ok, so today I started re-wiring my bike. Its a '78 special and I'm decluttering and eliminating the un-necessary items. I am retaining the stock hand controls along with turn signals and e-start. I've spent a lot of time researching a creating a nice diagram to follow up to this point but have probably confused myself by going cross eyed looking at all the wires. I am just looking for some reassurance if I'm thinking right or if I'm over thinking this.
So I was previously under the impression that I needed to run a ground wire from the starter button, but have come to the realization that it is self grounding to the bars. Do I still need to run the ground wire from the left side control to complete the ground loop? I've read up and think I should tie the ground from the headlight cluster coming out of the left controls into my main ground. I'm using nice bullet connectors from Vintage Connection and have a main ground line running front to back with splices feeding into it and will continue it up into the headlight bucket. I am grounding that to the battery in back as well as the top motor mount in front. Please tell me if I'm over thinking this or I'm on track.
So I was previously under the impression that I needed to run a ground wire from the starter button, but have come to the realization that it is self grounding to the bars. Do I still need to run the ground wire from the left side control to complete the ground loop? I've read up and think I should tie the ground from the headlight cluster coming out of the left controls into my main ground. I'm using nice bullet connectors from Vintage Connection and have a main ground line running front to back with splices feeding into it and will continue it up into the headlight bucket. I am grounding that to the battery in back as well as the top motor mount in front. Please tell me if I'm over thinking this or I'm on track.