+ShawnMrFixit , The whole pit bike harness, coil, cdi, and kill switch for $19 is a steal of a deal, saves one much pain and financial suffering if trying to bring a bike with a hacked harness back to life... Thanks for the kind words, encouragement, watching, and commenting!!!!
Harvey Spooner, thanks for this video. I had picked up a Kandi 110cc kart that was in poor shape and needed an engine change. I got a 125cc chinese motor like the one you used in the video. I spent almost 3 days trying to get a spark with no success till i watched this video. it is running. only thing is my kill switch, when it is on it kills the engine and the engine runs when it is off. no biggie though. I will get a push button kill switch.
I wanna thank You sooooo much Harvey. This video helped and educated me exactly what wire is which in detail and helped me be able to put together a 125 dirt bike/motard . I need further help regarding basic installation of a rectifier and what wire does what and exactly where they need to go... THERE ARE NO VIDEOS THAT COVER THIS IN DETAIL....at least as well as I believe you can explain.
Hey Gustavo Alfaro, I have had almost every reason for no spark, including bad ground connections at the spark coil, stator, and cdi..... Thanks for the kind words, encouragement, your suggestion, thoughts, watching, and commenting!!!!
Thank you for making this video!!!!!!!! I have been having a problems finding info from lifan for wire schematics in English. Finally found your video and your wire colors match with mine, I'm really glad you made this video!!! Thank you!!!!!!!!! Woohoo!!!
+Joseph Costello , Hi!!!! I just put up one on wiring the CDI and charging circuit on a Honda 125cc ATV clone, I just hope these videos keep more of these bikes alive... Thanks for the encouragement, watching, and commenting!!!!
So, if you have multiple ground wires, do you connect all ground wires together. Basically, if you have two ground wires coming from bike do you connect to the single ground from cdi
OH!! and btw.... the Green and Red wire from the engine is a wire for a "Neutral Light" option.... ;) Used mine and got it up and going from the yellow wire out to a LED light on my killswitch.
+udizzy1969 , My response to Ur 1948 Cushman Minute Miser comment, +udizzy1969 , Old Cushman engines are not easily found in my price range, I am considering a rope start Briggs, it may fit under the hood... Thanks for the suggestion, watching, and commenting!!!!
Harvey Spooner Aye my ssr has a wire harness coming out near the chain and one from the stator I know where to connect the stator but can't find anything to connected to the other harness and bike doesn't get spark help me please. Is there supposed to be like another Cdi or something? Cause there's already one
I have a x18 super pocket bike, im trying to bypass the rest of the wiring and hook up the cdi straight to the motor, i have all 5 cables coming out of the motor, and matching ones on the cdi. I connected all of them together accept yellow and white. I left white dangling, and i tried hooking the yellow from the engine to the ignition coil, and then the yellow from the cdi to the ignition coil
+Rusty “rustyglovebox” Glovebox , I look forward Ur Honda clone engine build, U always make such cool stuff... Thanks for your videos, watching, and commenting!!!!
+Rusty “rustyglovebox” Glovebox , Reply to Ur G4200 diesel tractor comment - +Rusty “rustyglovebox” Glovebox , Would make a great 1800RPM generator.... Just need to get my act together and use it somewhere.... Thanks for the encouragement, watching, and commenting!!!!
hey buddy !!! i built a bike cd 70 honda based , when it came to wire it up i hook up blue+white to blue+white , black+red to black+red groung to ground and then black and yellow to coil along with green and put the spark plug cap on , it seems it can work but it misfires more than firing right
+Raymond Earle , Sometimes, RU-vid does not let me comment back to U, hopefully, this goes thru. For a lot of folks, they can swap and engine, but, they have some trouble with the wiring and when they buy OEM parts, they spend a lot of $... I love it when they get their stuff running on the cheap... Thanks for the encouragement, watching, and commenting!!!!
+Raymond Earle , Another comment that I could not post as a reply to... " +Raymond Earle , Do U run across any old Lister engines, (the ones made in England, not recent builds from India), Thanks for the kinds words my friend, also for watching, and commenting!
Your very welcome my friend. I always watch your videos. A lot of people on YT are having the same comment problems. Recently I had to get your comment out of spam folder to answer it. Have a great day.
Hey GRRN04, I'm glad that my video helped U and that U took the time to tell me so, it means a lot to me.... Thanks for the kind words, good feedback, watching, and commenting, please come back often, I try to post a video everyday...
