BMW F 800 GS - Rider's Manual

Rider's Manual

F 800 GS Specialvehicle

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

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

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

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

General view, left side, with

optional extras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

General view, right side . . . . . 15

General view, right side, with

optional extras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Underneath the seat . . . . . . . . 18

Underneath the seat with

optional extras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Underneath the trim

panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Multifunction switch, left . . . . 21

Multifunction switch, left,

with optional extras . . . . . . . . . . 22

Multifunction switch,

right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Multifunction switch, right,

with optional extras . . . . . . . . . . 24

Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

3 Status indicators . .. .. .. 27

Multifunction display . . . . . . . . 28

Meaning of symbols. . . . . . . . . 29

Warning and telltale

lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Service-due indicator . . . . . . . . 32

Ambient temperature. . . . . . . . 32

Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

4 Operation. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 41

Ignition switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . 43

Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Stopwatch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Turn indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Hazard warning flashers . . . . . 48

Light signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Sound signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Emergency off switch (kill

switch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

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

BMW Motorrad ABS . . . . . . . . 53

BMW Motorrad ASC . . . . . . . . 54

Riding mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Spring preload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Damping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Electronic Suspension Ad-

justment ESA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Helmet holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Rider's Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

5 Riding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . 68

Comply with checklist . . . . . . . 71

Starting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Twistgrip brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Off-roading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Parking your motorcycle . . . . 78

Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Secure motorcycle for trans-

portation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

6 Engineering details. .. .. 83

Riding mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Brake system with

BMW Motorrad ABS . . . . . . . . 85

Electronic engine manage-

ment with BMW Motorrad

ASC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

7 Accessories .. .. .. .. .. .. . 89

General instructions . . . . . . . . . 90

Power sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Auxiliary headlights . . . . . . . . . . 91

Luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Aluminium cases . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Topcase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Aluminium topcase . . . . . . . . 101

Two-way radio box . . . . . . . . 103

Fire extinguisher. . . . . . . . . . . 104

8 Maintenance .. .. .. .. .. 105

General instructions . . . . . . . 106

Toolkit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Coolant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Rims and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Front-wheel stand . . . . . . . . . 127

Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Body panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

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

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

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

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

Wheels and tyres. . . . . . . . . . 156

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

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

Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Riding specifications . . . . . . 161

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

BMW Motorrad Service . . . 164

BMW Motorrad Mobility

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

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

Maintenance schedule . . . . 167

Standard BMW service . . . . 168

Confirmation of mainten-

ance work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Confirmation of service . . . . 174

12 Appendix .. .. .. .. .. .. . 177

Certificate for electronic

immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

13 Index .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 180

General instructions

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

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

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

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

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

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Overview

Chapter 2 of this Rider's Manual

will provide you with an initial

overview of your motorcycle. All

maintenance and servicing work

on the vehicle is documented in

Chapter 11. This record of the

maintenance work you have had

performed on your vehicle 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.

Optional extras for special

vehicles and the use of these

items are described in additional

sections or directly after the

descriptions for the standard

items of equipment.

Abbreviations and

symbols

CAUTION Low-risk hazard.

Non-avoidance can lead to

slight or moderate injury.

WARNING Medium-risk

hazard. Non-avoidance can

lead to fatal or severe injury.

DANGER High-risk haz-

ard. Non-avoidance leads

to fatal or severe injury.

ATTENTION Special

notes and precautionary

measures. Non-compliance can

lead to damage to the vehicle or

accessory and, consequently, to

voiding of the warranty.

NOTICE Specific instruc-

tions on how to operate,

control, adjust or look after items

of equipment on the vehicle.

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.

ABS

Anti-lock brake system.

ASC Automatic Stability Con-

trol.

ESA Electronic Suspension

Adjustment.

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 views

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

General view, left side, with optional

extras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

General view, right side . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

General view, right side, with op-

tional extras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Underneath the seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Underneath the seat with optional

extras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Underneath the trim panel . . . . . . . . . . 20

Multifunction switch, left . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Multifunction switch, left, with op-

tional extras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Multifunction switch, right . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Multifunction switch, right, with op-

tional extras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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General views

General view, left side

1 Power socket ( 90)

2 Seat lock ( 64)

3 Engine-oil filler neck and

oil dipstick ( 107)

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General views

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General views

General view, left side,

with optional extras

1 Radio transceiver box

( 103)

2 Auxiliary battery in radio

transceiver box ( 142)

3 Fire extinguisher ( 104)

4 Loudspeaker for hailing

system ( 50)

Loudspeaker for siren

( 51)

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General views

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General views

General view, right side

1 Fuel filler neck ( 80)

2 Brake-fluid reservoir, rear

( 112)

3 Brake-fluid reservoir, front

( 111)

4 VIN, type plate (on

steering-head bearing)

5 Coolant level indicator (be-

hind side panel) ( 113)

6 Adjuster, spring preload

( 59)

7 Adjuster for damping char-

acteristic ( 60)

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General views

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General views

General view, right side,

with optional extras

1 LED 360° marker strobe

( 49)

2 LED marker strobe ( 49)

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General views

Underneath the seat

1 Stowage

with first-aid kit

OA

Location of the first-aid kit

2 Standard toolkit ( 106)

3 Payload table

4 Table of tyre pressures

5 Helmet holder ( 65)

6 Rider's Manual

7 Tool for adjusting spring

preload ( 59)

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General views

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