BMW K 1200 LT Owner's Manual page 81

Moving away/upshifts:
• Pull the clutch lever in
• Press down on the gearshift
lever (to select first gear) and
take your foot off the lever
• Smoothly reengage the clutch
• Increase engine speed slightly
as necessary
• Accelerate when the clutch is
fully engaged
• For upshifts into 2nd, 3rd, 4th
and 5th gears, proceed in the
same way, but lift the gear lever
with your foot
Riding, gear shifts
Downshifts:
• Close the throttle twistgrip
• Pull the clutch lever
• Select the next-lowest gear:
Press the gearshift lever in the
direction opposite to that
indicated by the arrow
• Smoothly reengage the clutch
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