Excessive Current Flowing When The Motorcycle Is Jump-Started; Contact Between Crocodile Clips Of Jump Leads And Vehicle; Jump-Starting With A Voltage Greater Than 12 V - BMW F 750 GS Rider's Manual

218 MAINTENANCE
ATTENTION
Excessive current flowing
when the motorcycle is
jump-started
Wiring smoulders/ignites or
damage to the on-board elec-
tronics
If the motorcycle has to be
jump-started connect the
leads to the battery termin-
als; never attempt to jump-
start the engine by connect-
ing 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
electronics
Make sure that the battery
of the donor vehicle has a
voltage rating of 12 V.
Removing seat (
When jump-starting the en-
gine, do not disconnect the
battery from the on-board
electrical system.
Press in the lock and flip open
positive terminal cover 1.
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
terminal on this vehicle: posi-
tion 2).
Then connect one end of the
black jump lead to the neg-
ative terminal of the donor
battery and the other end to
the negative terminal of the
discharged battery (negative
terminal on this vehicle: posi-
tion 3).
The spring-strut screw
can be used as an altern-
ative to the battery's negative
terminal.
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