Just to followup--I finally received a new igniter yesterday and today took the bike outside to try and start it. It started right up--after I remembered I had to hold the clutch as I had fixed the wiring to make all that stuff now work. I wish I had remebered that before I had pulled the tank and saddle once again to check the wiring. duh!

I have quite a bit of backfiring and also may have an exhaust leak at the exhaust port connection. I also have quite a bit of oil around the exhaust along with the resultant smoke. I guess I need to pull the head cover and fix that plug.

I am going to try to take it out aroudn the block tonight if the weather cooperates and see how it runs thorugh the gears. Then back in the garage to do that plug repair and perhaps an exhaust gasket replacement.

Cheers,

Mike

I did a test ride yesterday and though I had backfiring and coughing/hesitation when applying throttle, after a few blocks that all smoothed out and went away. I was able to test all four gears and they all worked flawlessly as did the brakes, speedo, and all the electrical. It even idled nicely with my hand off the throttle, once I set the idle set screw up a bit. When I got back, the throttle on idle was high, so I guess once it got over its little hissy fit it was running more efficiently and I needed to lower that idle set screw back to normal.

Thumperclone, thans for those testing numbers; it sure helped me solve this issue.

Cheers,

Mike