Hello everyone, Boo here.
Today I'm showing how to remove the seat on a BMW G650GS.
Taking the seat off isn't particularly difficult, but on the G650GS you remove the seat and panels quite often, for jobs such as changing the battery or the air filter, so I'm posting this partly as a note to myself.
If you read to the end and understand how it's held on before you remove the seat, you shouldn't need to force it in the wrong direction.
The seat is locked, so to release it, put the key into the keyhole at the back of the rear seat area and remove the lid.
Turn the key through 90°.
Turning the key releases the lid's lock, so lift the lid off.
With the lid off, you'll see a red lever.
Push the red lever forwards, towards the front of the bike.
It's easier if you lift it slightly before pushing it over.
With the lever held over, lift the rear of the seat and it comes off.
As for how the seat is held to the bike, the places marked with light blue and yellow circles in the photo above are where it slots in.
The light blue circles locate it front to back, and the yellow circles locate it up and down.
So when removing the seat, first pull it upwards as if to free the yellow-circled points.
Once the yellow points are free, pull the seat backwards to free the light blue points, and the seat comes off.
Finally, a word about the seat lock.
The photo above shows the red lever mentioned earlier 'not pulled'.
You can see that the seat would lock.
This photo shows the red lever 'pulled'.
You can see that the lock is released.
Removing the seat is the first step of an oil and filter change on the G650GS. Here's how I do that job: