1st stator that crapped out it did just that, crapped out...no warning symptoms at all, I'd just been out ripping around, stopped for a smoke & didn't get it started until a new stator was installed.
Last stator...it would idle, rev up to about 3/4 throttle & then fall on it's face,...would spit, sputter, backfire here & there out of either side. I checked/swapped, cleaned, recleaned, everything, and I mean everything, coil, cdi, everything but the stator. I was about to take it to the damn stealer, sad huh. But I said screw it, I was wanting to advance the timing anyway, hadn't had luck with the stock stator so I decided to try a RickyStator stock wattage stator on an adjustable plate. Installed it, advanced the timing +4 and shee's been scream'n since.