Goldwing GL1200 SEI Factory Assembly Error

Well, reassembly is going at a slow and steady pace. Each part is cleaned and polished or painted before it is reasembled. Then there is parts replacement and waiting for delivery. I snapped the fuel line between the tank and fuel pump. The hose is made from a material called Unavailablium. I had to order some .5" ID hose. The wall of this hose is twice as thick as the OEM  hose and none of the bends are molded in.

Small parts found in the nooks and crannies of the engine. I would be surprised if I had not found anything.

When I removed the body work, I noticed a network of green wires that looked factory installed but out of place.

Red Arrows point to added ground wires.

  

I became curious and traced these wires back to a spice in a connector. I moved the large bundle of wires on the front left side and noticed this....

 

When the bike was assembled, a worker missed attaching the ground terminal to the frame. Rather than trace down the problem, the Honda factory chose to run a wire patch to carry the ground.

The arrows show the ground terminal and the frame bolt where it should be attached.



This is not OEM

 This is a filter from a automobile carburetor. It is located on the intake side of the fuel pump. 

The filter was 1/2 filled with "stuff".
I had cleaned it out before I thought to take a picture. 

Modern vehicles have the fuel filter placed after the fuel pump. 
This seems counter intuitive and I have replaced this filter where I found it.