Very informative Harvey trying to talk a buddy into putting one on his drift trike. Hate to be the one but isn't it Lifan?.... Without and R? I may be wrong too lol I was just curious maybe two diff brands.
+corie Dunning , U R probably right about the spelling of Lifan... I tend to miss pronounce things and then adjust the spelling to fit what I say... LOL... I don't mind being corrected as long as the correction does not start with following words, "Hey, AsxHole! U R wrong..." I appreciate your thoughts! Please watch and comment often!
Is putting a lifan engine with the wiring fairly easy? Saw another guy on youtube say it took him 4-5 hours. Thinking of buying the 125 kit for my little yamaha ht1
I am wiring my pit bike. I have to black and white and green plugs one going to kill switch and can't figure out the other. It is a plug but nowhere to plug it. I'm not getting fire now? Do you know what is going on with this?
Good afternoon I wanted to ask you if I get no power out of blue and white and black and red do I have a timing issue with my atv. My flywheel has a spot for the trigger coil to pick up on but nothing. Do these flywheels go bad or timing
King quad.. caught fire all wires burnt plastic melted Long story short I separated all the wires because someone grounds hot I've been watching I've been getting a lot of information has helped me I got the bike running again Carburetor Quickly redone But I'm having some issues With the reverse light switch or something probably coming from the motor I suppose I don't know Anything you can go over something new maybe to help me I appreciate it I'm thinking about doing is cutting wires and trusting that the colors that you say or what they are is what's coming out and I'm going to go with that I'm not sure I'm not sure what to do yet but But give me some insight on whatever I appreciate it Thank you
Great videos mate very helpful, I have a ybr 125 engine standing out off the bike and wount spark iv followed the cdi wire up video but still no spark, I don't have the frame to ground. So do all my grounds go to engine casings??, could this cause a perminant off switch condition?? All my parts are new cdi coil etc, stator checks out out with multi meter, iv made shure the black and white off switch wire is not touching any thing cheers from England....
It turns over perfectly using the starter moter aswell, I noticed you don't use a rectifier in the cdi wire up video just stator to cdi, I always thought a regulator had to be used.
Hey Harvey, awesome vid, i was wondering i have the same kit. Mine has a keihin carb. i was wondering whats a good tune right off the bat. like how much should the air screw be out and the fuel screw? hope to hear from you
hey man nice video I did hook up my lifan looking at your vid. now I have three more wires left this wires are for the light one is green = grown and a white and a yellow I did hook a light to the white ,,it work till a half throttle and burn there is any of the wires ready for a light or need a regulator thanks
My name is Marcelino ND I'm useing wiring harness from coolster pit bike 125cc to my ATC Honda 200x. So the red ND black wire ND the yellow wire coming out of the starter I don't know what wires connect too ND blue from the polser. Can you help me please????
Hey Armenvegas, I hope Ur Pit Bike is up and running quickly, I have a pit bike that needs to be finished, I need to get back to that.... Thanks for Ur encouragement, watching, and commenting!!!
I bought a new lifan 150cc kickstart engine installed it today and it’s not turning it compression is good Changed the spark plug has a brand new carb bought a new wiring harness hooked it all up and fuel is clean but it’s not turning on please help I’m clueless on what it could be anythinnng I should do or check PLEASE HELP
I have a 2004 panterra 125cc dirt bike and I can't figure out what wiring harness to get, it has a starter but I don't want to use it, could u tell me what I need? Thanks.
Hey Noah, this harness should work for U.... www.ebay.com/itm/Kill-Switch-Wiring-Loom-Harness-Ignition-Coil-CDI-Spark-Plug-For-Pit-Dirt-Bike/292701829336?epid=2167316335&hash=item44266378d8:g:-PsAAOSw4jpbhgCX , Let me know how U make out.... Thanks for asking, watching, and commenting!!!
I would like to know how to wire a LIFAN engine to a KLX - DRZ 110 pit bike. I have 1 yellow, 1 white and a blue wire coming from my stater. No black/red wire any where. Thank you..
Hey Bud, Most pocket bikes are 2 cycle and they don't use a cdi, if U have spark, Ur life is good, U don't need a cdi! Thanks for asking, watching, and commenting!!!
cheers Harvey so in my case the (red and yellow wire) from the kill switch goes directly into the bottom middle point in the CDI? does not connect into another wire and then into the CDI?
