hi all, i recently purchsed an 01 banshee that was bone stock (outside of a K&N filter). bike has been running great and have had no problems starting or running. i should have left well enough alone.
i picked up a set of paul turner chrome hi-revs last week (with silencers for $300) and i just finished putting them on. i bought them from a tech at a dealership and he told me to put them on, remove the snorkel on the air box, and to switch to 260 mains. he was a good guy, and seemed to know his shit.
anywho, i got the exhaust on no problem, flipped the ignition coil over to clear the pipes (as recommended on the duncan website), and put the jets in by loosening the carb hose clamps, unscrewing the tors assy, turning each carb to access the bottom and removing the float cover. i then reversed the procedure for re-assembly.
now the bike won't start.
the carbs are in sync, i double checked all hoses are connected, and the throttle is working smoothly. i am (almost) positive that i plugged the coil wires back correctly to the coil and that i have the plug wires to the proper plugs. black wire to the label side of the coil and that plug wire to the right side plug (when sitting on bike). i verified this with a service manual and even tried reversing everything.
i pulled a plug and tried to check for spark by holding it against the cylinder head and kicking. i really couldn't see anything, but i'm not sure if the spark is obvious enough to be seen by one person while kick starting.
i ripped the gas tank off and began looking for pinched wires or loose connections. i found a disconnected harness that led to the parking brake (which the original owner removed). i tried plugging that in but got nothing. i tried unplugging the tors and got nothing. i'm starting to think i somehow ruined the coil, or pinched a wire. i don't have a voltmeter to test it, but i will buy one if there are no other obvious holes in my troubleshooting procedure.
did i mention that this is my first shee and i've never changed jets before? thanks in advance!