Emergency Off Switch; Switch); Grip Heating - BMW F 650 GS Rider's Manual

Emergency off switch

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(kill switch)
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1 Emergency off switch (kill

switch)

Operating the kill switch
when riding can cause
the rear wheel to lock and thus
cause a fall.
Do not operate the kill switch
when riding.
The emergency off switch is a
kill switch for switching off the
engine quickly and easily.
A Normal operating position
(run)
B Engine switched off.
You cannot start the engine
unless the kill switch is in
the run position.

Grip heating

with heated handlebar grips
1 Grip-heating switch
The handlebar grips have two-
stage heating. Stage two is for
heating the grips quickly: it is ad-
visable to switch back to stage
one as soon as the grips are
warm. Grip heating can be ac-
tivated only when the engine is
OE
running.
The increase in power con-
sumption caused by the
grip heating can drain the bat-
tery if you are riding at low en-
gine speeds. If the charge level
is low, grip heating is switched