Removing Front Wheel - BMW HP4 Rider's Manual

control units can be adapted for
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the new wheel sizes.
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Removing front wheel

Park motorcycle, ensuring that
support surface is firm and
level.
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Remove screw 1 and take
wheel speed sensor out of
bore.
Mask off areas of wheel rim
that could be scratched in the
process of removing the brake
calipers.
Once the calipers have
been removed, there is
a risk of the brake pads being
pressed together to the extent
that they cannot be slipped back
over the brake rotor on reassem-
bly.
Do not operate the handbrake
lever when the brake calipers
have been removed.
Remove screws 2 of brake
calipers on left and right.
Push brake pads 3 apart
slightly by turning brake
caliper 4 back and forth against
brake rotor 5.
Carefully pull brake calipers
back and outward to remove
them from brake rotors.
Place motorcycle on an auxil-
iary stand; BMW Motorrad rec-
ommends the BMW Motorrad
rear wheel stand.
Mounting rear wheel stands
( 149).
Raise front of motorcy-
cle, preferably using a
BMW Motorrad front wheel