GS650E no spark

[Guest]

Ok, I took the carbs off the bike to get the airbox the last owner left out back in. Had spark before this now I have no spark. I checked the volts where power goes into the coils and have 12.4ish on both orange wires.... but also have full power on the other two wires that go to the coils? from what I understand the other 2 wires should only get power when the signal is sent for the coils to create spark. if I'm correct on this what would cause this issue? I'll be first to admit I know noting about motorcycles but can fix almost anything on cars so should be able to figure this out with some help. I don't really want to put a ton of money into this cause I have been listing it for sale locally and my offers "if i can get it running" havn't been real great. I dont want to put $800 in it to get $800 back.

[koolaid_kid]

You will need to go to BassCliff's site for Electrical Odds and Ends and run the Ignitor/Signal Generator/Coils test to pinpoint where the issue lies.

[tom203]

Follow the connector off ignitor box up to its plug(s) - make sure they are connected. If it ran before, something got disconnected

[Leif]

Ignitor on the bottom of the filter box?

[tom203]

Ignitor on the bottom of the filter box?

That's where mine is- I'm not sure if "E" is same, don't confuse ignitor with regulator (regulator will have fins)

[Leif]

Got spark back, I used a jumper cable and some gator clips and run it from the ground on the ignitor/cdi box to the battery ground and have spark now so bad ground..... question is can I just splice a longer wire in and keep it grounded to battery? or should I go to frame somewhere.... cuz it was grounded to bottom of Filter housing

[MAJikMARCer]

or should I go to frame somewhere.... cuz it was grounded to bottom of Filter housing

If it were me I'd figure out why the original ground isn't taking any more and clean that up. Dealing with a lot of rust or grease? I spent a lot of time cleaning up that area of my bike recently. Sure no one sees it, but there are a lot of electrical ground points there.

[Leif]

theres like 3 inches of space down there. id have to take the whole airbox setup apart and that was all a "female dog" to get back in there.

[MAJikMARCer]

theres like 3 inches of space down there. id have to take the whole airbox setup apart and that was all a "female dog" to get back in there.

Oh yea. I know. I had it all apart over the winter. Had the airbox and battery box out and freshly powder coated. I wouldn't want to tear it all apart again if necessary. That said, if I was a future buyer I would be unhappy with weird non-stock wiring. Just saying.