BMW R 1200 R CLASSIC Rider's Manual page 106

The bulb is pressurised and
8
can cause injury if dam-
aged.
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Wear protective goggles and
gloves when changing bulbs.
The types of bulb fitted to
your motorcycle are listed
in the section entitled "Technical
data".
Do not touch the glass of
new bulbs with your fingers.
Use a clean, dry cloth to hold
the bulbs when handling them.
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Dirt deposits, in particular oil and
grease, interfere with heat radi-
ation from the bulb. This leads
to overheating and shortens the
bulb's operating life.
Replacing low-beam or
high-beam headlight bulb
Remove the headlight (
Turn bulb socket of low-beam
headlight 1 or high-beam
headlight 2, as applicable,
counter-clockwise to remove.
107).
Squeeze clips of bulb socket 4
on right and left together and
remove bulb 3 from the bulb
socket.
Replace the defective bulb.
Bulb for low-beam and
high-beam headlight
H11 / 12 V / 55 W
Install bulb 3 in bulb socket 4.