86 Kawasaki Vulcan 750 no spark from rear 2 plugs

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86 Kawasaki Vulcan 750 no spark from rear 2 plugs

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Hello, I recently purchased a vulcan 750. The person I purchased it from mentioned that after removing and cleaning the carburetor that the bike no longer starts. I checked and the rear 2 plugs have no spark. Does anyone know of anything I should look for?

I checked the 2 wires (red and dark green) coming into the rear ignition coil, and both appear to be fine. I also checked the continuity between the two wires entering the coil and there was continuity. I compared the front coil which works and the rear coil which does not and the continuity and voltage entering the coils seem the same. Is there anything else I can check?

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Figured it out

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I found that the cdi had failed. I have ordered a new one.

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good self-diagnosis
try mrcycleparts.com to make sure you get the parts cheapest
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No Spark

#4 Unread post by ray_hensley61 »

Sounds like a bad coil. Maybe you can switch coils to see if one is bad.

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