Operate brakes several times
until brake pads contact brake
disk.
Remove auxiliary stand if nec-
essary.
Removing rear wheel
Components of the exhaust
system can be hot.
Do not touch hot parts of the
exhaust system.
Place motorcycle on an auxil-
iary stand; BMW Motorrad rec-
ommends BMW Motorrad rear
wheel stand.
Installing rear-wheel stand
(
108)
with OE Center stand:
Make sure ground is level and
firm and place motorcycle on
its center stand.
Loosen clamp
1
.
Remove screw
2
for brack-
et of muffler from passenger
footrest.
Turn muffler outward.
Shift into first gear.
Remove bolts
1
of rear wheel,
holding wheel as you do so.
Roll rear wheel out toward rear.
8
104
z
Maintenance
Summary of Contents for R 1200 R 2007
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Page 10: ...1 8 z General instructions ...
Page 12: ...2 10 z Overviews ...
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Page 21: ...Headlight 1 Low beam headlight 2 High beam headlight 3 Parking lights 2 19 z Overviews ...
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Page 42: ...3 40 z Status indicators ...
Page 64: ...4 62 z Operation ...
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