6 Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Gearshift lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Footrests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Spring preload . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Damping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
7 Riding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Safety information . . . . . . . . . 132
Comply with checklist . . . . . 134
Always before riding
off: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
At every third refuelling
stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Starting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Shifting gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Parking your motor-
cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Securing motorcycle for
transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
General instructions . . . . . . . 150
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Traction control (ASC/
DTC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Dynamic ESA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Riding mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Dynamic Brake Control . . . . 157
Tyre pressure control
(RDC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Shift assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Hill Start Control . . . . . . . . . . 161
ShiftCam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
9 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . 165
General instructions . . . . . . . 166
Tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Service tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Front-wheel stand . . . . . . . . . 167
Rear-wheel stand . . . . . . . . . 168
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Coolant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Rims and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Silencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Diagnostic connector . . . . . . 195
10 Accessories . . . . . . . . . 197
General instructions . . . . . . . 198
Power sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Topcase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Navigation system . . . . . . . . . 204
11 Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . 212
Cleaning easily damaged
components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Summary of Contents for R 1250RS
Page 1: ...Rider s manual R1250RS BMW Motorrad...
Page 18: ...1 16 z General instructions...
Page 20: ...2 18 z General views...
Page 22: ...2 20 z General views...
Page 26: ...11 with daytime riding lightOE Manual daytime riding light 75 2 24 z General views...
Page 31: ...9 with LED additional headlightOA Additional headlight 74 3 29 z Status indicators...
Page 37: ...again as long as the fault per sists 3 35 z Status indicators...
Page 64: ...3 62 z Status indicators...
Page 100: ...4 98 z Operation...
Page 150: ...7 148 z Riding...
Page 166: ...8 164 z Engineering details...
Page 212: ...10 210 z Accessories...
Page 218: ...11 216 z Care...
Page 236: ...12 234 z Technical data...
Page 241: ...13 239 z Service...
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Page 259: ...Work performed at km Date 13 257 z Service...
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Page 277: ...15 275 z Index...