Recent content by ca1987

400 hours I had on that CDI (not miles) - it worked for quite a long time! But I don't think it's the problem despite how replacing it and the ignition coil once made it work for a whole night - about an hour of run time and stopping and starting half a dozen times. The more I tested the more it...

I fix bikes for a living. The one we're talking about here is my personal bike. That's why I've moved on. The reason I know I didn't do anything wrong is because it's a very simple system that worked exactly as it was and is for many hours of run time before something went bad and no one has...

What more information do you want? I've tried and tested everything we have collectively thought of. If you have a new idea then let's hear it and I'll test it and post the information, but I am fine with the bike being kick-start and have moved on to the next project.

Well it definitely should have sparked, then. Very strange.. Battery is good, starter motor is good, cranks engine fast. Used to start it after a single cycle. Just bzz put put put put put.. Now cranking with 200 amps from my charger at like 300 rpm can't get it to fire, but a swift kick...

Running the starter motor while the engine is idling has no effect. Would you tell me why disconnecting the reg/rec from the battery would fry the stator? I'd hate to have that happen (not that I have any reason to disconnect it normally but I like to know as much as I can).

I disconnected the reg-rec from the battery and tried it; spark still too weak to fire. Kick-start will be fine, I'll just leave it at that. Thanks.

I took the intermediate gear (from the starter) out again and I bump started it, fired up and did a wheelie. Idles no problem. Ran it up and down the street, on the throttle not a single misfire. Still, it won't start with the electric start. I'm getting the same voltage with the new stator as...

It ran under this configuration for 400 hours before it died. I know how these parts work and have tested and re-tested to make sure everything works. Everything is connected correctly. All grounds are good. Getting good voltage from stator. Ignition coil, wire, plug cap and plug all test good...

I built this bike I know how the wiring works. There is no other wiring. The kill switch is connected to the CDI and grounds it when flipped. I disconnected it to take it out of the equation. It is stator, pickup coil, cdi, ignition coil. That's it. The lights/battery/key/charging is all on a...

I replaced the entire ignition system today and have the same issue. Stator, pickup coil, cdi, ignition coil all brand new. Voltage comes from the stator, and from the pickup coil, and goes into the cdi, and nothing (or negative voltage) comes out of it. If anyone has any ideas please help. I am...

Cant be - my ignition system is seperate from charging/battery/lights. It goes straight from the stator to the CDI.

The stator puts AC into the CDI the CDI puts DC into the ignition coil. It is definitely CDI. I had one working for 400 hours before it went out. I think it is the stator. But the stator is putting out the right amount of current. Anyway I am replacing the stator, pickup coil, CDI and ignition...

I have gone through 5 CDIs now. I have looked at the stator, it looks brand new; it tests perfect. I cleaned it and it works but nothing has changed. Everything works except voltage goes into the CDI and doesnt come out. I am going to replace the stator because I have replaced everything else...

Starter motor is fine. It's not that nothing is moving, it's that voltage goes into the CDI box but doesn't come out and get to the ignition coil so I get no or weak spark. My setup is battery sends power to the starter motor, which turns the crank, causes the pickup coil to generate AC, sends...

I have a Lifan 200cc engine. No manuals come with these engines. I can't get it to start even with the increased amperage now. When I turn up the amperage I get 43 volts AC from the stator to the CDI and from the CDI it is reading as drawing current now -2.2 volts whether I crank with 2 amps or...