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GSRick is in Lake Mary, FL. I don't remember the name of the repair shop.
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timebombprod said:
Are there any groundpiints for my 650?
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Yes there are,I would need to look at the bike in front of me to find the best place.Do you have a factory repair manual Ian ? They have all that in their diagrams(that's why I love the OEM Suzuki manuals so much)and it will show you the best place to hook those Grounds to.
 
grcamna2 said:
Yes there are,I would need to look at the bike in front of me to find the best place.Do you have a factory repair manual Ian ? They have all that in their diagrams(that's why I love the OEM Suzuki manuals so much)and it will show you the best place to hook those Grounds to.
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No I dont have an OEM but I have a clymers, sorry I'm so used to just asking for help i dont really look through it, it's been used for my charging and ignition system but mainly just that


Looking through its electrical system chapter I cant find anything about where to ground
 
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timebombprod said:
No I dont have an OEM but I have a clymers, sorry I'm so used to just asking for help i dont really look through it, it's been used for my charging and ignition system but mainly just that
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I don't have the Factory Suzuki book for the GS650GLZ but I do for a few others;if I did I would take a pic and send it to you(the Clymer book is decent but can't match the pictures & diagrams from the Suzuki oem Book) so you could see exactly where they attach the ground wires to the frame.I would look through the Clymer book also and see if any of it's pictures gives a clear view of where they show the Negative- end of the battery cable bolted to the main frame of your bike;the Ground-Negative strap from the engine to the frame should also be strongly attached to the frame in the same way,although the engine motor mounts can give a Ground- connection if that motor-mount 'plate is clean of black paint(scraped-clean where the bolt goes through and shiny metal) where it touches the engine & where the motor mount bolt goes through there,very important.That's always the best place to install those.The ground wires are So important to complete the 12vt. DC connection for All of your electrical system;if you have a bad ground connection on that it can fry many components in your system and make it very expensive to repair.
 
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grcamna2 said:
I don't have the Factory Suzuki book for the GS650GLZ but I do for a few others;if I did I would take a pic and send it to you so you could see exactly where they attach the ground wires to the frame.That's always the best place to install those.The ground wires are So important to complete the 12vt. DC connection for All of your electrical system;if you have a bad ground connection on that it can fry many components in your system and make it very expensive to repair.
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That is...not good.

I will leave the bike off until the grounding area is figured out.
 
timebombprod said:
That is...not good.

I will leave the bike off until the grounding area is figured out.
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EDIT: Ian,I have edited my post #45 to mention the other way to see a good Ground- connection.I would think of getting your engine fully connecting/Grounding to the frame(shiny metal to metal)and use a motor mount bolt as the Main frame ground for those wires.The other thing to improve while you're at it is tightening down all the motor mount attachment bolts so your engine is tight in the frame and holding-tight to that Ground- connection through to the frame:it'll help your charging system and you'll have less vibtration,etc.A can of WD-40 will help un-seize some of those motor mount bolts that may be loose but the threads could be a bit seized from sitting un-moved for a long time.
 
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There?s a bunch of potential decent grounding spots. Remove the battery, find the metal plate that holds the r/r and stock ignitor. This is held on by two hex head bolts..remove one of these and clean up this spot for grounding. Ground the r/r and the dyna ground wire here, but also add a ground wire from here to battery negative...this ensures that both r/r and dyna see battery negative nicely.
 
tom203 said:
There?s a bunch of potential decent grounding spots. Remove the battery, find the metal plate that holds the r/r and stock ignitor. This is held on by two hex head bolts..remove one of these and clean up this spot for grounding. Ground the r/r and the dyna ground wire here, but also add a ground wire from here to battery negative...this ensures that both r/r and dyna see battery negative nicely.
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Correct me if in wrong but wasnt the OEM R/R and ignitor back to back on each other and tightened down to the underside if the airbox? It's been a while
 
timebombprod said:
This is where I had those grounds at, so it is a secure ground? I'll clean it up if so.

Its directly on the frame
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The battery box is rubber mounted and the only thing making contact is that little,tiny round collar in the middle of the rubber:not good enough.
I would use the engine motor mount bolts as my Main ground and any other ground connections should go directly to that(or the battery negative terminal)or another place where the wires make solid,flat connections directly to the steel of the frame.
 
grcamna2 said:
The battery box is rubber mounted and the only thing making contact is that little,tiny round collar in the middle of the rubber:not good enough.
I would use the engine motor mount bolts as my Main ground and any other ground connections should go directly to that(or the battery negative terminal)or another place where the wires make solid,flat connections directly to the steel of the frame.
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Ian,please consider what I've written in this post and #47;there's no half-way measures when getting an electrical system Well grounded.
 
Sorry in advance, but this surely cant be used?

Its directly welded onto the frame, and inside threading is clean.

If not I'll be using the motor mount nearest to this spot as the ground.

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