BMW K 1300 R Owner's manual

Rider's Manual

K 1300 R

BMW Motorrad

The Ultimate

Riding Machine

Motorcycle data/dealership details

Motorcycle data

Model

Vehicle Identification Number

Colour code

Date of first registration

Registration number

Dealership details

Person to contact in Service department

Ms/Mr

Phone number

Dealership address/phone number (com-

pany stamp)

Welcome to BMW

We congratulate you on

your choice of a vehicle from

BMW Motorrad and welcome

you to the community of BMW

riders. Familiarise yourself with

your new vehicle so that you can

ride it safely and confidently in all

traffic situations.

About this Rider's Manual

Please read this Rider's Manual

carefully before starting to use

your new BMW. It contains im-

portant 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 informa-

tion on maintenance and care to

help you maintain your vehicle's

reliability and safety, as well as its

value.

Suggestions and criticism

If you have questions concerning

your motorcycle, your authorised

BMW Motorrad dealer will gladly

provide advice and assistance.

We hope you will enjoy riding

your BMW and that all your jour-

neys will be pleasant and safe

BMW Motorrad.

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Table of Contents

1 General instructions . ... 5

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

Abbreviations and

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

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

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

Actuality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 General views ........ . . . . 9

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

General view, right side . . . . . 13

Multifunction switch, left . . . . 14

Multifunction switch,

right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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

Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

3 Status indicators . . . . . . . 19

Multifunction display . . . . . . . . 20

Meanings of the status in-

dicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Warning and telltale

lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Service-due indicator . . . . . . . . 22

Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Ambient temperature. . . . . . . . 23

Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

4 Operation. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 39

Ignition switch/steering

lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Electronic immobiliser

EWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Turn indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Hazard warning flashers . . . . . 46

Emergency off switch (kill

switch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Grip heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

BMW Motorrad Integral

ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Automatic Stability Control

ASC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Spring preload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Damping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Electronic Suspension Ad-

justment ESA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Luggage loops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

5 Riding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . 59

Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . 60

Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Starting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Shifting gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Parking your motorcycle . . . . 67

Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Securing motorcycle for

transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

6 Engineering details. . . . . 71

Brake system with

BMW Motorrad Integral

ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Electronic engine manage-

ment with BMW Motorrad

ASC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Tyre pressure monitoring

RDC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Electronic Suspension Ad-

justment ESA II . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

7 Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . .. 79

General instructions . . . . . . . . . 80

Power sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

8 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

General instructions . . . . . . . . . 86

Toolkit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Rims and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Front-wheel stand . . . . . . . . . 102

Rear-wheel stand . . . . . . . . . 104

Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

9 Care .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 115

Care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Washing motorcycle. . . . . . . 116

Cleaning easily damaged

components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Paint care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Protective wax coating . . . . 118

Laying up the motor-

cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Restoring motorcycle to

use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

10 Technical data . . . . . . 119

Troubleshooting chart . . . . . 120

Threaded fasteners . . . . . . . 121

Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Rear-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . 126

Running gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . 128

Electrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Riding specifications . . . . . . 133

11 Service . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 135

BMW Motorrad Service . . . 136

BMW Motorrad Mobility

services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Maintenance work . . . . . . . . . 136

Confirmation of mainten-

ance work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Confirmation of service . . . . 143

12 Appendix ... . . . . . . . . . . 145

Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

13 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 147

General instructions

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

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

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

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

Actuality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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General instructions

Overview

Chapter 2 of this Rider's Manual

will provide you with an initial

overview of your motorcycle. All

maintenance and repair work on

the motorcycle is documented in

Chapter 11. This record of the

maintenance work you have had

performed on your motorcycle is

a precondition for generous treat-

ment of goodwill claims.

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-

torcycle.

Abbreviations and

symbols

Indicates warnings that you

must comply with for reas-

ons of your safety and the safety

of others, and to protect your

product against damage.

Specific instructions on

how to operate, control, ad-

just or look after items of equip-

ment on the motorcycle.

