Installing Front Wheel - BMW S 1000RR Owner's Manual

Push brake pads 3 slightly
apart 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 BMW Motorrad rear
wheel stand.
Installing the auxiliary stand on
the rear wheel ( 139).
Raise front of motorcycle until
the front wheel can turn freely.
BMW Motorrad recommends
the BMW Motorrad front wheel
stand for lifting the motorcycle.
Installing the auxiliary stand on
the front wheel ( 137).
ATTENTION
Incorrectly aligned threaded
support sleeve in the front
suspension.
Damage to the wheel speed sen-
sor. ABS malfunction.
The left-hand wheel axle
clamping bolts lock the
threaded support sleeve in
position and must not be
loosened or removed.
Unscrew right-hand axle clamp-
ing screws 1.
Remove quick-release axle 2
while supporting wheel.
Roll front wheel forward to re-
move.

Installing front wheel

WARNING
Use of a wheel which does
not comply with series speci-
fications.
Malfunctions during control inter-
ventions by ABS and DTC.
Please see the information on
the effect of wheel sizes on the
ABS and DTC chassis control
systems at the beginning of
this chapter.
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