fox_forma Posted November 1, 2006 Report Posted November 1, 2006 Ok well I been dealing with this bike not having any power anywhere and first thought it was an air leak and possibly jetting. I have now verified its neither. I tested the stator and it came back fine. Next was the ign coil i believe with the plug wires. That read .4ohms sometimes .5, so I'm assuming thats shot. Would that cause my bike to run like ass throughout the whole throttle? I'm assuming once it starts to rev the spark is dying out or something. Does that sound right or should there be no spark at all when that starts to go? Looks like a previous owner tried to tie in a tether or something and spliced it off the orange wire going to the ign coil, I pulled that apart and re soldered it cause it was a hack job to begin with. I figured maybe that had to do with the ign coil going? I also pulled the plugs and they were nice an oily which I suspected if the spark it dying out its not burning it off correctly. Just wanted to see what everyone thinks before I buy/order a new ign coil. SHould I test the cdi as well? and if so how? Thanks Quote
dajogejr Posted November 1, 2006 Report Posted November 1, 2006 A new coil from Ricky Stator is 60 bucks or so. However, just for the hey of it, NGK Plug caps are cheap, I think 5 bucks or so a piece...might want to try that. Stock plug caps often go bad, and it's a cheap fix. Yep, weak spark normally shows it's ugly head off idle.....and gets worse. Quote
bansheeseat$$ Posted November 1, 2006 Report Posted November 1, 2006 A bad coil or should i say a coil going bad will act just like the thing is way rich and a lot of people burn down there top end from leaning out the jeting instead of finding the real cause. Quote
fox_forma Posted November 1, 2006 Author Report Posted November 1, 2006 (edited) A new coil from Ricky Stator is 60 bucks or so. However, just for the hey of it, NGK Plug caps are cheap, I think 5 bucks or so a piece...might want to try that. Stock plug caps often go bad, and it's a cheap fix. Yep, weak spark normally shows it's ugly head off idle.....and gets worse. When testing though dont you test the primary and secondary? Primary being the orange and black posts which should read a certain amount, then secondary being from the post to cap? I couldnt get a reading when trying the cap but that seems to be normal with most other people who tried the same? How hard is it to swap out the caps? I have a spare coil as well but its missing one of the caps and I believe that one tests out ok besides the cap missing A bad coil or should i say a coil going bad will act just like the thing is way rich and a lot of people burn down there top end from leaning out the jeting instead of finding the real cause. When I got this shee it was def jetted really lean and couldnt figure out why, so I guess that explains the previous guy trying to get rid of the rich condition. Edited November 1, 2006 by fox_forma Quote
dajogejr Posted November 1, 2006 Report Posted November 1, 2006 Fairly easy... Cut the wire, strip it, bend it back and crimp the new end on. Quote
silencethevoice Posted November 2, 2006 Report Posted November 2, 2006 Ok well I been dealing with this bike not having any power anywhere and first thought it was an air leak and possibly jetting. I have now verified its neither. I tested the stator and it came back fine. Next was the ign coil i believe with the plug wires. That read .4ohms sometimes .5, so I'm assuming thats shot. Would that cause my bike to run like ass throughout the whole throttle? I'm assuming once it starts to rev the spark is dying out or something. Does that sound right or should there be no spark at all when that starts to go? Looks like a previous owner tried to tie in a tether or something and spliced it off the orange wire going to the ign coil, I pulled that apart and re soldered it cause it was a hack job to begin with. I figured maybe that had to do with the ign coil going? I also pulled the plugs and they were nice an oily which I suspected if the spark it dying out its not burning it off correctly. Just wanted to see what everyone thinks before I buy/order a new ign coil. SHould I test the cdi as well? and if so how? Thanks Not sure if you already posted somewhere else or tried this, but just in case.. You did remove the TORS / Emergency brake circuits, right? Those mother$%#ers have gotten me a few times ... Quote
fox_forma Posted November 2, 2006 Author Report Posted November 2, 2006 yeah all that stuff is gone Quote
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