Front Wheel Stand - BMW R 1200 GS Adventure Rider's Manual

Components of the ex-
haust system can be
hot.
Do not touch hot parts of the
exhaust system.
Remove mounting bolts 1 of
rear wheel, holding wheel as
you do so.
Roll rear wheel out toward
rear.
Installing rear wheel
Threaded fasteners not
tightened to the speci-
fied torque can work loose or
their threads can suffer dam-
age.
Always have the tightening
torques checked by a spe-
cialized workshop, preferably
an authorized BMW Motorrad
retailer.
Roll the rear wheel onto the
rear wheel support.
Place the rear wheel on the
rear wheel support.
Screw in wheel studs 1
hand-tight and tighten
diagonally with specified
torque.
Rear wheel on wheel
carrier
Tightening sequence:
Tighten diagonally
44 lb/ft (60 Nm)

Front wheel stand

Use
A front wheel stand for sim-
ple, safe changing of the front
wheel is available from BMW
Motorrad. The front wheel
stand with the BMW special
tool number 36 3 970 can be
obtained from your authorized
BMW Motorrad retailer.
The BMW Motorrad
front wheel stand is
not designed for holding
motorcycles without a center
or other auxiliary stands. A
motorcycle standing on the
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