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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sidewinder" data-source="post: 50587" data-attributes="member: 2071">LOL   It's an '81.  That's what you get when you write late at night after messing with wires for an hour and putting a fairing on and off about 6 times.  The switches are off another old bike and for all I know the problem may be in the hi/lo portion of THAT switch. On the '81 Interstate there is a 9 pin connector bringing everything from the fairing to the wiring harness.  4 of those are the signal lights (o, ow, ltbl, ltbl/white.)  The dark Blue and the white wires are the headlight.  What I don't know is where the ground is for the head light as I am totally unfamiliar with these fairings.  The signal lights are working so they are getting ground.  The wiring diagram shows the front signals sharing the same ground so that perplex's me.  Took the cover off the radio and all I could tell is the radio is grounded to the metal that bolts to the side mounting brackets and the radio works as does everything in the fairing EXCEPT the headlight.  This makes me think the headlamp is not getting ground. Was hoping not to have to remove the headlight but guess that's where I headed to actually SEE what the hell is going on in there.  I took the left handlebar switch apart and checked that. Everything is connected and all solder points look good and I cleaned all inside before installing it.  Again, my question is does anybody Know where the ground for the head light makes contact to the frame?  It must be through one of the bolts securing the fairing to the mounting brackets I just don't know where.</blockquote>

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