BMW R 1200GS Adventure Rider's Manual

Rider's Manual

R 1200 GS Adventure

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.

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Table of Contents

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

Multifunction switch, left . . . . 15

Multifunction switch,

right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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

3 Status indicators . . . . . . . 19

Warning and telltale

lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Multifunction display . . . . . . . . 22

Warning symbols in the

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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

Ambient temperature. . . . . . . . 38

Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Service-due indicator . . . . . . . . 40

Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Recommendation to up-

shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

4 Operation. . . . . . . . . . ... . . . 43

Ignition switch/steering

lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Electronic immobiliser

EWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Multifunction display . . . . . . . . 46

Anti-theft alarm (DWA) . . . . . . 52

Emergency off switch (kill

switch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

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

Daytime riding light . . . . . . . . . . 57

Turn indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Hazard warning flashers . . . . . 59

BMW Motorrad Integ-

ral ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Automatic Stability Control

ASC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Riding mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Cruise-control system . . . . . . . 65

Spring preload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Damping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Dynamic ESA, electronic

suspension adjustment . . . . . . 69

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Shift mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Handlebars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Heated handlebar grips . . . . . 73

Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Front and rear seats. . . . . . . . . 75

Stowage compartment . . . . . . 78

5 Riding .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . 79

Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . 80

Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Starting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Parking your motorcycle . . . . 86

Off-roading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Securing motorcycle for

transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

6 Engineering details. . . . . 91

Riding mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Brake system with

BMW Motorrad Integral

ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Electronic engine manage-

ment with BMW Motorrad

ASC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Tyre pressure monitoring

RDC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

7 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . 101

General instructions . . . . . . . 102

Toolkit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

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

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

Coolant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Rims and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Front-wheel stand . . . . . . . . . 117

Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

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

Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

8 Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . 131

General instructions . . . . . . . 132

Power sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Navigation system . . . . . . . . . 133

Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Topcase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

9 Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 143

Care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . 144

Cleaning easily damaged

components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Paint care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Laying up the motor-

cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Protective wax coating . . . . 146

Restoring motorcycle to

use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

10 Technical data . . . . . . 147

Troubleshooting chart . . . . . 148

Threaded fasteners . . . . . . . 149

Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Rear-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . 155

Running gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . 157

Electrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Anti-theft alarm. . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Riding specifications . . . . . . 162

11 Service . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 163

BMW Motorrad Service . . . 164

BMW Motorrad Mobility

services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Maintenance work . . . . . . . . . 164

Confirmation of mainten-

ance work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Confirmation of service . . . . 171

12 Appendix ... . . . . . . . . . . 173

Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

13 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . 175

General instructions

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

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

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

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

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

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Overview

An important aspect of this

Rider's Manual is that it can

be used for quick and easy

reference. Consulting the

extensive index at the end of this

Rider's Manual is the fastest way

to find information on a particular

topic or item. To first read an

overview of your motorcycle,

please go to chapter 2. All

maintenance and servicing 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

treatment 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.

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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.

ESA Electronic Suspension

Adjustment.

RDC

Tyre pressure monitoring.

Equipment

When you purchased your BMW

motorcycle, you chose a model

with individual equipment. This

Rider's Manual describes the

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 motorcycle contains

equipment that has not been

described, its description can be

found in a separate manual.

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.

Currency

The high safety and quality level

of BMW motorcycles is ensured

by continuous development

work on design, 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 views

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

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

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

Multifunction switch, left . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Multifunction switch, right . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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

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General views

General view, left side

1 with daytime running

light

OE

Daytime running light

( 57)

2 Fuel filler neck ( 88)

3 Seat lock ( 75)

4 Setting the rear damping

(down at the spring strut)

( 68)

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General views

2

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General views

General view, right side

1 Adjuster for spring preload,

rear ( 67)

2 Air filter (underneath the

centre trim panel) ( 123)

3 Brake-fluid reservoir, front

( 107)

4 Height adjustment of the

windscreen ( 75)

5 Power socket ( 132)

6 Vehicle Identification Num-

ber (VIN) (on steering-head

bearing)

Type plate (on steering-

head bearing)

7 Coolant-level indicator

( 109)

Coolant reservoir ( 109)

8 Engine-oil filler neck

( 104)

9 Engine oil level indicator

( 103)

10 Battery (behind the side

trim panel) ( 126)

Battery support point (be-

hind the side trim panel)

( 124)

11 Brake-fluid reservoir, rear

( 108)

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General views

Underneath the seat

1 Toolkit ( 102)

2 Rider's Manual

3 Table of tyre pressures

4 Payload table

5 Adjusting the driver seat

height ( 77)

6 Fuses ( 129)

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General views

Multifunction switch,

left

1 High-beam headlight and

headlight flasher ( 55)

2 with cruise control

OE

Cruise-control system

( 65)

3 Hazard warning flashers

( 59)

4 ABS ( 59)

ASC ( 60)

5 with Dynamic ESA

OE

ESA ( 69)

6 with LED auxiliary head-

lights

OA

LED auxiliary headlights

( 56)

7 Turn indicators ( 58)

8 Horn

9 Multifunction display

( 46)

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General views

10 with preparation for nav-

igation system

OE

Navigation system

( 134)

11 with daytime running

light

OE

Daytime running light

( 57)

2

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General views

Multifunction switch,

right

1 with heated handlebar

grips

OE

Heated handlebar grips

( 74)

2 Riding mode ( 61)

3 Emergency off switch (kill

switch) ( 54)

4 Start engine ( 82)

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General views

Instrument panel

1 Speedometer

2 Rev. counter

3 Ambient-light brightness

sensor (for adapting the

brightness of the instru-

ment lighting)

with daytime running

light

OE

Ambient brightness sensor

for the automatic mode of

the daytime riding light

with anti-theft alarm

OE

Anti-theft alarm telltale light

4 Warning and telltale lights

( 20)

5 Multifunction display

( 22)

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General views

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