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I'm in Concord NC. I like to tinker and I bought an old Bayou 220 to play with at the house. I'm working on getting it running better.

i like working on things. It is a hobby. Wifes i bought needing a new top end. Runs like a top now. One sons is brand new. the other is a 2002.

Hi- I'm a 70 yr old retired RN with a mid-late 90's Kawasaki Bayou 300 4x4 which has been babied by the PO who bought it new. He put a plow on it and built a blade lift using a Mercedes power window motor. Plows great for about 45 minutes then the battery is pretty well drained... Has worked well for me for a couple of Montana winters but it lost both forward and reverse suddenly while plowing-no warning, no noises, no grinding, no burning smell-nothing. Posted a new topic on it here last week but so far no one has chimed in with any thoughts: My riding experience has been pretty much limited to plowing and trips down to the mailbox ~ 1.4 miles away. Too bad, since I live in the heart of God's country [NW Montana's Flathead valley]. If there are any local folks with Bayous who have experience with their innards I'd love to make your acquaintance!

Not sure Boss, the manual listed above clearly shows a CDI. No time to investigate...

so I just got a95 klf400. Same issue. The guy had replaced stator coil and CDI. We did continuity tests on the starting/charging system, and found that in the wiring harness, on the frame below the seat, there's a crimped connection with 3 wires splicing into 1. One of the wires was loose, and therefore not getting a good connection. A lot of frustration on my part, a very patient husband, and dab of solder later she fired right up. My hubby also found this problem in several places on his uncle's Yamaha.

Hate to question you Tom, but I’ve been reading thread after thread on this issue, and everyone is saying there should be 12v on the green/white wire. I’ve got a single spark issue. It sparks when I have 12v on the green wire, but doesn’t when I lose the 12 volts, but it comes back if left disconnected for 5-10 seconds. Checked every ground, jumped things out, hate replacing parts because it doesn’t seem to have helped anybody except one I’ve read about. Regarding that wiring diagram above, could someone post something more complete? 2nd post. Gonna be hard to hit 10 posts any time soon without spamming something with pointless messages...