A little ground wire help

[blackout_GS1100]

Doing some wire harness rehab over the winter months on the '80 GS 1100E but am having a little trouble remembering where the ground connections go, the two that are off of the harness and the two ring connections that go with the connection for the negative battery terminal. I have the wiring diagram courtesy of the awesome BikeCliff website, but it doesn't have the placements of the ring connectors. Any help is appreciated!

[Mak]

not sure about the 1100, but i think the 750's ground right under the carbs right next to where the clutch cable connects

[posplayr]

Doing some wire harness rehab over the winter months on the '80 GS 1100E but am having a little trouble remembering where the ground connections go, the two that are off of the harness and the two ring connections that go with the connection for the negative battery terminal. I have the wiring diagram courtesy of the awesome BikeCliff website, but it doesn't have the placements of the ring connectors. Any help is appreciated!

That detail is shown in the shop manual (at the end where all harness routings are shown) also avaliable for download from Cliff's website. Normally one goes to the battery box to pickup grounds from the ignitor. The second ges to the side plate (under the solenoid mount) to pickup the side plate ground. Check out my thread on Charging System Health to improve those grounds else you can end up with cooked R/R and Stator.

[BassCliff]

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