Abs Oe; Brake System With Bmw Motorrad Integral Abs - BMW R 1200 GS Adventure Rider's Manual

Oil or grease on brakes
Oil and grease on the
brake disks and pads
considerably diminish braking
efficiency.
Especially after repair and
maintenance tasks, make
sure that the brake discs and
brake pads are free of oil and
grease.
Dirt or mud on brakes
When the motorcycle
is ridden on loose sur-
faces or muddy roads, the
brakes may fail to take effect
immediately because of dirt
or moisture on the disks or
brake pads.
Brake early until the brakes
are braked clean.
Driving on unpaved or
dirty roads leads to in-
creased brake pad wear.
Check the brake pad thick-
ness more often and replace
the brake pads sooner.
Brake system with
BMW Motorrad
OE
Integral ABS
Partially integral brake
Your motorcycle is equipped
with a partially integral brake
configuration. Both front and
rear brakes are applied simul-
taneously when you pull the
handbrake lever. The foot-
brake lever acts only on the
rear brake.
The BMW Motorrad Integral
ABS adapts the braking force
distribution between the front
and rear wheel brake to the
loading of the motorcycle dur-
ing braking.
Spinning of the rear
wheel with the front
brake pulled (burn out) is
made considerably more
difficult by the integral
function. The result may be
damage to the rear wheel
brake and the clutch.
Avoid burn-outs.
How does ABS work?
The maximum braking force
that can be transferred to
the road surface is partial-
ly dependent on the friction
coefficient of the road sur-
face. Gravel, ice, snow and
wet roads offer a consider-
ably poorer friction coefficient
than a dry, clean asphalt sur-
face. The poorer the friction
coefficient of the road surface
is, the longer the braking dis-
tance will be.
If the maximum transferrable
braking force is exceeded
when the driver increases the
brake pressure, the wheels
begin to block and driving
stability is lost, and a fall can
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