Front-Wheel Stand - BMW HP4 Rider's Manual

Lift the rear wheel and work
9
quick-release axle 5 through
the adjusting plate and into the
150
brake-caliper carrier and the
rear wheel.
Make sure that the quick-re-
lease axle is seated against the
stop of the adjusting plate.
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Insert left adjusting plate 4.
Install axle nut 1 with its
washer, but do not tighten the
nut at this point.
Seat the brake line and the
ABS line in holder 8.
Adjust the chain tension
( 142).

Front-wheel stand

Installing the front-wheel
stand
The BMW Motorrad front
wheel stand is not designed
to support motorcycles not fitted
with a centre stand or without
other auxiliary stands. A motor-
cycle resting only on the front
wheel stand and the rear wheel
can topple.
Place the motorcycle on its
centre stand or another auxiliary
stand before lifting the front
wheel with the BMW Motorrad

front-wheel stand.

Place the motorcycle
on an auxiliary stand;
BMW Motorrad recommends
the BMW Motorrad rear-wheel
stand.
Installing rear-wheel stand
( 152).