Loose Wire on 79 GS1000L is it supposed to be?

[Anonymous]

I am awaiting manuals and should be receiving my Pingle today, so I have this wire-small red wire that connects to the positive battery terminal, it travels up the frame of the bike towards the handle bars and has a connectoer on the end and electrical tape...it is supposed to be connected to something?
Also nothing on the right side lights up. The turn signals, or the right gauge cluster. The brake light does not come on when the front brake is depressed but does come on when the rear is...this little wire have anything to do with that. I checked the fuses and all appear to be intact.

I am new at this so thanks for all the patience.

Semper Fi!

[Mobetter]

I don't have any diagrams if front of me but I'm pretty sure
this was something the previous owner added, maybe for a relay
or an accessory.
It has nothing to do with your lights not working, they would be switched
power not direct from the battery.

Mo

[Anonymous]

Ok that is good to know. Thanks for the insight. I know nothing at all about wiring and want to wait to have a book in front of me before I do anything else unless someone knows what may cause this.

[jimcor]

That's the ripcord... 8O

It's just one of those days...

[Anonymous]

your mysterious red wire was probably for the previous owners goodtime radio or cb.

[Anonymous]

Have you checked the fornt brake wires, perhaps this is supposed to be the hot wire that connects to the front brake to clost the circuit when the lever is pulled. If so this would explain why you have a wire with no connection and an electrical component that doesnt work. Simply look for the wires coming from the front brake handle and trace the wires to where they connect. If they do get connected then the extra wire is obviously for some aftermarket device that is no longer there as a previous reply suggests. And in that case you will need a front brake rebuild kit which costs about 15 US and considering the age of the bikes and the fact that it is a mechanical switch it is about due. Hope I could help.

[saaz]

There would be no standard unswitched power wires. It would have been for an accessory that needed to be run while the bike was off. Make sure the wire does not short out if it is unfused.

[SqDancerLynn1]

Check here for a wiring diagram

http://www.smokeriders.com/index.html

[Anonymous]

Well...the right turn signal just started working....only thing not working now is the fuel gauge...I am hoping the float just nneds to float loose...
Thanks for all the input!

[Anonymous]

Marine: I managed to jam the float on my 400 once after removing the tank. All I had to do was take the tank off again and flip it over after giving it a good shake.

Steve

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the advice I will give that a try.

Marine

[Anonymous]

Marine I have an L model, check under the tank at the rear for a pair of wires with bullet connectors think they are black with yellow stripe and yellow with a green stripe. they send info from your sensor in the tank to the gauge. Check all your fuses and the wires connected to them for corrosion and make sure all connectors even the ones in the headlight are plugged together and intact. the activation switch for your front brake should trace to the inside of your headlight shell and plug into the harness in there. If you can wait till Wednesday when I get home from work I can email you a picture of the wiring diagram from my Clymers manual.

[Anonymous]

Michael,

Thanks I appreciate that and await the diagram...

Marine