Manual BMW G 650 GS - 2008 (page 4 of 143) (English)

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1 General instructions . ... 5

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Abbreviations and

symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 General views . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

General view, left side . . . . . . . 11

General view, right side . . . . . 13

Underneath the seat . . . . . . . . 14

Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Handlebar fitting, left . . . . . . . . 16

Handlebar fitting, right . . . . . . . 17

Handlebar fitting, centre . . . . . 18

3 Status indicators . . . . . . . 19

Status indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Standard warnings . . . . . . . . . . 20

ABS warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

4 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Ignition switch and steering

lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Odometer and

tripmeters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Turn indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Hazard warning flashers . . . . . 32

Emergency off switch (kill

switch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

BMW Motorrad ABS . . . . . . . . 33

Grip heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Spring preload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Damping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

5 Riding ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . 42

Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Starting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Parking your motorcycle . . . . 48

Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Securing motorcycle for

transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

6 Engineering details. . . . . 53

Brake system with BMW

Motorrad ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

7 Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

General instructions . . . . . . . . . 58

Power socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Cases

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Topcase

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

8 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Toolkit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Brake fluid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Coolant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

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