Thought I would relay a little problem I had out in the desert on Monday.
We were geared up and ready to head out on a 60 mile ride, and were warming the bikes. I shot up a couple hills, when the bike just died. I kicked a couple of times, but no go. Fortunately, I was on a hill just above the van, and simply coasted down to the repair wagon.
First things first: Yup, installed a brand spankin' new BR8EVX. No go.
Number 2: I pulled the plug, inserted a long philips into the plug wire, and moved the kicker down to rotate the crank. No spark.
Hmmm, number 3: pulled the tank and checked all connections. I thought maybe my kill switch shorted, so diconnected. No spark. checked all coil connections. No spark.
Rats, number 4: pulled the plug on the 125 to check that my new plug was good. Spark!! Rats, on the wrong bike.
This sucks, number 5: pulled the flywheel cover, flywheel and stator. Good thing I keep a puller, 1/2 impact, and large nitrogen tank in the van, as it made for easy removal. Yea... Corrosion on the back of the stator where it contacts the case. Cleaned back of stator, case, chased threads with a tap, installed new 8mm head bolts in place of the philips on the stator. Installed flywheel. Spark!!!!! Hurah! An even on the right bike.
All kidding aside, the stator had built up corrosion where it contacts the case, eliminated spark. Cleaned her up, and had a successful ride. In fact, the ol' 5-0 has renewed power. Must have been a problem developing for a little while. I have heard of this happening, but have never experienced the problem, especially on a 1 year old bike. Since the first race of the regional season in Sunday, I'm glad the problem occured the weekend before.
I thought I would provide my story just in case someone else experiences a no-spark problem of their own. I just eliminated the easy problems, working towards the hard stuff until I came to the one that got me going again.
Boy am I thankful for a well stocked and outfited race van.
Rick