BMW HP4 Rider's Manual

Rider's Manual (US Model)

HP4

BMW Motorrad

The Ultimate

Riding Machine

Motorcycle/Dealer Data

Motorcycle data

Model

Vehicle identification number

Color number

Initial registration

License plate

Dealer Data

Contact in Service

Ms./Mr.

Phone number

Dealer's address/phone number (company

stamp)

Welcome to BMW

Congratulations on choosing a

motorcycle from BMW Motorrad

and welcome to the community

of BMW motorcycle owners and

riders. Familiarize yourself with

your new motorcycle so that you

can ride it safely and confidently

in all highway 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

get the most benefit from your

BMW's advanced technical fea-

tures.

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 complaints

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 on your

BMW

BMW Motorrad.

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Table of Contents

1 General instructions . ... 5

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

Abbreviations and

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

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

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

Notice concerning current sta-

tus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 Overviews . . . . . . . . . ....... 9

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

General view, right side . . . . . 13

Multifunction switch, left . . . . 14

Multifunction switch,

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

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

Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . 17

3 Displays ...... . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Multifunction display . . . . . . . . 20

Warning and indicator

lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

ABS Pro display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Service display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Cruising range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

4 Operation. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 33

Steering and ignition

lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

EWS Electronic immobi-

lizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . 35

Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Speed warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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

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

Hazard warning flashers . . . . . 41

Emergency-off switch (kill

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

Heated handlebar grips . . . . . 42

BMW Motorrad

Race ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Dynamic Traction Control.

DTC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Riding mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Spring preload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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

Rider and passenger

seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Helmet holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Luggage straps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

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

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

Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

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

Breaking in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Shifting gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Parking your motorcycle . . . . 69

Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Secure motorcycle for trans-

port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

6 On the racetrack.. . . . . . . 73

Multifunction display . . . . . . . . 74

LAPTIMER mode . . . . . . . . . . . 76

INFO mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

SETUP mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

DTC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

DDC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Start of race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Removing and installing

mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Removing and installing

license-plate carrier . . . . . . . 105

Removing and installing

front turn indicator . . . . . . . . 108

7 Technology in de-

tail . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

General instructions . . . . . . . 112

Riding mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Braking system with

BMW Motorrad Race

ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Engine management with

BMW Motorrad DTC . . . . . . 117

BMW Motorrad Dynamic

Damping Control . . . . . . . . . . 118

8 Accessories . . . . . . . . .. . 121

General instructions . . . . . . . 122

Passenger footrests . . . . . . . 122

9 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . 127

General instructions . . . . . . . 128

Onboard tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Coolant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Fairings and panels . . . . . . . 135

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Wheel rims and tires . . . . . . 139

Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Front wheel stand . . . . . . . . . 148

Rear-wheel stand . . . . . . . . . 149

Light sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

10 Care .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 163

Care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Washing your motorcy-

cle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Cleaning sensitive motorcy-

cle parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Paint care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Protective wax coating . . . . 166

Storing the motorcycle . . . . 166

Returning motorcycle to

use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

11 Technical data . . . . . . 167

Troubleshooting chart . . . . . 168

Threaded fasteners . . . . . . . 169

Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Rear-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . 174

Suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Wheels and tires . . . . . . . . . . 175

Electrical system . . . . . . . . . . 176

Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Performance data . . . . . . . . . 179

12 Service . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 181

Reporting safety

defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

BMW Motorrad Service . . . 183

BMW Motorrad Mobility

Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Maintenance proce-

dures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Confirmation of mainte-

nance work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Confirmation of service . . . . 190

13 Index . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 192

General instructions

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

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

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

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

Notice concerning current status . . . . 7

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General instructions

Overview

Chapter 2 of this Rider's Man-

ual will provide you with an ini-

tial overview of your motorcycle.

All maintenance and repair work

carried out on your motorcycle

will be documented in Chapter

12. Documentation confirm-

ing performance of scheduled

maintenance is a precondition

for generous handling of out-of-

warranty claims and goodwill war-

ranty treatment.

