
Table of Contents
1 General instructions . . . . 5
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Abbreviations and
symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Additional sources of informa-
tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Certificates and operating li-
cences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Data memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2 General views . . . . . . . . . . . 13
General view, left side . . . . . . . 15
General view, right side . . . . . 17
Underneath the seat . . . . . . . . 18
Multifunction switch, left . . . . 19
Multifunction switch,
right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3 Status indicators . . . . . . . 23
Indicator and warning
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Multifunction displays . . . . . . . 25
Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Service-due indicator . . . . . . . . 35
Riding time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4 Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Ignition switch/steering
lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Emergency off switch (kill
switch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Hazard warning lights sys-
tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Turn indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Anti-theft alarm (DWA) . . . . . . 49
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Adjusting brightness . . . . . . . . 52
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Automatic Stability Control
(ASC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Heated handlebar grips . . . . . 55
Front and rear seats. . . . . . . . . 56
5 Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Spring preload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Damping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Adjustable footrest sys-
tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
6 Riding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Comply with checklist . . . . . . . 76
Starting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Parking your motorcycle . . . . 81
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Securing motorcycle for
transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Summary of Contents for R nineT 2019
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