BMW G 650 GS Sertao 2nd 2011 Owner's manual

Rider's Manual

G 650 GS Sertão

BMW Motorrad

The Ultimate

Riding Machine

Motorcycle data/dealership details

Motorcycle data

Model

Vehicle identification number

Colour code

Date of first registration

Registration number

Dealership details

Person to contact in Service department

Ms/Mr

Phone number

Dealership address/phone number (com­pany stamp)

Welcome to BMW

We congratulate you on your
choice of a motorcycle from
BMW and welcome you to the
community of BMW riders.
Familiarise yourself with your new
motorcycle so that you can ride it
safely and confidently in all traffic
situations.
Please read this Rider's Manual
carefully before starting to use
your new BMW motorcycle. It
contains important information on
how to operate the controls and
how to make the best possible
use of all your BMW's technical
features.
In addition, it contains information
on maintenance and care to help
you maintain your motorcycle's
reliability and safety, as well as its
value.
If you have questions concerning
your motorcycle, your authorised

BMW Motorrad dealer will gladly
provide advice and assistance.

We hope that you will enjoy rid­ing your BMW and that all your
journeys will be pleasant and
safe.

BMW Motorrad.

01 41 8 535 041

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Table of Contents

You can also consult the index at
the end of this Rider's Manual if
you want to find a particular topic
or item of information.

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

Multifunction switch, left . . . . 16

Multifunction switch,

right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Extra switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

3 Status indicators . . . . . . . 19

Multifunction display . . . . . . . . 20

Warning and telltale

lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Kilometres travelled after fuel

down to reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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

Ignition switch/steering

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

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

Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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

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

Hazard warning flashers . . . . . 31

Emergency off switch (kill

switch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Grip heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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

Spring preload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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

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

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

Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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

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

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

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

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

speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Off-roading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Parking your motorcycle . . . . 49

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

Securing motorcycle for

transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

6 Engineering details..... 53

Brake system with BMW

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

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

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

Power sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Topcase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

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

General instructions . . . . . . . . . 66

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

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

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

Coolant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Rims and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

BMW Motorrad front-wheel

stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Jump starting .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Body panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

9 Care .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . . . . 97

Care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Washing motorcycle. . . . . . . . . 98

Cleaning easily damaged

components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Paint care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Protective wax coating . . . . 100

Laying up motorcycle .. . . . 100

Restoring motorcycle to

use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

10 Technical data . . . . . . 101

troubleshooting chart. . . . . . 102

Threaded fasteners . . . . . . . 103

Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Rear-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . 108

Running gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Wheels and tyres. . . . . . . . . . 109

Electrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Riding specifications . . . . . . 113

11 Service . .. .. .. .. .. .. . . 115

BMW Motorrad Service . . . 116
BMW Motorrad Mobility

services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Maintenance work. . . . . . . . . 116

Confirmation of mainten-

ance work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Confirmation of service . . . . 123

12 Index ................. 125

General instructions

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

Abbreviations and symbols . . . . . . . . . . 6

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

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

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

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General instructions

Overview

1

Chapter 2 of this Rider's Manual
will provide you with an initial

6

overview of your motorcycle. All
maintenance and repair work on
the motorcycle is documented in
Chapter 11. This record of the
maintenance work you have had
performed on your motorcycle is
a precondition for generous treat­ment of goodwill claims.
When the time comes to sell
your BMW, please remember
to hand over this Rider's Manual;
it is an important part of the mo­torcycle.

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General instructions

Abbreviations and symbols

Indicates warnings that you

must comply with for reas­ons of your safety and the safety
of others, and to protect your
motorcycle against damage.

Specific instructions on

how to operate, control, ad­just or look after items of equip­ment on the motorcycle.

Indicates the end of an
item of information.

Instruction.

Result of an activity.

Reference to a page with
more detailed informa­tion.

Indicates the end of a
passage relating to spe­cific accessories or items
of equipment.

Tightening torque.

Item of technical data.

OE Optional extra

The motorcycles are as­sembled complete with
all the BMW optional ex­tras originally ordered.

OA Optional accessory

You can obtain optional
accessories through your
authorised BMW Motor­rad dealer; optional ac­cessories have to be
retrofitted to the motor­cycle.

