BMW K 1600 GTL Exclusive, Rider'S Manual

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Rear wheel spinning in place
with front brake engaged (burn
out).
Heating up on an auxiliary
stand at idle speed or with gear
engaged.
If the front wheel loses contact
to the ground during extreme
acceleration, the DTC reduces
the engine torque until the front
wheel touches the ground again.
BMW Motorrad recommends
that you respond to this condi-
tion by twisting back the throttle
grip somewhat to return to stable
dynamic operating conditions as
quickly as possible.
On a slippery surface, the throt-
tle grip should never be sud-
denly twisted back completely
unless the clutch is disengaged
at the same time. The engine
braking torque can cause the
rear wheel to slip, resulting in
an unstable driving state. This
case cannot be controlled by the
BMW Motorrad DTC.
Tire Pressure Control
TPC/RDC
Operation
A sensor located in each tire
monitors the air temperature and
the inflation pressure inside the
tire and transmits this information
to the control unit.
The sensors are equipped with
a switch, which does not enable
the transmission of the measured
values until a speed of approx.
19 mph (30 km/h) is reached.
The display shows "
--
" for each
tire until the tire-pressure sig-
nal is received for the first time.
The sensors continue to transmit
the monitored data for approx.
15 minutes after the motorcycle
comes to a stop.
An error message will appear if
an TPC control unit is installed,
but no sensors are installed at
the wheels.
Temperature
compensation
The inflation pressure within a
tire is sensitive to temperature:
it responds to higher tire tem-
peratures by increasing, and to
lower temperatures by dropping.
Tire temperature, in turn, varies
according to the ambient temper-
ature as well as in response to
driving style and trip duration.
The tire inflation pressures that
appear in the multifunction
display are generated with
temperature compensation;
they are adjusted for a tire
temperature of 20 °C. No
temperature compensation is
available in the inflation pressure
gauges at filling stations,
meaning that the measured
tire inflation pressure varies
according to tire temperature.
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