Jump-Starting - BMW F 800 GS Adventure Rider's Manual

Install centre trim panel
8
( 120).
122

Jump-starting

ATTENTION
Excessive current flowing
when the motorcycle is
jump-started
Wiring smoulders/ignites or dam-
age to the on-board electronics
If the motorcycle has to be
jump-started connect the leads
z
to the battery terminals; never
attempt to jump-start the en-
gine by connecting leads to the
on-board socket.
ATTENTION
Contact between crocodile
clips of jump leads and
vehicle.
Risk of short-circuit
Use jump leads fitted with fully
insulated crocodile clips at both
ends.
ATTENTION
Jump-starting with a voltage
greater than 12 V.
Damage to the on-board elec-
tronics.
Make sure that the battery of
the donor vehicle has a voltage
rating of 12 V.
Remove seat ( 57).
Remove centre trim panel
( 119).
When jump-starting the engine,
do not disconnect the battery
from the on-board electrical
system.
Begin by connecting one end
of the red jump lead to the
positive terminal of the dis-
charged battery and the other
end to the positive terminal of
the donor battery (positive on
this vehicle: position 2).
Then connect one end of the
black jump lead to the negat-
ive terminal of the donor bat-
tery and the other end to the
negative terminal of the dis-
charged battery (negative on
this vehicle: position 1).
Run the engine of the donor
vehicle during jump-starting.