Anti-lock brake system

ABS

Equipment

When you ordered your BMW
motorcycle, you chose various
items of custom equipment.
This Rider's Manual describes
optional extras (OE) offered by
BMW and selected optional ac­cessories (OA). This explains why
the manual may also contain de-

scriptions of equipment which
you have not ordered. Please
note, too, that your motorcycle
might not be exactly as illus­trated in this manual on account
of country-specific differences.
If your BMW was supplied with
equipment not described in
this Rider's Manual, you will
find these features described in
separate manuals.

Technical data

All dimensions, weights and
power ratings stated in the
Rider's Manual are quoted to the
standards and comply with the
tolerance requirements of the
Deutsches Institut für Normung
e.V. (DIN). Versions for individual
countries may differ.

Currency

The high safety and quality
standards of BMW motorcycles
are maintained by constant
development work on designs,
equipment and accessories.
Because of this, your motorcycle
may differ from the information
supplied in the Rider's Manual.
Nor can BMW Motorrad entirely
rule out errors and omissions.
We hope you will appreciate that
no claims can be entertained on
the basis of the data, illustrations
or descriptions in this manual.

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General instructions

General views

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

General view, right side . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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

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

Multifunction switch, left . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Multifunction switch, right . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Extra switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2

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General views

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General views

General view, left side

1 Battery (underneath centre

trim panel) ( 90)

2 Engine-oil filler neck and

oil dipstick ( 66)

3 Seat release (in stowage

compartment) ( 38)

4 Power socket ( 58)
5 Coolant level indicator (be-

hind side panel) ( 71)

2

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General views

2

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General views

General view, right side

1 Fuel filler neck ( 50)
2 Brake-fluid reservoir, front

( 70)

3 Type plate (on right frame

tube)
VIN (on steering-head
bearing, right)

4 Air filter (underneath side

panel) ( 87)

5 Adjuster, spring preload

( 35)

6 Adjuster for damping char-

acteristic ( 36)

7 Brake-fluid reservoir, rear

( 71)

8 Label, chain tension (on

rear wheel swinging arm)

2

13

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General views

Underneath the seat

2

1 Battery connection point
2 Fuse box ( 81)

14

3 Toolkit ( 66)
4 Payload table

Tray for Rider's Manual

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General views

Instrument panel

1 Multifunction display

( 20)

2 Redline warning ( 47)
3 Speedometer
4 Warning and telltale lights

( 21)

5 Anti-theft alarm status LED

(see the instructions for
use for the anti-theft alarm)

6 Operation of the clock

( 29)
Control for the odometer
( 30)

2

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General views

Multifunction switch,

2

left

16

1 Headlight flasher
2 with BMW Motorrad

3 Switch for turn indicators

4 Horn
5 High-beam headlight

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General views

OE

ABS
Operating the ABS
( 33)

( 31)

( 31)

Multifunction switch, right

1 Emergency off switch (kill

switch) ( 32)

2 Starter button ( 44)

2

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General views

Extra switch

2

1 Hazard warning flashers

18

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General views

( 31)

2 with heated handlebar

OE

grips
Grip heating ( 32)

Status indicators

Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Warning and telltale lights . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Kilometres travelled after fuel down

to reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

3

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Status indicators

Multifunction display

3

1 Symbol for kilometres trav-

20

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Status indicators

elled after fuel down to
reserve ( 22)

2 Symbol for trip meter (Trip

1 or Trip 2) ( 30)

3 Readout area for tripmeter

and kilometres travelled
after fuel down to reserve

4 Redline marker for engine

rpm

5 Rev. counter
6 Clock
7 Symbol for setting time

( 29)

8 Total distance travelled

Warning and telltale lights

1 Telltale light for turn indic-

ators

2 Warning light for fuel down

to reserve ( 24)

3 Telltale light for neutral
4 with BMW Motorrad

5 Coolant warning light

6 High-beam headlight tell-

OE

ABS

ABS warning light ( 24)

( 24)

tale light

3

21

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Status indicators

Kilometres travelled

3

after fuel down to
reserve

22

The reading shows the kilo-

metres travelled since the
fuel level dropped to reserve.
This counter is reset and the
reading disappears as soon as
refuelling brings the total quantity
of fuel in the tank back above the
reserve level.
You can call up the trip meter
readings and the clock setting at
any time.

