I bought my ‘01 Legend as my first bike back in October. It ran fine when I got it and a good while after i got her back home. Since I'm brand new to riding I only took her around the block a few times once we got back from Barber's. After a long weekend of figuring out how to change out the spark plugs (which I made sure were gapped properly) it began to run choppy. Sputtering but holding around 1k on the tach. I'd try practicing with the clutch in my garage, but whenever I'd drop into first the engine would cut off immediately. After the the sputtering worsened to where I had to continuously rev the throttle to keep the bike alive, otherwise it would putter for a few seconds then die. In all to make matters worse it up and decided it was done playing games and won't start at all.
So here's what I've gotten so far in my troubleshooting. All the main wiring has continuity so I know they're getting power. Two ignition coils shot bad and had no continuity. I replaced all three with new Nology coils. The spark plug wires all shot good for continuity. The ohms were out of range on the pickup coil so I replaced it and set the gap to the measurement I saw someone say the Haynes manual they had called for (.6mm or .0236 in). I remove the No.1 plug wire after every changed part and use a known good spark plug to check for spark. Everytime I do there's nothing. I'm at a loss so ANY other ideas y'all may have would be greatly appreciated.
Just a few quick additions - The engine is turning over and there's compression, checked the tailpipes to make sure they weren't blocked (everything was good there), and there doesn't seem to be a vacuum problem. I've also bench synched the carbs just trying to get it back to where it'll start. Figured I'd tune them once I can actually get it to come alive. N lastly to avoid the duh things the kill switch isn't on, battery stays fully charged, and i always make sure I have the petcock valve set to allow fuel in when I try to start it.
Thanks Again
So here's what I've gotten so far in my troubleshooting. All the main wiring has continuity so I know they're getting power. Two ignition coils shot bad and had no continuity. I replaced all three with new Nology coils. The spark plug wires all shot good for continuity. The ohms were out of range on the pickup coil so I replaced it and set the gap to the measurement I saw someone say the Haynes manual they had called for (.6mm or .0236 in). I remove the No.1 plug wire after every changed part and use a known good spark plug to check for spark. Everytime I do there's nothing. I'm at a loss so ANY other ideas y'all may have would be greatly appreciated.
Just a few quick additions - The engine is turning over and there's compression, checked the tailpipes to make sure they weren't blocked (everything was good there), and there doesn't seem to be a vacuum problem. I've also bench synched the carbs just trying to get it back to where it'll start. Figured I'd tune them once I can actually get it to come alive. N lastly to avoid the duh things the kill switch isn't on, battery stays fully charged, and i always make sure I have the petcock valve set to allow fuel in when I try to start it.
Thanks Again