BMW R 1200 RT Bedienungsanleitung

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BMW Motorrad

The Ultimate Riding

Machine

Rider's Manual (US Model)

R 1200 RT

Motorcycle/Retailer Data

Motorcycle data

Model

Vehicle Identification Number

Color number

First registration

Registration number

Retailer Data

Contact in Service

Ms./Mr.

Phone number

Retailer's address/phone number (compa-

ny stamp)

Welcome to BMW

We congratulate you on your

choice of a motorcycle from

BMW and welcome you to the

community of BMW riders.

Familiarize yourself with your new

motorcycle so that you can ride it

safely and confidently in all traffic

situations.

Please read this Rider's Manual

carefully before starting to use

your new BMW motorcycle. It

contains important information on

how to operate the controls and

how to make the best possible

use of all your BMW's technical

features.

In addition, it contains information

on maintenance and care to help

you maintain your motorcycle's

reliability and safety, as well as its

value.

If you have any questions con-

cerning your motorcycle, your au-

thorized BMW Motorrad retailer

is always happy to provide advice

and assistance.

We wish you many miles of safe

and enjoyable riding

BMW Motorrad.

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 radio OE ........ 24

Displays with Tire Pressure

Control TPC/RDC OE ......... 24

Displays with seat

heater OE ..................... 24

Indicator light of cruise-con-

trol system OE ................ 25

Standard warning indica-

tors........................... 25

Warning indicators of on-

board computer OE ........... 29

ABS warning indicators . . . . . . 32

ASC warning indica-

tors OE ........................ 35

TPC/RDC warning indica-

tors OE ........................ 37

Anti-theft alarm warning indi-

cators OE ..................... 42

4 Operation . .. . .. .. . .. . .. . . 45

Ignition switch and steering

lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Electronic immobilizer

EWS ......................... 48

Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Odometer and tripmeters . . . . 49

Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . 51

Onboard computer OE ........ 51

Tire Pressure Control TPC/

RDC OE ....................... 55

Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Turn indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Hazard warning flashers . . . . . . 57

Emergency ON/OFF

switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Automatic Stability Control

ASC OE ....................... 59

Heated hand grips OE ......... 60

Seat heating OE ............... 61

Seat height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Cruise control OE ............. 63

Storage compartment . . . . . . . . 66

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Spring preload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Damping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Electronic suspension adjust-

ment ESA OE ................. 69

Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Front and rear seats . . . . . . . . . . 73

Helmet holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

5 Riding . . . .. . . .. . .. . ... . . .. 77

Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Starting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Lowered suspension OE ...... 82

Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Parking your motorcycle . . . . . 85

Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Securing motorcycle for

transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

6 Technology in detail . . . 91

Brake system with BMW Mo-

torrad Integral ABS . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Engine management with

BMW Motorrad ASC OE ...... 94

Tire Pressure Control TPC/

RDC OE ....................... 95

7 Accessories . .. . .. .. . .. . . 97

General instructions . . . . . . . . . . 98

Onboard socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Topcase OA ................. 102

8 Maintenance . . .. . .. . .. . 105

General instructions . . . . . . . . 106

Onboard toolkit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Front wheel stand . . . . . . . . . . 120

Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

9 Care . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. . .. .. . 135

Care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Washing your motorcy-

cle.......................... 136

Cleaning sensitive motorcy-

cle parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Paint care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Protective wax coating . . . . . 138

Storing motorcycle . . . . . . . . . 138

Returning motorcycle to

use......................... 138

10 Technical data . . . . .. . 139

Troubleshooting chart . . . . . . 140

Threaded fasteners . . . . . . . . 141

Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Rear-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Running gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Wheels and tires . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Electrical system . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Riding specifications . . . . . . . 153

11 Service . . .. . .. . .. .. . .. . 155

Reporting safety defects . . . 156

BMW Motorrad Service . . . . 157

BMW Motorrad Service

Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

BMW Motorrad Service

Card - On-the-spot break-

down assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 157

BMW Motorrad Service

Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Maintenance work . . . . . . . . . . 158

Confirmation of mainte-

nance work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Confirmation of service . . . . . 164

General instructions

Overview ............................. 6

Abbreviations and symbols ........... 6

Equipment ............................ 7

Technical data ........................ 7

Currentness of this manual ........... 7

General instructions

Overview

Chapter 2 of this Rider's Manu-

al will provide you with an initial

overview of your motorcycle. All

maintenance and repair work car-

ried out on your motorcycle will

be documented in Chapter 11.

Proof of the maintenance work

performed is a prerequisite for

generous treatment of claims.

When the time comes to sell

your BMW, please remember

to hand over this Rider's Manu-

al; it is an important part of the

motorcycle.

Abbreviations and

symbols

Indicates warnings that you

must comply with for rea-

sons of your safety and the safe-

ty of others, and to protect your

motorcycle against damage.

Special information on op-

erating and inspecting your

motorcycle as well as mainte-

nance and adjustment proce-

dures.

Indicates the end of an

item of information.

Instruction.

Result of an activity.

Reference to a page with

more detailed informa-

tion.

Indicates the end of ac-

cessory or equipment-

dependent information.

Tightening torque.

Technical data.

OE Optional equipment

The motorcycles are as-

sembled complete with

all the BMW optional ex-

tras originally ordered.

OA Optional accessories

BMW optional acces-

sories can be purchased

and installed at your au-

thorized BMW Motorrad

retailer.

EWS Electronic immobilizer.

DWA Anti-theft alarm.

ABS Anti-Lock Brake System.

ASC Automatic Stability Con-

trol.

ESA Electronic Suspension

Adjustment

Electronic suspension

adjustment.

General instructions

RDC Tire Pressure Control

(TPC).

Equipment

When you ordered your BMW

motorcycle, you chose various

items of custom equipment. This

Rider's Manual describes optional

equipment (OE) offered by BMW

and selected optional accessories

(OA). This explains why the man-

ual may also contain descriptions

of equipment which you have not

ordered. Please note, too, that

your motorcycle might not be ex-

actly as illustrated in this manual

on account of country-specific

differences.

If your BMW is equipped with

options or accessories not de-

scribed in this Rider's Manual,

then this equipment is described

in a separate operating manual.

Technical data

All dimensions, weights and out-

puts in the Rider's Manual refer

to the Deutsche Institut für Nor-

mung e. V. (DIN) and comply with

its tolerance regulations. Ver-

sions for individual countries may

differ.

Currentness of this

manual

The high safety and quality stan-

dards of BMW motorcycles are

maintained by constant devel-

opment work on designs, equip-

ment and accessories. Because

of this, your motorcycle may dif-

fer from the information supplied

in the Rider's Manual. In addition,

BMW Motorrad cannot guarantee

the total absence of errors. We

hope you will appreciate that no

claims can be entertained on the

basis of the data, illustrations or

descriptions in this manual.

General instructions

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