . . . . . . . . . . 145

Electrical system . . . . . . . . . . 147

Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

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

Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Riding specifications . . . . . . 149

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

Reporting safety

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

BMW Motorrad Service . . . 153

BMW Motorrad Service

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

BMW Motorrad Mobility

Services - onsite break-

down service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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.

1

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z

General instructions

RDC 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). 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 separate operating instructions.

Technical data

All dimensions, weights and out-

puts in the Rider's Manual refer

to the Deutsches 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

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General instructions

Overviews

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

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

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

Handlebar fitting, right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Underneath seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

2

9

z

Overviews

2

10

z

Overviews

General view, left side

1 Headlight range adjust-

ment ( 71)

2 Brake-fluid reservoir, front

( 107)

3 Onboard socket (OE/OA)

( 94)

4 Adjustment of rear damp-

ing ( 67)

5 Adjustable shift lever

( 66)

6 Engine oil level indicator

( 103)

7 Onboard socket ( 94)

8 Vehicle Identification

Number (on steering-head

bearing)

2

11

z

Overviews

2

12

z

Overviews

General view, right side

1 Seat lock ( 72)

2 with seat heating

OE

Operation of passenger

seat heating (under pas-

senger seat) ( 60)

3 Tank rucksack mount

4 Fuel filler opening ( 82)

5 Clutch fluid reservoir

6 Electrically adjustable wind-

shield ( 62)

7 Storage compartment

( 65)

8 Engine oil fill location

( 104)

2

13

z

Overviews

Left handlebar fitting

1 Operation of audio system

(OE, see separate operat-

ing instructions)

2 High-beam headlight and

headlight flasher ( 57)

3 with cruise-control sys-

tem

OE

Cruise control operation

( 63)

4 Hazard warning flashers

( 57)

5 Windshield operation

( 62)

6 Operating turn indicators

( 57)

7 Horn

8 with Electronic Suspen-

sion Adjustment (ESA

II)

OE

Operating ESA ( 68)

9 with Automatic Stability

Control (ASC)

OE

Operating ASC ( 61)

2

14

z

Overviews

10 Operating odometer

( 50)

with onboard comput-

er

OE

Operating onboard com-

puter ( 52)

2

15

z

Overviews

Handlebar fitting, right

1 with heated handlebar

grips

OE

Heated hand grip operation

( 58)

2 with seat heating

OE

Driver's seat heater opera-

tion ( 59)

3 Emergency ON/OFF

switch ( 58)

4 Starter button ( 78)

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z

Overviews

2

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Overviews

2

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Overviews

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