I need some assistance with figuring out some problems with a 2004 Sportsman 700. It has 3100miles/430hrs on it and has run been running perfect until a few weeks ago. Up until that point it always cranked right over and started up to a smooth idle. I moved it out of the garage to get to some other stuff, parked it in the driveway and it wouldn't start up about three hours later. After a lot of playing around I diagnosed it as having no spark. Testing resistance through the various stator circuits gave me results leading me to believe the stator was fine. This machine has the Ducati ignition system which I assumed had failed.
I couldn't find a used replacement Ducati CDI locally to hang test and wound up buying the RM Stator replacement system. After installing that the machine will fire but only on the first attempt and will only keep running and maintain idle if I keep the throttle open. Once it dies (which it will in about five seconds if I don't help) it won't restart for at least 10-15 minutes. During that time if I pull a plug and ground it to the frame it has no spark while cranking.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I couldn't find a used replacement Ducati CDI locally to hang test and wound up buying the RM Stator replacement system. After installing that the machine will fire but only on the first attempt and will only keep running and maintain idle if I keep the throttle open. Once it dies (which it will in about five seconds if I don't help) it won't restart for at least 10-15 minutes. During that time if I pull a plug and ground it to the frame it has no spark while cranking.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.