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 are

imperative to observe for

your own safety and the safety

of others, and to protect your

product 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 extra.

BMW Motorrad optional

extras are already com-

pletely installed during

motorcycle production.

OA Optional accessory.

BMW Motorrad optional

accessories can be

purchased and installed

at your authorized

BMW Motorrad retailer.

EWS

Electronic immobilizer.

DWA

Anti-theft alarm.

ABS Anti-Lock Brake System.

DTC Dynamic Traction Con-

trol.

DDC Dynamic Damping Con-

trol.

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General instructions

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 per-

formance data contained this

Rider's Manual refer to the Ger-

man DIN standards and comply

with their tolerance specifications.

Versions for individual countries

may differ.

Notice concerning

current status

The high safety and quality stan-

dards of BMW motorcycles are

maintained by consistent, on-

going development efforts em-

bracing their design, equipment

and accessories. For this reason,

some aspects of your motorcycle

may vary from the descriptions in

this Rider's Manual. In addition,

BMW Motorrad cannot guarantee

the total absence of errors. We

hope you will appreciate that no

claims can be recognized based

on the data, illustrations or de-

scriptions in this manual.

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General instructions

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General instructions

Overviews

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

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

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

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

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

Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2

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Overviews

2

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Overviews

General view, left side

1 Seat humb cover lock

( 54)

with passenger pack-

age

OE

Seat lock ( 55)

2 Tire inflation pressure table

Payload table

Chain adjustment values

3 Engine oil level indicator

( 129)

2

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z

Overviews

2

12

z

Overviews

General view, right side

1 Adjuster for spring preload,

rear ( 52)

2 Brake-fluid reservoir, rear

( 133)

3 Vehicle identification num-

ber and type plate (on

steering head at right)

4 Adjuster for spring preload,

front ( 51)

5 Brake-fluid reservoir, front

( 132)

6 Steering damper (behind

side panel) ( 66)

7 Coolant level indicator (be-

hind side panel) ( 134)

8 Oil fill location ( 130)

2

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Overviews

Multifunction switch,

left

1 High-beam headlight and

headlight flasher ( 39)

Using lap timer ( 78)

2 Operating BMW Motorrad

Race ABS ( 43)

Operating DTC ( 44)

with ABS Pro

OA

Operation ABS Pro

( 43)

3 Hazard warning flashers

operation ( 41)

4 Setting DTC ( 96)

5 Turn indicators ( 40)

6 Horn

7 Setting clock ( 37)

Operating odometer

( 37)

Using racing functions

( 74)

Damping adjustment

( 97)

2

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Overviews

Multifunction switch,

right

1 with heated handlebar

grips

OE

Operate heated grips

( 42)

2 Selecting riding mode

( 45)

3 Emergency-off switch (kill

switch) ( 41)

4 Start engine ( 62)

Launch Control ( 102)

2

15

z

Overviews

Underneath seat

1 Seat hump cover ( 54)

with passenger pack-

age

OE

Passenger seat ( 55)

2 Helmet holder ( 56)

3 with passenger pack-

age

OE

Luggage straps ( 57)

4 Onboard tool kit (behind

side panel) ( 128)

with passenger pack-

age

OE

Parts of the onboard tool

kit underneath the passen-

ger seat

5 Fuse box ( 157)

6 Rider's Manual (US Model)

7 Battery ( 159)

with anti-theft alarm

OE

Deviating battery position,

rotated by 180°.

2

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z

Overviews

Instrument cluster

1 Indicator and warning lights

( 21)

2 Tachometer

3 Shiftpoint light ( 65)

4 Photosensor (for adjusting

brightness of instrument

lighting)

with anti-theft alarm

OE

Anti-theft alarm indicator

light

Anti-Theft Alarm System

( 35)

5 Multifunction display

( 20)

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Overviews

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Overviews

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