steel braeded wire no covering a foot long has 2 spade connectors and 1 loop connector for bolt
one spade connector is at the right hand end of the wire the other 6in away to the left depending on whiche way

round your holding it at the other end is a round bolt connector

can any one please tell me were it goes on my 1985 k100rs
many thanks paul

?????? where on the bike do you find this wire, could you be a bit more specific, please ???????

thanks for prompt reply i am not sure where it came off bike looks like it came from coils but all wiring on
coils my bike is in rebuild section been striped right down over a year so cant for life ov me remember quite were it came from
sorry cant b more help thanks paul

You could be correct about that, ground wire for primary windings.

Senior moment, forget that one.

i cant see any connection points near coils that is wot is puzzling me

Did a small adjustment on my previous post, same moment as you posted.

Any colour on the wire, does it look as a genuine part, a picture?

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It could be the ground wire to the iron cores on the coils.

On my -86. this is incorporated with the other wiring to the coils,
but it`s much that is different on the -83 -85. model compared to
the later ones.

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Did borrow Charlie`s picture from another thread, the iron core
ground terminals is inside the red circles.

hi thanks again for reply there r two brown earth wires on them at the moment did have a thaught that as u pointed
out could they have been used insted of the origanal brown earth wires for a better earth or do u have to use the
origanal brow wires

As it is a brown wire it indicate that it is a ground wire.

As earlier mentioned it could be that this a separate wiring on 83-85 models, someone with a similar model have to confirm.

You could also check if ground wires (brown) is present at the wiring harness down to the coils.................if not, it should be no doubt about it.

have seen a similar arangement on another k.....i dont have one on mine though

from memory, its an earth strap that sits under the tank , earth bolt to icu ?

as i said ...noticed it ...but not exactly sure

the brown wires came down with the coil wiring as part of the harness /but could they be left off and the solid one put on
insted

If you got the ground wires in the harness.............we still got a mystery solve, I`ll guess.

No other ideas at the moment, sorry...............a picture?


How about you Charlie....any ideas.......you have just logged on........and got a rested and fresh brain.

on nite work tonite till friday will post pic then hopefully
speak at weakend thanks paul

paulang007 wrote:steel braeded wire no covering a foot long has 2 spade connectors and 1 loop connector for bolt
one spade connector is at the right hand end of the wire the other 6in away to the left depending on whiche way round your holding it at the other end is a round bolt connector

Possibly worth taking a quick photo of it so we can all see....

Whats the connection to the starter?? With it being big and hefty it would suggest it is for something that will have a large amount of grunt attached to it...

twincarb wrote:whats the connection to the starter?? With it being big and hefty it would suggest it is for something that will have a large amount of grunt attached to it...

Good suggestion TC, but it wasn`t any separate ground cable at early models
(or K100`s at all?), it is on K11`s and maybe late 100`s.........

the distance between the 2 spade conections seem to fit the width of the coil trminals the other end would fasten to the
gearbox bolt at side of coil or so it looks like it is not a realy thick wire but is thicker than the brown earth wires

Only guessing...........it previous been a problem with the genuine grounding wire,
the easy fix was a local connection?

You got 6 spade connectors at the coil harness?

yes all six r there 2 brown 1red&black 2green&yellow cant remember the other one

charlie99 wrote:have seen a similar arangement on another k.....i dont have one on mine though

from memory, its an earth strap that sits under the tank , earth bolt to icu ?

as i said ...noticed it ...but not exactly sure

I'm with charlie on this I remember a similar thing on an 84RS I stripped out a while ago.

charlie99 wrote:have seen a similar arangement on another k.....i dont have one on mine though

from memory, its an earth strap that sits under the tank , earth bolt to icu ?

as i said ...noticed it ...but not exactly sure

I'm with charlie on this I remember a similar thing on an 84RS I stripped out a while ago.

charlie99 wrote:have seen a similar arangement on another k.....i dont have one on mine though

from memory, its an earth strap that sits under the tank , earth bolt to icu ?

as i said ...noticed it ...but not exactly sure

I'm with charlie on this I remember a similar thing on an 84RS I stripped out a while ago.

Hey Rick, have you started to stammer recently?

Also have a vague picture of it...............somewhere way back.

But seems a bit strange on this one, since the ground wire is present in the harness.
But we don`t know the history of the bike.........or (maybe) bikes put together.

NNNNNo w w w what mmmakes y y think ttthat
Its my stupid internet connection I live 10 miles out of town and wireless is flakey to say the least.
Sometimes it posts and I dont realize and do it again

Rick G wrote:NNNNNo w w w what mmmakes y y think ttthat
Its my stupid internet connection I live 10 miles out of town and wireless is flakey to say the least.
Sometimes it posts and I dont realize and do it again

we all have a cross to bear the internet being no1 life beaing no2 and bikes no 3456789 lol