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| Contents | Page |
| Operation and routine checking | |
| Where is everything? | 8,10 |
| Controls | 12 |
| Instruments and telltale lamps | 13 |
| Ignition/light switch, handlebar fittings | 14-15 |
| Handbrake lever, brake pedal, clutch lever, spring strut adjustment, fuel tap | 15,16,17 |
| Starting a cold engine | 17-18 |
| Raising on to and towering from stand | 18-19 |
| Locking the motorcycle, helmet holder | 19 |
| Before you start - safety checks | |
| Tire treads, tire pressures, engine oil,level, fuel level, lights, rear and brake lights, flashing turn indicators | 20-21 |
| Correct riding equipment and clothing | |
| Helmet, leather suit rainsuit | 22 |
| Gear change | 23 |
| Some running-in hints | 24-25 |
| Practical riding hints | 26-27 |
| Oft-road riding, straight-ahead riding | 27 |
| Cornering, crossing curbs, wet-weather, riding, two-up riding | 28-29 |
| On long journeys | |
| Side panniers, tank-top rucksack, spare parts | 30 |
| Jobs you can tackle yourself | |
| Removing and installing front wheel | 31 |
| Removing and installing rear wheel | 32 |
| Changing tires | 33 |
| Renewing H 4 headlight bulb/parking light bulb | 34 |
| Headlight beam setting | 35 |
| Renewing bulbs for instrument lighting, telltale lamps, rear light or flashing turn indicators; renewing blown fuses | 36-37 |
| Central electrical unit (power distribution box) | 38 |
| 'Beauty care' | 39 |
| Laying up the motorcycle out of use restoring to roadgoing condition | 40 |
| What to do if... | |
| Minor defects and their remedies | 41,42,43 |
| What you shouldn't attempt | |
| Engineering modifications | |
| Service and maintenance | |
| General instructions | 44 |
| Free pre-delivery check | 45 |
| 1st Inspection after 1 000 km (app. 600 miles) | 46 |
| BMW Service/Inspection routines | 47-50 |
| Maintenance schedule | 51,52,53 |
| Lubrication points | 54-55 |
| Oil changes, lubrication and maintenance work | |
| Changing engine oil renewing filter element | 56 |
| Gearbox oil level check and oil change | 57 |
| Rear swinging arm oil level check and oil change | 57-58 |
| Final drive oil level check and oil change | 58 |
| Telescopic fork oil level check and oil change | 59 |
| Steering head and wheel bearing play | 60 |
| Rear swinging arm bearing play, lubricating swinging arm bearings lubricating clutch cable nipples | 61 |
| Cleaning oil sump/undenray and cylinder cooling fins | 62 |
| Battery maintenance | 62 |
| Removing and installing battery | 63 |
| Renewing air cleaner element | 63 |
| Brakes | |
| Checking brake system operation and brake pad or fining wear, relining drum brake/renewing disc brake pads, adjusting rear wheel brake, checking brake operating linkage | 64-65 |
| Brake fluid, bleeding brake system | 65-66 |
| Fuel system | |
| Cleaning and adjusting carburetors | 67-68 |
| Cleaning fuel tap | 69 |
| Ignition system | |
| Spark plugs | 69 |
| Transistorized coil ignition (TSZ), checking and adjusting ignition timing | 70 |
| Cylinder head | |
| Tightening torque, valve clearances | 71 |
| Clutch | |
| Clutch adjustment | 72 |
| Tightening torques | |
| Taking up slack at nuts and bolts | 72-73 |
| Test ride, final inspection | 73 |
| BMW parts and accessories | 74-75 |
| Service - all the way! | 74-75 |
| Genuine BMW accessories | 76-77 |
| Specifications | |
| Engine | 78-80 |
| Transmission | 81 |
| Frame | 82-83 |
| Fuels and lubricants | 84-85 |
| Electrical system | 86-87 |
| Dimensions and weights | 88 |
| Performance data | 89, 90, 91 |
| At a glance | 92-93 |