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I have decided to keep my all stock shee. ( my kid will love it when he gets alittle older). Anyway, what octane should I run in this 1987 stock never rebuilt banshee??

I tried to send PM ,but I don't think it is working for me. I'm interested in the 6 pack rack, dg front bumper, and 2 stock headlights.zip 44221

I did alittle tweakin on the carbs this weekend and damn-it this thing is FAST!! Not so sure I want to keep it (gonna get hurt again) My nephew wants to trade me his 2003 warrior for my 1987 shee. I might do the trade. He wants to race it at Malvern raceway here in Ohio. I just want to trail ride and teach my kids to ride. Undecided?? You know, the kid in me wants to ride hard and fast but the adult in me (ok old man) wants ride easy.

Hell yaaa!!! Installed the new cdi and shee runs.. Zieg's is just a distributor for ricky stator products, so ya, its actually a ricky stator cdi. I'm stoked!!

Pics are not working...

After exhausting all of my options I ordered a new cdi ignition from ZEIG's. I hope that is my no spark problem. Anyone ever use one of these zeig's cdi's?? Any good??

Yea I have done alot of searching on this forum and alot of rechecking my shee. Everything checks out fine but I have no spark. I guess its the cdi unit. Ouch, big money , not happy.

Thanks for the warm welcome! FYI I went to my local yamaha dealer and bitched about the service manual being wrong and that I just spent $65 for a part I did not need. The service manager said he will have his electrical guru mechanic do some sort of secret coil check on my new and old coils. He comes back and says my old coil is way out of specs and the new one is right on spec. So I installed the new coil but still have no spark. Yes they lied to me! I also told him to call yamaha and tell them their manual is incorrect and should be corrected, he says "yamaha don't care about a bike they don't make anymore"....I will never go back to State 8 Motorcycle located in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio ever again! Jerry

I just did alittle digging in the search function and found where other people agree that the factory yamaha service book is incorrect for checking the coil. I'm going to write yamaha corporate a letter and see if that will get me anywhere. wish me luck!! Unbelievable that the factory manual has been wrong for 20 years and they continue to print newer versions with the same mistakes.. MAD!! I want my money back for this new coil that I don't need.

Wow, this thread helped me alot. I am having spark issues right now and according to the service book the damn coil is bad. So I shell out the $65 and get a new one that also tests bad.wtf... I can't believe the factory service book is just plain WRONG! Unbelivable... Even my local quad dealers book (a 2007 version) still says to check the secondary coil incorrectly.mad!!! Makes me really think twice about buying a Yamaha again. Jerry

I picked up the new coil last night, but.... the damn thing shows open on the secondary side.Just like the old one.wtf.. According to my service manual and from reading info found here on the hq, you are supposed to read the secondary winding from the - terminal on the primary to the plug wire (which doesn't make alot of sense but thats what the book says). Anybody else ever run into this problem? I will install and try the new coil tonight but this just doesn't add up. Jerry

New guy here. Let the flogging begin. haha.. I just bought a 1987 shee that has sat for 10 years. I rebuilt the carbs and cleaned the tank but now the damn thing doesn't have spark. After troubleshooting my trusty VOM said the coil was bad. I just got off the phone with my local quad dealer and am going to pick up parts tonight. Alittle about me. I'm 42 with family. Always liked riding and drinking. I had to get life flighted out of Wellsville Ohio one time when I wrecked my old Honda Odessey. I live near Akron Ohio and ride locally, summit and portage county. I also like old cars, I have a 1966 buick electra at the moment and an old honda 3 wheeler. I love to fabricate and build my own shit. Last year me and my son built a go-kart for him to ride untill he is old enough to ride the shee. Jerry