How to diagnose a no spark situation on a motorcycle

This is for electronic ignition systems, for points bikes see my video on restoring points

[TheMrVerbal]

Great video, helped me fix my buddies bike. That being said, as a tech I've used a multi-meter for over 20 years, hearing miltimmeter killed my brain, I started telling multi-meter at my phone. But excellent video!

[DreamwalkerFilms]

Well, nearly 10 years down the line and yet another one of your videos has saved my ass. Always grateful for your knowledge and teaching skills Max!

[warlord]

I have been going nuts for over a month trying to get an old 72 xs650 running, after viewing your video, it has given me an idea of where to look to solve the Thank you for posting it

[chriscopley]

Yesterday I was seriously considering giving up and either selling my bike or just pushing it into the middle of the lawn and setting fire to it. Thanks to your video I found that the kick stand wasn't hitting the switch (never had them on my old bike). It was push-to-break so I unplugged it and it started first kick. You, Sir, have my thanks!

[howtoskateboard]

Hey man just want to say thinks for taking the time to help me and others out!!!!
I just picked up the same bike but she's a diamond in the ruff and by you taking the time to make a video help me gain so much knowledge.
Now I can't wait to get out there and get her running!!!!

[zeprools]

Great video, dude, so many videos out there but don’t go through it so clearly. Finally ready with the right knowledge to diagnose!

[stefanburt]

Best YouTube video I've seen in years. Thanks for the no-frills vid... So simple and useful. Thanks again

[scootermacarthy]

Really want to thank you for the best video I've found about ignition issues. Helped me solve a problem in that the coils were bad and put out a weak orange spark on a Yamaha 550. Kept hearing that the spark should be bright blue and you provided that perfectly which helped a lot. Thanks again!!!

[singerray]

Great video....good advice, clear and concise, One thing I might add, I call them a mult-i-meter, ohm meter, or volt meter. all are correct. He kept to the subject, didn't bore us with junk talk about everything else under the sun other than motcycles...good video.

[barry]

A very thorough and well explained video, I’m no novice but I still can’t figure my no spark Mk 2 hayabusa, thanks anyway

[graemewooff]

Thank you I have moved all my wiring into my handle bars and scrapped the the kill switch, couldnt figure out why I was not getting a spark till I watched this video Thanks again :) I had not connected the wires to bypass the kill switch.

[sleddy]

Yours are by far the best videos I have found for troubleshooting motorcycle issues. Thank you.

[WaitingForTheSignal]

Thank you much for doing this video! Helping me so much! Glad to see someone go step by step and use the same multimeter I use! Your awesome man!

[michaelbuffington]

Just picked up a 1980 Maxima XJ650 as a project. Hit the start button and only thing that happened was a clicking sound from the starter solenoid. Going to pick up a multimeter and a spark tester tomorrow so I can perform your checklist. Thanks for the video.

[dfw_motorrad]

Thank you. You helped me discover why my new 1982 CB650SC was running on 1 cylinder (lol). Spark plug in cylinder 3 was bad, and the left ignition coil was bad, all causing cylinders 1, 3, 4 to not fire. Changed the plug in cylinder 3, so now it's running on 2 cylinders. And I ordered a used ignition coil that was pulled off a running bike (only $14!!) which should get here in a couple days.
So that's $538 for the bike after new oil, carb cleaner, and ignition coil. If this fixes it, I'd say I got a pretty good deal.

[fatherfreedom]

10 years later, and saving my ass in 2024. You rock man, thank you

[bigthinkinguy]

Thank you for making this video. It helped me diagnose a no spark situation on my sons bike. The simple screwdriver to ground test broke the logjam and we figured out the rest in 10 minutes. Thanks again!

[vicpetrishak]

Lisle 20700 is a very durable spark tester which will interpret spark strength ! Good Video. 6/25/23

[Sole-Survivor]

Fantastic video! Thorough and to the point! From my perspective the only way it could have been any better would be if you were demonstrating on a Honda shadow.

[joef.]

the camera work could have been better, but a truly excellent "no spark" troubleshooting guide.