Table of Contents
You can also use the index at the
end of this Rider's Manual to find
a specific topic.
1 General instructions . . . . . 5
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Abbreviations and symbols . . . . 6
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Currentness of this manual . . . . 7
2 Overviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
General view, left side . . . . . . . . 11
General view, right side . . . . . . 13
Underneath seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Left handlebar fitting . . . . . . . . . 16
Handlebar fitting, right . . . . . . . . 17
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3 Status indicators . . . . . . . 21
Standard displays . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Displays with onboard com-
puter
OE
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Displays with Tire Pressure
Control TPC/RDC
OE
. . . . . . . . . 24
Standard warning indica-
tors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Warning indicators of on-
board computer
OE
. . . . . . . . . . . 29
ABS warning indica-
tors
OE
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
ASC warning indica-
tors
OE
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
TPC/RDC warning indica-
tors
OE
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Anti-theft alarm warning indi-
cators
OE
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Ignition switch and steering
lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Electronic immobilizer
EWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Odometer and tripmeters . . . . 44
Onboard computer
OE
. . . . . . . . 46
Tire Pressure Control TPC/
RDC
OE
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Turn indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Hazard warning flashers . . . . . . 51
Emergency ON/OFF
switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Automatic Stability Control
ASC
OE
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Heated hand grips
OE
. . . . . . . . . 53
Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Spring preload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Damping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Electronic suspension adjust-
ment ESA
OE
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
5 Riding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Starting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Lowered suspension
OE
. . . . . . 69
Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Parking your motorcycle . . . . . 72
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