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Old May 28, 2011 | 08:55 PM
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looking for some help , wifes bike [04 heritage ] kind of had a bad day, on a ride today and starting running bad, checked it out and the rear cyl is not fireing , tryed changing the plugs and did not help , have narrowed it down to the coil is not fireing on the rear cyl, so I don't know if it is just a bad coil or could the pickup or somthing else kill half the coil
 
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Old May 28, 2011 | 10:47 PM
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Could be the plug wires too. They cost less than a new coil.

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Old May 29, 2011 | 12:00 AM
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Originally Posted by DR. V-TWIN
Could be the plug wires too.

Drew
Thats what I was thinking... are you getting spark out of the coil?
swap the wire...put the plug in...put the plug next to the frame and see it she lights up...

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swaped plugs and plug wires , no spark , crossed the plug wires and the rear cyl will back fire but when I cross the front plug in the rear coil hole nothing , tryed checking for spark right out of the wire , sticking a screw driver in it and holding by the block and nothing
 

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