BMW R 1200RS 2016 Rider's Manual page 111

Tire inflation pressure
ranges
The TPC/RDC control unit distin-
guishes between three inflation
pressure ranges matched to the
motorcycle:
Inflation pressure within the
permissible tolerance.
Inflation pressure at the limits
of the permissible tolerance.
Inflation pressure outside the
permissible tolerance.
Temperature
compensation
The inflation pressure within a
tire is sensitive to temperature: it
responds to higher tire tempera-
tures by increasing, and to lower
temperatures by dropping. The
tire temperature is dependent on
the outside temperature and on
the driving style and duration.
The tire pressures are
shown adjusted for tem-
perature on the multifunction
display and are always relative
to the following tire air temper-
ature:
68 °F (20 °C)
No temperature compensation
takes place in the inflation pres-
sure testers at filling stations,
meaning that the measured tire
inflation pressure varies accord-
ing to tire temperature. As a re-
sult, in most cases the values
displayed there do not match the
values shown in the multifunction
display.
Adjusting inflation
pressure
Compare the TPC/RDC value in
the multifunction display with the
value on the back cover of the
Rider's Manual. The difference
between the two values must
be compensated with the tire
inflation pressure tester at the
filling station.
Example
According to the Rider's Man-
ual, the tire pressure should
be as follows:
36.3 psi (2.5 bar)
The multifunction display
shows the following figure:
33.4 psi (2.3 bar)
The shortfall is thus:
2.9 psi (0.2 bar)
The tester at the filling station
shows:
34.8 psi (2.4 bar)
To obtain the correct tire pres-
sure, that has to be increased
to the following figure:
37.7 psi (2.6 bar)
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