Jump Starting - BMW K 1200 R Rider's Manual

Remove screw 1.
Pull lamp housing on screw
connection side out of turn
indicator housing.
Press bulb 2 into fitting 3
and remove it by turning it
counterclockwise.
Remove bulb 2 from bulb
holder.
Install bulb in reverse order.
Use a clean, dry cloth to
hold new bulb.

Jump starting

The wires leading to the
onboard socket do not
have a load-capacity rating
adequate for jump-starting
the engine. Excessively high
current can lead to a cable
fire or damage to the motor-
cycle electronics.
Do not use the onboard sock-
et to jump-start the motorcy-
cle.
Touching live parts of
the ignition system with
the engine running can cause
electric shock.
Do not touch parts of the igni-
tion system when the engine
is running.
A short-circuit can result
if the crocodile clips of
the jump leads are acciden-
tally brought into contact with
the motorcycle.
Use only jump leads fitted
with fully insulated crocodile
clips at both ends.
Jump-starting with a
donor-battery voltage
higher than 12 V can damage
the motorcycle electronics.
The battery of the donor ve-
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