Help! BMW question.

[White trash]

I know a guy who has an F650GS.

Apparently, you can turn the ABS off and on on this model.

How you do it? That is the question..............

[HDTboy]

pulling the fuse would do it, otherwise i can find out tomorrow and get back to you

[White trash]

That'd be much appreciated. Thanks man.

[GSVR]

http://faq.f650.com/GSFAQs/TheABSFAQ.htm

Don't ya just love Google.

Haven't looked but it must be in there.

[mangell6]

Try this site http://f650.com

[sAsLEX]

garry Hs site says

How do I de-activate the ABS.?

by Art #884, Pelle, Andy#982



Simply:

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Turn Key on (Running or not)
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Wait for lights to go out
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Hold ABS button, center of bars, until red ABS light starts blinking.
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Release = deactivated
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Red light blinks until it is reactivated.
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To reactivate, turn bike off then back on, reactivation takes place automatically.
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Note that it can't be deactivated while moving. I have no sensible explanation to why but I tried it while moving the other day. I just had to know.
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If you are having a hard time turning off your ABS, just rock the bike backwards or forwards a few inches (it wouldn't even take that much) and try the regular procedure again. (Seacuke #1214).

[HDTboy]

just spoke to the guys at experince bmw and can confirm saslex's post

[White trash]

Fucking brilliant. Green bling all round. :2thumbsup

[Sniper]

Nice to see.

[Gasman]

Try this site http://f650.com

OR - buy an older model without ABS. Real easy!

[Fart]

I cant believe a bike has ABS. Must be a heavy bike. Whats next a cappucino machine?

[HDTboy]

it's a motard style bike, they use them on the paris-dakar

[Hitcher]

How you do it? That is the question...
Isn't there a switch on the bars?

[Coyote]

I cant believe a bike has ABS. Must be a heavy bike. Whats next a cappucino machine?
Maybe the Goldwing has that as an option already :lol:

The F650 Dakar is a nice bike :niceone:

[Gasman]

Maybe the Goldwing has that as an option already :lol:

The F650 Dakar is a nice bike :niceone:

The GS series are all great bikes. They go all sorts of places; mine even goes places without me!
Wears a few scratches as a result too!
Reasonably heavy for their style, but not too bad.

[gav]

I know a guy who has an F650GS.

Apparently, you can turn the ABS off and on on this model.

How you do it? That is the question..............
Go and ask someone who works in a motorbike shop. Anyway thought you'd have traded it for a DRZ400 by now, you slipping, mate? :whistle:

[White trash]

Go and ask someone who works in a motorbike shop. Anyway thought you'd have traded it for a DRZ400 by now, you slipping, mate? :whistle:

Thankyou for your most helpfull input, Gav.

We did ask someone who works in a bikeshop and, wouldn't you know it, the useless bastard knew nothing.

[sAsLEX]

Thankyou for your most helpfull input, Gav.

We did ask someone who works in a bikeshop and, wouldn't you know it, the useless bastard knew nothing.

like people in honda shops constantly telling me I am wrong, DICKS, an NC30 is a vfr NOT a CBR, and a 10 is hotter than a 9 in NGK world RETARDS, and my brakes have 8 pistons all up!! Where do they get some of these people WT? I am sure even you wouldn't try and tell me my NC30 was something it would never be!

[White trash]

and a 10 is hotter than a 9 in NGK world RETARDS, and my brakes have 8 pistons all up!! Where do they get some of these people WT? I am sure even you wouldn't try and tell me my NC30 was something it would never be!

Same place they got me mate. I'll try and tell you that a "9" is hotter than a "10" too sorry mate. That's how NGKs are.

I'd never tell ANY Honda rider their bike was something it wasn't though :whistle:

[bugjuice]

this might be a real dumbass question, but why would you want to disable the ABS? Unless it's out of sync, damage or something like that?

[White trash]

Tried riding on gravel with it? The fucken back brake lever is constantly kicking you in the foot. It sucks, plain and simple.

[bugjuice]

Tried riding on gravel with it? The fucken back brake lever is constantly kicking you in the foot. It sucks, plain and simple.
hairy muff, didn't think of that bit. guess it's pointless for doing stoppies too.. or may be not... hmmmmmm :shifty:

[White trash]

I always wondered what happens if you're stopped on a steep hill...... :shifty:

[Oscar]

Maybe the Goldwing has that as an option already :lol:

The F650 Dakar is a nice bike :niceone:

The F650GS is a nice road bike, but it sure ain't an adventure bike.
Mine was 9/10 on the seal, 6/10 on gravel and plain awful in any off road situation. Maybe if they got the FI sorted, put some decent brakes on it and took 20 kilos off it...the irony is that the GS1150 is a far better off road mount.