BMW K 1600GT, Rider'S Manual

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If you want a harder damping
characteristic, use the tool from
the on-board toolkit to turn ad-
justing screw
1 in the direction
indicated by the H arrow.
If you want a softer damping
characteristic, use the tool from
the on-board toolkit to turn ad-
justing screw
1 in the direction
indicated by the S arrow.
Basic setting of rear-
suspension damping
characteristic
without Electronic
Suspension Adjustment
(ESA)
OE
Turn the adjusting screw as
far as it will go in the direction
indicated by the H arrow and
then turn it back one and a
half turns in the direction in-
dicated by the S arrow (Full
load of fuel, with rider 85 kg)
Electronic Suspension
Adjustment ESA
with Electronic Suspension Ad-
justment (ESA)
OE
Settings
Electronic Suspension Adjust-
ment ESA provides a convenient
way of adapting the motorcycle
to the load it carries and the sur-
face over which you intend riding.
This entails selecting the load
variant and the damping charac-
teristic.
You have a choice of three load
variants with any of three damp-
ing characteristics selectable for
each one.
The current setting appears in
display field
1 .
The detailed description of the
ESA II Electronic Suspension
Adjustment system is on page
(
115).
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