98 or 99 Buyou 220 electrical issues, help please

[Robin442]

Hello all! New to the site, I came here seeking answers as I've decided to help my cousin get his once good running buyou 220 going again.

I've owned an 82 kawasaki kz1100 and have done lots of work to it over 20 years of ownership. 

Looks like the wire diagram colors are same or similar to my bikes wiring, a definite plus

Cousin was riding through fairly high weeds and brush after it's rained, when it just died. It would turn over but no fire.

This to me sounds like perhaps a CDI issue or a fried coil, idk that why I'm asking you gurus LOL

[Mech]

Could be water got in somewhere, possibly a wiring connector down near the crankcase, or water got on the spark-plug cap and has now made a track across it causing a short, or, a stick's ripped a wire off somewhere, down low or the handlebars..or.. the circumstances had nothing to do with it and it's just a coincident .. haha  Helpful huh.

When you say no fire, do you mean no spark to the plug ? Is the plug getting fuel on it ? There are ways to diagnose these things before rushing off to buy a new cdi unit.

[mbirt]

Definitely remove the spark plug, put the boot back on it, rest the threads on a fin of the cylinder head, key on, and pull the rope. Easy to diagnose if it has spark or not.