'86 VF1000R ground locations?

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  1. BillyBob

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    Hiho-

    Recently noticed my cooling fan and temp gauge stopped working. The fuses are ok. Does anyone know where the
    electrical grounds are located?

    thanks!
    b
     


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    Does this help? It's not mentioned that this is the Frame Ground but sure looks like it! See the blue circled area.
     

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    Thanks for responding! Mcch appreciated! It dawned on me this morning that I had forgotten the chain of events that could well have
    led to the issue. I replaced the front left turn signal about a month ago when the running light went intermittent and put the bike away when
    it began raining before I had a chance to ride. Being too lazy to remove the fairing, I was fumbling around up in there, probably knocking in
    to things while disconnecting and re-connecting the 3 turn sig connections. Betcha I might've accidentally pulled the wire to the temp gauge/fan
    switch. Gonna check later on today or tomorrow. Will post another reply.

    thanks again,
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    The sender wire for the gage and the wiring for the fan are in completely different locations on opposite sides of the bike. I'd be really surprised if wrestling with the winker wires has caused either issue... but ya never know.
     


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