BMW Motorrad Service data R 1150 GS Order No. 01 71 0 008 851 UX-VS-2, 06.99 Printed in Germany Item Desired value Unit of measurement/ specification Oil capacities Engine (with filter) (without filter) Gearbox Initial filling/oil changes Rear wheel drive Initial filling/oil changes 3.75 (6.60) 3.50 (6.16) approx. 1.0 (1.76) up to lower edge of filler hole approx. 0.25 (0.44) oil level with bottom of filler neck litres (Imp. pints) litres (Imp. pints) [SI 11 048 90] Engine oil grade: brand-name HD oil for four-stroke spark-ignition engines, API classes SE, SF, SG; combination with CC or CD specification litres (Imp. pints) Brand-name hypoid gear oil, SAE class GL 5 SAE 90 litres (Imp.
pints) Brand-name hypoid gear oil, SAE class GL 5 SAE 90 Valve clearances Measured cold (max. 35 °C/95 °F) Inlet: 0.15 (0.006) Exhaust: 0.30 (0.011) mm (in) mm (in) Ignition timing Static setting adjust at TDC Spark plugs Electrode gap Wear limit 0.8 (0.03) 1.0 (0.04) mm (in) mm (in) Idle speed 1100± 50 min-1 Throttle cable setting for cold-start (increased idle) speed for throttle (twistgrip) cable for divider cable zero play app.
0.5 (0.02) zero play mm (in) free travel Brakes Minimum front pad thickness Minimum rear pad thickness Minimum front disc thickness Minimum rear disc thickness 1.0 (0.04) wear mark 4.5 (0.18) 4.5 (0.18) DOT 4 brake fluid mm (in) mm (in) mm (in) Tyre pressures depending on load front: 2.2 – 2.5 (31.3 – 35.6) rear: 2.5 – 2.9 (35.6 – 41.2) bar (psi) bar (psi) Tightening torques:
Oil filter Engine oil drain plug 11 32 Nm Nm Gearbox oil filler plug Gearbox oil drain plug 30 30 Nm Nm Rear wheel drive oil filler/drain plug 23 Nm Fuel tank to rear frame Fuel pump unit to tank 21 6 Nm Nm Poly-V belt preload Alternator to alternator carrier cover 8 20 Nm Nm Brake calliper mounting, front/rear 40 Nm Rear wheel studs initial torque 72 105 Nm Nm Tightening cylinder heads Nut M 10 screw slacken/20 180 slacken/40 Nm ° tightening angle Nm Locknut, valve adjusting screw 8 Nm Cylinder head cover 8 Nm Spark plugs 20 Nm