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OK thanks for the help I fixed it valves were way out of adjustments runs great now and starts fine

I'm still kinda keeping an eye out for a used harness or ECU. The one I had on ebay had both, but he pulled the listing, removed the ECU, and jacked the price up $100 on just the harness. Buying both new will be about $500-600. So I'll try redoing those connections first, and then will tinker with it when I have time, while keeping an eye out for a harness or ECU.

This is off-topic but I have an idea that could help us all. Honda stopped including resistance tests in service manuals long ago, so I am thinking about measuring resistance on Ignition coils that I have laying around that are known to be good coils. We could each make a list of resistance tests of coil part numbers that we have on hand and then publish them in a sticky maybe...? @Mach 1 needs those resistance tests right now.

As explained above.... maybe, maybe not. Again maybe, but maybe not. That harness junction could have an overheated pair of wires inside it where they connect together that measures good, but does not pass enough current while under load. Similar to a fuse that overheats the terminals where the fuse plugs in inside a fuse box.... you've seen those failures before.... so you can't rule that possibility out until you get your eyes on the joints in question. I have never tried to open one of those harness junctions so I'm ready to learn what it looks like inside of them, if you are? All along I have suspected that the ECM is at fault but I've been staying away from that talk because I have no idea how it could be tested.

Well, continuity and resistance tests are meaningful only when a wire repair bonds every copper strand inside the wire together and you're 100% sure of that. So for instance, if a broken wire is soldered back together but several of the strands did not get bonded, but two or three strands did get bonded, then that wire repair would test as a good one, but would not necessarily conduct all of the current that the wire (repair) is required to handle during operation under it's normal full current load. In that case the wire would only measure a higher resistance than normal while under load. That is the reason why @Melatv suggested that you redo the repair that has the all-in-one solder/heat shrink gimmick on it. You can never be sure that the wire strands got hot enough for solder to flow into them to create a bond when using those sort of shortcut gizmos.... the wire conducts heat away quickly along it's length and commonly leaves you with a pretty pool of melted solder --- but a cold solder joint. A good temperature controlled soldering station is a must-have for harness repairs. Weller is one of the best affordable brands...

Sure makes for a good time..... but ya gotta watch yer back.... jcz learned that one the hard way....... and i dont know what happened to slammed....... he might be NOW thinking ( ya those honda ultiy riders) loose screws that even a maytag warrenty wouldnt cover ..... And hes right! Lol!

sure the water is fine..until the sharks show up ?!..rofl.

it wouldn't hurt..as long as its a honda !..lol. i work on atcs all the time for my deer lease bud, he's nothing but atcs. plus..i doubt many on here know much about them like i do ?..maybe a few ?..i say let it rip, if there isn't much for them, remove the section.

I had to do some post skimming to find this ...... i have to say... im all for silver... but this job goober did looks great..... i can't see doing them in red tho... lol.....figured you'd like to see this thread if ya havent already.... yes shade i saw the post so plz dont drop a hammer on my thinking... cause goobers bike sure does look good with green blasted rims... credit for this thread goes to all those involed..... now tell me that doesn't look good ?

Thanks Jeep for your humility concerning this subject. Thanks Wilson for the personal message to say hi. I'm back for the first time in many months.....many months. I enjoyed this forum for the most part but left several years ago (with just a few visits per year) because of the politics and religion. This is the first post I viewed and to my pleasure discovered this new opinion concerning volatile issues. I am a strong conservative Christian man that has learned to be very careful.....I have very strong opinions like everybody else but realized that Truth in Love trumps all else. I'm back for a while to see how it goes. You "old timers" may remember that I'm not a huge four wheeler enthusiast yet I own two and that my real passion is dirt bikes. I do enjoy listening to conversations about certain problems and even contributing if I have some insight. This feels good and it's good to be back.