BMW F 700 GS - 2014 Owner's manual

Rider's Manual

F 700 GS

BMW Motorrad

The Ultimate

Riding Machine

Vehicle data/dealership details

Vehicle 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.

Table of Contents

1 General instructions . ... 5

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Abbreviations and

symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Actuality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2 General views ........ . . . . 7

General view, left side . . . . . . . . 8

General view, right side . . . . . 10

Underneath the seat . . . . . . . . 11

Underneath the trim

panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Multifunction switch, left . . . . 13

Multifunction switch,

right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

3 Status indicators . . . . . . . 17

Multifunction display . . . . . . . . 17

Meaning of symbols . . . . . . . . . 18

Warning and telltale

lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Service-due indicator . . . . . . . . 20

Ambient temperature. . . . . . . . 21

Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

4 Operation. . . . . . . . . . ... . . . 34

Ignition switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Electronic immobiliser

(EWS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Stopwatch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Turn indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Hazard warning flashers . . . . . 40

Emergency off switch (kill

switch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Grip heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

BMW Motorrad ABS . . . . . . . . 42

BMW Motorrad ASC . . . . . . . . 43

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Spring preload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Damping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Electronic Suspension Ad-

justment ESA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Helmet holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Rider's Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

5 Anti-theft alarm

DWA . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 54

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Alarm function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Registration of the remote

control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

6 Riding .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . 63

Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Starting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Off-roading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Parking your motorcycle . . . . 71

Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Securing motorcycle for

transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

7 Engineering details. . . . . 75

Brake system with

BMW Motorrad ABS . . . . . . . . 75

Electronic engine manage-

ment with BMW Motorrad

ASC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Tyre pressure monitoring

RDC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

8 Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . .. 80

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

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

Luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

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

Topcase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

9 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

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

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

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

Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Coolant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Rims and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Front-wheel stand . . . . . . . . . 105

Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Body panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

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

10 Care . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . 119

Care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Washing motorcycle. . . . . . . 119

Cleaning easily damaged

components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Paint care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Protective wax coating . . . . 121

Laying up the motor-

cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Restoring motorcycle to

use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

11 Technical data . . . . . . 122

Troubleshooting chart . . . . . 122

Threaded fasteners . . . . . . . 123

Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Rear-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . 129

Running gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

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

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

Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Riding specifications . . . . . . 135

12 Service . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 136

BMW Motorrad Service . . . 136

BMW Motorrad Mobility

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

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

Confirmation of mainten-

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

Confirmation of service . . . . 143

13 Appendix ... . . . . . . . . . . 145

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

14 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . 147

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 12. 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 extras.

The vehicles are as-

sembled complete with

all the BMW Motorrad

optional extras originally

ordered.

OA Optional accessories.

You can obtain

BMW Motorrad

optional accessories

through your authorised

BMW Motorrad dealer;

optional accessories have

to be retrofitted to the

vehicle.

EWS

Electronic immobiliser.

DWA

Anti-theft alarm (Dieb-

stahlwarnanlage).

ABS

Anti-lock brake system.

ASC Automatic Stability Con-

trol.

1

5

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.

1

6

z

General instructions

2

7

z

General views

General view, left side

1 Power socket ( 80)

2 Seat lock ( 51)

3 Engine-oil filler neck and

oil dipstick ( 89)

2

8

z

General views

2

9

z

General views

General view, right side

1 Fuel filler neck ( 72)

2 Adjuster, spring preload

( 46)

3 Brake-fluid reservoir, rear

( 94)

4 Brake-fluid reservoir, front

( 93)

5 VIN, type plate (on

steering-head bearing)

6 Coolant level indicator (be-

hind side panel) ( 94)

7 Adjuster for damping char-

acteristic ( 47)

2

10

z

General views

Underneath the seat

1 Stowage

with first-aid kit

OA

Location of the first-aid kit

2 Standard toolkit ( 88)

3 Payload table

4 Table of tyre pressures

5 Helmet holder ( 52)

6 Rider's Manual (in rear of

vehicle)

with anti-theft alarm

(DWA)

OE

Rider's Manual (below con-

trol unit) ( 53)

7 Tool for adjusting spring

preload ( 46)

2

11

z

General views

Underneath the trim

panel

1 Battery ( 115)

2 Air-filter housing ( 113)

2

12

z

General views

Multifunction switch,

left

1 High-beam headlight and

headlight flasher ( 39)

2 Select display ( 36).

with on-board com-

puter

OE

Resetting the average val-

ues ( 37).

3 Hazard warning flashers

( 40)

4 Operation of the flashing

turn indicators ( 40)

5 Horn

6 with Electronic

Suspension Adjustment

(ESA)

OE

Operating ESA ( 49)

7 Operating the ABS

( 42)

with Automatic Stability

Control (ASC)

OE

Operating the ASC

( 43)

2

13

z

General views

Multifunction switch,

right

1 with heated handlebar

grips

OE

Grip heating control

( 41)

2 Starter button ( 65)

3 Emergency off switch (kill

switch) ( 41)

2

14

z

General views

Instrument panel

1 Warning and telltale lights

( 19)

2 Speedometer

3 Setting clock ( 35).

with on-board com-

puter

OE

Operation of the stopwatch

( 37)

4 Multifunction display

( 17)

5 Select display ( 36).

Resetting tripmeter

( 37).

2

15

z

General views

6 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)

with on-board com-

puter

OE

Redline warning ( 69)

7 Rev. counter

2

16

z

General views

Multifunction display

1 Warning for engine elec-

tronics ( 28)

2 with heated handlebar

grips

OE

Display showing chosen

level of grip heating

( 41)

3 with on-board com-

puter

OE

Stopwatch ( 37)

4 Time ( 35)

5 with tyre pressure monit-

oring (RDC)

OE

Tyre pressures ( 21)

6 Warning for coolant tem-

perature ( 27)

7 Service due ( 20)

8 Values area ( 36)

9 with on-board com-

puter

OE

Symbols explaining the

readings shown in the val-

ues area ( 18)

3

17

z

Status indicators

10 Coolant temperature

display

11 – with on-board computer

(OE)

Gear indicator; "N" indic-

ates neutral

12 Fuel level ( 20)

13 – with on-board computer

(OE)

Values area ( 36)

14 a warning is shown in the

values area ( 22)

15 Trip meter ( 36)

Meaning of symbols

with on-board computer

OE

Distance travelled after fuel

down to reserve ( 20)

Average consumption

Average speed

Current consumption

Ambient temperature

( 21)

3

18

z

Status indicators

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