This is why I try not to touch wires

[Red Fthr]

So I'm redoing the front end of my honda cb500f and now that I'm trying to put things together, of course, nothing electrical works. I have a wiring diagram pulled up and my battery is 80% charged (according to my battery tender). I'm wondering if a misplaced ground can throw everything off like this? or is it something bigger?

Prior to disconnecting anything I removed turn signals, handle bar indicators (high,neutral, oil, turn), tac/speedo, and horn. At this time everything worked just fine. Once I removed my headlight and disconnected everything in there, things went south.

Here's what I'm currently using in my headlight bucket (everything on the right control):
high/low (blue & white)
starter (red & Yellow)
Kill switch (black & White)

and then them what I assume are the grounds:
Green (from headlight)
Two black (from right hand control switches)

This is my first time doing this and if anyone sees something obviously wrong it could potential save me hours, if not days, of tangled wires, googling, and diagrams. Thanks.

 

[mydlyfkryzis]

Honda Black wires (Stock) are 12V, not grounds...Might be your issue...All grounds are green on Honda....

The kill switch gets 2 wires, a black (switched 12V) and Black/White)

The Headlight switch has 4 wires. Black (switched 12V), Blue (High Beam), White (low Beam) Brown/white (instrument lighting)

Starter has 1 wire, Red/Yellow

So I count 7 wires.

Green should be a ground to the handlebars, so the start switch can ground out for starting. The green does not go up to the pod (AFAIK).

Hope this helps.

 

[Red Fthr]

Here's a visual of my stupidity/ignorance/problems. Thanks again. Also, there are a few different terminals that my ground (from headlight) can go into, as well as 12v wires (from controls) can go into. In the diagram, it seems these all go to the same place, which seems like it shouldn't matter which terminals they get plugged into. Maybe it does?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIXYaGOdzOg&feature=youtu.be

 

[Red Fthr]

So I ended up taking my wiring harness off and removing wires that I don't need and to gain a better understanding of what's going on underneath all that electrical tape. I will put it all together tomorrow and let everyone know how it goes.

After looking at everything, I assume my problem is coming from something else. Might buy a multimeter tomorrow as well to chase down the problem.

Below is my new wiring harness.

 

[Red Fthr]

So I figured out I had a blown fuse. Solved that problem. I now have a more specific problem: My starter button isn't working. Everything is plugged in the way it should be, but it's not firing. What would cause that to happen?

Video coming soon.

 

[Red Fthr]

Realized I posted the wrong link to my last video here are the correct links to what's going on.

Video 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIXYaGOdzOg

video 2:
http://youtu.be/HAd8tBcrup4