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Status indicators

Warnings

Mode of presentation

Warnings are indicated by the
corresponding warning lights.
The possible warnings are listed
on the next page.

Warnings, overview
Warning light Status indicators Meaning

Lights up Fuel down to reserve ( 24)

3

23

Lights up

Flashes

Lights up

Lights up

Coolant temperature too high ( 24)

ABS self-diagnosis not completed
( 24)

ABS deactivated ( 25)

ABS fault ( 25)

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Status indicators

Fuel down to reserve

3

24

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Status indicators

Warning light for fuel down

to reserve shows.

Lack of fuel can result in

the engine misfiring and
cutting out unexpectedly. Mis­firing can damage the catalytic
converter; a hazardous situation
can result if the engine cuts out
unexpectedly.
Do not run the fuel tank dry.

Possible cause:
The fuel tank contains no more

than the reserve quantity of fuel.

Reserve fuel

approx. 4 l

Refuel ( 50).

Coolant temperature too
high

Warning light for coolant
temperature shows.

Continuing to ride when the

engine is overheated could
result in engine damage.
Compliance with the information
set out below is essential.

Possible cause:
Coolant level too low.

Check the coolant level ( 71).

If the coolant level is too low:

Topping up coolant ( 72).

Possible cause:
Radiator fan defective.

If the radiator fan does not start
even though the coolant-temper­ature warning light shows:

Have the fault rectified as
quickly as possible by a
specialist workshop, preferably

an authorised BMW Motorrad
dealer.

Possible cause:
Insufficient cooling.

If possible, ride in the part-load
range to cool down the engine.
In traffic jams, switch off the
engine, but leave the ignition
switched on so that the radi­ator fan continues to operate.
If the coolant temperature is
frequently too high, have the
fault rectified as soon as pos­sible by a specialist workshop,
preferably an authorised BMW
Motorrad dealer.

ABS self-diagnosis not
completed

with BMW Motorrad ABS

ABS warning light flashes.

OE

Possible cause:
The ABS function is not

available, because self­diagnosis did not complete. The
motorcycle has to move forward
a few metres for the wheel
sensors to be tested.

Pull away slowly. Bear in mind
that the ABS function is not
available until self-diagnosis has
completed.

ABS deactivated

with BMW Motorrad ABS

ABS warning light shows.

Possible cause:
The rider has switched off the

ABS system.

Activate the ABS function.

OE

ABS fault

with BMW Motorrad ABS

ABS warning light shows.

Possible cause:
The ABS control unit has detec-

ted a fault. The ABS function is
not available.

You can continue to ride. Bear
in mind that the ABS function
is not available. Bear in mind
the more detailed information
on situations that can lead to
an ABS fault ( 55).
Have the fault rectified as
quickly as possible by a
specialist workshop, preferably
an authorised BMW Motorrad
dealer.

OE

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Status indicators

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Status indicators

Operation

Ignition switch/steering lock . . . . . . . . . 28

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

Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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

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

Hazard warning flashers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Emergency off switch (kill

switch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Grip heating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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

Spring preload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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

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

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

Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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Operation

Ignition switch/steering

4

lock

28

Keys

You receive two master keys and
one emergency key. The emer­gency key is small and light so
that it can always be kept in a
wallet or purse, for example. It
is designed for occasional use,
for example when no master key
is available; it is not intended for

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Operation

constant use.
Ignition switch/steering lock, tank
filler cap lock and seat lock are all
operated with the same key.

with Vario cases
with topcase

If you wish you can arrange to
have the cases and the top­case fitted with locks that can
be opened with this key as well.
Consult a specialist workshop,
preferably an authorised BMW
Motorrad dealer.

OA

OA

Switching on ignition

Turn the key to position 1.
Parking light, low-beam head­light and all function circuits
switched on.
Engine can be started.
Pre-ride check is performed.
( 45)
with BMW Motorrad ABS
ABS self-diagnosis is
performed. ( 46)

Switch off the ignition

Turn the key to position 2.
Lights switched off.
Handlebars not locked.
Key can be removed.

Engaging steering lock
with parking lights

OE

If the motorcycle is on the

side stand, the surface
of the ground will determine
whether it is better to turn the
handlebars to the left or right.
However, the motorcycle is more
stable on a level surface with the
handlebars turned to the left than