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 a

passage relating to spe-

cific accessories or items

of equipment.

Tightening torque.

Technical data.

OE Optional extra

The motorcycles are as-

sembled complete with

all the BMW Motorrad

optional extras originally

ordered.

OA Optional accessory

You can obtain optional

accessories through

your authorised

BMW Motorrad dealer;

optional accessories have

to be retrofitted to the

motorcycle.

EWS

Electronic immobiliser.

DWA

Anti-theft alarm (Dieb-

stahlwarnanlage).

ABS

Anti-lock brake system.

ASC Automatic Stability Con-

trol.

1

6

z

General instructions

ESA Electronic Suspension

Adjustment.

RDC

Tyre pressure monitoring.

Equipment

When you ordered your BMW

motorcycle, you chose various

items of custom equipment.

This Rider's Manual describes

optional extras (OE) offered by

BMW and selected optional ac-

cessories (OA). This explains why

the manual may also contain de-

scriptions of equipment which

you have not ordered. Please

note, too, that your motorcycle

might not be exactly as illus-

trated in this manual on account

of country-specific differences.

If your BMW was supplied with

equipment not described in

this Rider's Manual, you will

find these features described in

separate manuals.

Technical data

All dimensions, weights and

power ratings stated in the

Rider's Manual are quoted to the

standards and comply with the

tolerance requirements of the

Deutsches Institut für Normung

e.V. (DIN). Versions for individual

countries may differ.

Actuality

The high safety and quality

standards of BMW motorcycles

are maintained by constant

development work on designs,

equipment and accessories.

Because of this, your motorcycle

may differ from the information

supplied in the Rider's Manual.

Nor can BMW Motorrad entirely

rule out errors and omissions.

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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z

General instructions

General views

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

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

Multifunction switch, left . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Multifunction switch, right . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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

Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2

9

z

General views

2

10

z

General views

General view, left side

1 Clutch-fluid reservoir

( 93)

2 Seat lock (underneath the

rear light) ( 57)

3 Adjuster for spring preload,

rear ( 52)

4 Adjuster for damping char-

acteristic, rear suspension

( 53)

5 Power socket ( 80)

2

11

z

General views

2

12

z

General views

General view, right side

1 Engine oil level indicator

( 87)

2 Fuel filler neck ( 68)

3 Battery compartment

( 112)

4 Brake-fluid reservoir, front

( 89)

5 Vehicle identification num-

ber (on side panel, front

right)

6 Type plate (on rear cross-

tube)

7 Brake-fluid reservoir, rear

( 92)

2

13

z

General views

Multifunction switch,

left

1 High-beam headlight and

headlight flasher ( 45)

2 Select display ( 43).

with on-board com-

puter

OE

Resetting the average val-

ues ( 45).

3 Hazard warning flashers

( 46)

4 Operation of the turn indic-

ators ( 46)

5 Horn

6 with Electronic Suspen-

sion Adjustment (ESA

II)

OE

Operating ESA ( 54)

7 Operating the ABS

( 48)

with Automatic Stability

Control

OE

Operating the ASC

( 49)

2

14

z

General views

Multifunction switch,

right

1 with heated handlebar

grips

OE

Grip heating ( 47)

2 Starter button ( 62)

3 Emergency off switch (kill

switch) ( 47)

2

15

z

General views

Underneath the seat

1 Luggage loops

2 Rider's Manual

3 Tyre pressure table and

payload table

4 Standard toolkit ( 86)

5 Engine-oil filler neck

( 88)

2

16

z

General views

Instrument panel

1 Rev. counter

2 Speedometer

3 Warning and telltale lights

( 21)

4 Multifunction display

( 20)

5 Ambient-light brightness

sensor (for adapting the

brightness of the instru-

ment lighting)

with anti-theft alarm

(DWA)

OE

Anti-theft alarm telltale light

(see the instructions for

use for the anti-theft alarm)

6 Control for the odometer

( 43)

Operation of the clock

( 41)

2

17

z

General views

2

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z

General views

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