It appears my ignition system is shot. I tried to start the bike yesterday and I blew the main fuse a couple of times. finally chased the problem down to a crossed wire in my ignition switch. Essentially, as soon as I tried to kick the engine over the ignition system would ground out.
Once I got the crossed wire issue fixed I tried starting the bike again. No go. Fuel: check. Compression: check. Spark: no checky! I was only getting fire on the right hand cylinder and I had to kick it pretty fast to get that.
I worked my way through the H1D/H2 CDI ignition test from the resource site (
http://kawtriple.com/mraxl/cdih2/h2ignitiontest.htm). Here are my results:
From the section 'No Spark on any Cylinder':Make sure kill switch is in "Run" position (if present).
OKMake sure the four ground wires of the CDI units have good connections to the mounting plate.
OKMake sure the CDI monting plate has a good connection to frame ground with a ground wire from it to a grounding bolt.
OKMeasure the Low Speed coil resistance between Green & White wires from stator (3 pin connector). It should measure approximately 200 ohms and no less than 180 ohms.
I could not get a constant reading on my ohm meter, the value would only show for 1 second. I would have to remove the leads from one wire and check again. the values bounced between 80 and 195 ohms, then go to open. I can only assume this means I have a very weak connection somewhere and it is over heating when I do the ohm test? From the section 'Intermittent or Missing Spark on one or more CylindersInstall new plugs
OKInsure ignition coil mounts are grounded
OKResistance between engine cases and negative terminal should be 0
OKCheck if plug wires are arcing
Can't get it to start so I can't check this. Plus, no spark......Measure pickup coil resistance. Should be 200 ohm, no less than 160:
...
Center:188.8 ...
Left: 192.4 ...
Right: 123.4 - odd because this is the one that fires Measure ignition coil primary resistance. Should be approximately .8 ohms
.7 on all threeIgnition coil secondary resistance. Should be approximately 4.5k
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Center: 4.36 ...
Left: 4.26 ...
Right: 4.43From the section 'Testing the rectifier unit with a battery and test lightConnect battery negative to CDI Rectifier Black/White wire, battery positive to test light.
...Green wire:
Light is lit, OK ...Blue wire:
Light is lit, OK ...White wire:
light is lit, OK ...Light green wires:
.......Right Cylinder:
light does not come on, OK .......Left Cylinder:
Light comes on, not ok .......Center Cylinder:
Light comes on, not okConnect battery positive to CDI rectifier Black/White wire and battery negative to test light.
...Green wire:
Light is not lit, OK ...Blue wire:
Light is not lit, OK ...White wire:
light is not lit, OK ...Light green wires:
.......Right Cylinder:
light comes on, OK .......Left Cylinder:
light comes on, OK .......Center Cylinder:
light comes on, OKI also worked through Dayle Edwards test procedure with similar results.
So, in summary, my low speed coil windings in my stator are bad, I have a bad pickup coil (for the cylinder that fires....) and two of my cdi units are bad.
Any suggests about how I should go about fixing this? Is it worth tracking down the oem parts or should I look at something aftermarket?