Removing Rear Wheel; Install The Rear Wheel - BMW R 1200 GS Rider's Manual

the brake lever is pulled or the
8
brake pedal depressed.
Operate the brake several
128
times until the brake pads are
bedded.
Fit ABS sensor line into the
mounting clips 1 and 2.
Insert the ABS sensor into its
bore and install screw 3.

Removing rear wheel

Make sure the ground is level
and firm and place the motor-
z
cycle on its centre stand.
Engage first gear.
Risk of burning due to hot
exhaust system.
Do not touch any hot parts of the
exhaust system.
Allow rear silencer to cool
down.
Remove studs 1 from the rear
wheel, while supporting the
wheel.
Roll the rear wheel out toward
the rear.

Install the rear wheel

Possible malfunctions when
ABS and ASC intervene, if
any other wheel but the series
standard wheel is installed.
See the information on the effect
of wheel size on chassis and sus-
pension control units ABS and
ASC at the start of this chapter.
Threaded fasteners not
tightened to the specified
torque can work loose or their
threads can suffer damage.
Always have the security of the
fasteners checked by a specialist
workshop, preferably an author-
ised BMW Motorrad dealer.
Seat the rear wheel on the
rear-wheel adapter.
The wheel studs for the
spoked wheel and the
cast wheel are of different
lengths. If wheel studs from the
two sets are combined or the
wrong wheel studs are used the