BMW F 800 R Rider's Manual

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Welcome to BMW

We congratulate you on your

choice of a motorcycle from

BMW and welcome you to the

community of BMW riders.

Familiarise 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 questions concerning

your motorcycle, your authorised

BMW Motorrad dealer will gladly

provide advice and assistance.

We hope that you will enjoy rid-

ing your BMW and that all your

journeys will be pleasant and

safe.

BMW Motorrad.

Table of Contents

You can also consult the index at

the end of this Rider's Manual if

you want to find a particular topic

or item of information.

1 General instructions . ... 5

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

Abbreviations and

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

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

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

Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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

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

General view, right side . . . . . 13

Underneath the seat . . . . . . . . 14

Underneath the trim pan-

el . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Handlebar fitting, left . . . . . . . . 16

Handlebar fitting, right . . . . . . . 17

Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

3 Status indicators . . . . . . . 21

Standard status indicat-

ors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Status indicators with on-

board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Status indicators with

tyre pressure monitoring

(RDC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Standard warnings . . . . . . . . . . 24

Warnings issued by the on-

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

ABS warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

RDC warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Anti-theft alarm warnings. . . . 37

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

Ignition switch and steering

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

Electronic immobiliser

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

Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Odometer and

tripmeters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

On-board computer . . . . . . . . . 43

Tyre pressure monitoring

RDC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Turn indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Hazard warning flashers . . . . . 51

Emergency off switch (kill

switch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Grip heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Spring preload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Damping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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

Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

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

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

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

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

Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

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

Parking your motorcycle . . . . 66

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

Securing motorcycle for

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

6 Engineering details. . . . . 71

Brake system with BMW

Motorrad ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Tyre pressure monitoring

RDC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

7 Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

General instructions . . . . . . . . . 78

Power socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Topcase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

8 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

General instructions . . . . . . . . . 88

Toolkit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Brake system, general. . . . . . . 91

Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Brake fluid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Coolant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Front-wheel stand . . . . . . . . . 106

Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

9 Care .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Washing motorcycle. . . . . . . 120

Cleaning easily damaged

components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Paint care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Protective wax coating . . . . 122

Laying up motorcycle . . . . . 122

Restoring motorcycle to

use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

10 Technical data .. .. .. 123

Troubleshooting chart . . . . . 124

Threaded fasteners . . . . . . . 125

Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Rear-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . 130

Running gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Wheels and tyres. . . . . . . . . . 131

Electrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Riding specifications . . . . . . 135

11 Service .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

BMW Motorrad service. . . . 138

BMW Motorrad service

quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

BMW Motorrad mobility

services - roadside assist-

ance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

BMW Motorrad service

network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Maintenance work. . . . . . . . . 139

Confirmation of mainten-

ance work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Confirmation of service . . . . 145

General instructions

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

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

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

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

Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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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 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 Manu-

al; it is an important part of the

motorcycle.

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

motorcycle 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.

Item of technical data.

OE Optional extra

The motorcycles are as-

sembled complete with

all the BMW optional ex-

tras originally ordered.

OA Optional accessory

You can obtain option-

al accessories through

your authorised BMW

Motorrad dealer; optional

accessories have to be

retrofitted to the motor-

cycle.

EWS

Electronic immobiliser.

DWA

Anti-theft alarm (Dieb-

stahlwarnanlage)

ABS

Anti-lock brake system

RDC

Tyre pressure control

(ReifenDruck-Control)

1

6

z

General instructions

Equipment

When you ordered your BMW

motorcycle, you chose various

items of custom equipment. This

Rider's Manual describes option-

al extras (OE) offered by BMW

and selected optional accessor-

ies (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 this

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.

Currency

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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General instructions

General views

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

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

Underneath the seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Underneath the trim panel . . . . . . . . . . 15

Handlebar fitting, left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Handlebar fitting, right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

2

9

z

General views

2

10

z

General views

General view, left side

1 Payload table (on left of

steering-head bearing)

2 Seat lock ( 58)

3 Engine-oil filler neck

( 90)

Oil dipstick ( 89)

2

11

z

General views

2

12

z

General views

General view, right side

1 Fuel filler neck ( 68)

2 Adjuster for spring preload,

rear ( 54)

3 VIN, type plate (on

steering-head bearing,

right)

4 Brake-fluid reservoir, front

( 93)

5 Coolant-level indicator

( 95)

6 with power socket

OE

Power socket ( 78)

7 Adjuster for damping char-

acteristic, rear suspension

( 55)

8 Brake-fluid reservoir, rear

( 94)

2

13

z

General views

Underneath the seat

1 Tool for adjusting spring

preload ( 54)

2 Standard toolkit ( 88)

3 Rider's Manual

4 Location of first-aid kit

(OA)

5 Table of tyre pressures

6 with service toolkit

OA

Stowage for on-board tool-

kit service kit ( 88)

2

14

z

General views

Underneath the trim

panel

1 Battery ( 115)

2 Puncture kit (OA)

2

15

z

General views

Handlebar fitting, left

1 High-beam headlight and

headlight flasher ( 50)

2 with on-board com-

puter

OE

Operating the on-board

computer ( 43)

3 Hazard warning flashers

( 51)

4 Operation of the flashing

turn indicators ( 50)

5 Horn

2

16

z

General views

Handlebar fitting, right

1 with heated handlebar

grips

OE

Grip heating ( 52)

2 Starter button ( 62)

3 Emergency off switch (kill

switch) ( 51)

2

17

z

General views

Instrument panel

1 Telltale lights ( 22)

2 Speedometer

3 Operation of the clock

( 42)

4 Multifunction display

( 22)

5 Operating the odometer

( 42)

with on-board com-

puter

OE

Operation of the stopwatch

( 47)

6 Ambient-light brightness

sensor (for adapting the

brightness of the instru-

ment lighting)

RPM redline warning

with anti-theft alarm

OE

Anti-theft alarm telltale light

(see the instructions for

use for the anti-theft alarm)

7 Rev. counter

2

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General views

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