Just bought an "sdg" brand 125 pitbike. Has a no spark issue. Ive noticed it only has 2 wires coming from the engine case/stator, a white and a black. Does that seem correct? Which one is which? Stator and pickup coil
Hey Nate, Good luck with Ur SDG bike, I swapped the OEM motor out for a Lifan model, I'm going to have to look at the OEM motor again... If U don't hear from me over the next couple of days, please remind me.... Normally the CDI stator wire is black with a red stripe and the pulse generator wire is blue with a yellow stripe, the green wire is ground.... I'm thinking that the white and black maybe for the neutral switch.... Thanks for asking, watching, and commenting
take ur magneto off and see if u have 2 coils of wired stator coils.then note that the wires comin out are from small coil fpr firing.id say u have only 1 for firing or power and one for the pulse control.u will see the pulse control knob or nub.note wire color.same with other.
I have a loncin 250 Honda rebel clone with a blue and white wire green and white wire from the pulse generator and black and red wire from the stator how do I wire the cdi 5 wire cdi that looks like this one
Hello I have a 2012 SSR, do not think it has stock motor on it(JetMoto on side of it). It ran EXCELLENT as long as I didnt let it sit 4 2 long(3 week or more) then its a bitch 2 start. But this time it wont start, so my plan is 2 replace all wiring(CDI/Ignition Coil/& most important 2 me Voltage Regulator). All these have nice 4 prong connections, do I need a wiring harness or use my own wire & connections
Hey Hunter!!!! Did the bike loose spark??? It seems that some or all 4 pin CDI units use DC power, some use 12volts from the battery, some use rectified AC off the stator.... My lean would be to make sure the battery has a charge on it or if no battery, I would roll it down a hill and pop start it. I would not replace anything quite yet, make sure Ur on and off switch is working properly, all of Ur connections are good and that there are no broken wires, also, if it has the original plug, change it, China plugs are weak at best and absolutely horrible otherwise... Good luck, let me know how it all turns out! Thanks for asking, watching, and commenting!!!
What up Harvey, I had my friend pull me all most an 8th mile with his atv 2 pop start but no luck, that was b4 I messaged u. At this point I have the new CDI, & Voltage Regulator. I like my things 2 run good & b well taken care of, so I don't mind getting all new wiring 2 do that. It dose not have a battery, & i haven't put the new parts on yet.When I ordered them I had a delivery date of 11-22-16, but 2 of the 3 parts have arrived, 3rd will b here soon. Thanks 4 getting back, will let u no how it goes.
I have a 90cc dirt bike and the stator pick up unit was hit and snapped off by the chain and I have a DC plug in and it's really hard to find another one. is it possible that I can cut the wires, get a new stator plate and connect and tape the wires together
Hey Dennis, Yes, U can cut and splice the wires, leave them as long as possibe and do a nice neat job, all should turn out good.... Thanks for asking, watching, and commenting!!!!
Harvey Spooner i have a 1986 trx200 sx and have all my wiring right, i did purchase the pit bike harness. Everything is wired correctly but still have no spark?
I’m trying to wire this up to a go kart. I have 3 green wires do they all go to ground besides the one that plugs into the engine? I have 2 black/white wires. Any help would be greatly appreciated this is getting on my nerves.
I have a question about the CDI if your bike is getting spark does this mean you're CDI unit is fine or if it's something else be causing my bike to not start
Hey Ryan, If U have a solid spark, Ur ignition system is probably good, (the CDI, coil, stator, plug, and harness are all good), I have to ask the next questions, what happened to the bike between when it was running last and now... Was it taken apart, did it sit for some time, did it run out of gas, or did it just plain of stop running???? Thanks for asking, watching, and commenting!!!
IThank you for getting back to me, from watching your videos I really gained some great insight into home repairs on my bike,Now the thing I did do the day/morning of my engine fail was change my air filter from the Dual layered foam type to a small Mesh or metal wire type cone shape. Both filters are $5 eBay entry-level ones after making that swap I rode approximately 2 hours before having trouble while coming down the hill from my favorite ride spot and my bike started to sputter and then completely died seeing as I was on a downhill I continually tried roll starting which normally I'm very good at and nothing the bike would attempt to turn over I could hear it making that trying to start noise. You know the one. Not to mention great compression and fat blue Spark. Even so first thing I tried was new NGK spark plug and seeing as my carburetor was the type you cannot remove the float Bowl I decided to upgrade to the Mikuni vm22 but still no start.
Hey Armenvegas!!! I think wiring both coils together may damage the CDI, I do not recommend it.... They have high output cdi boxes that also tweek the timing for better performance and remove the rev limiter, they cost around $20 and I recommend the Casoli version... No question is dumb, U are learning!!! Thanks for asking, watching, and commenting!!!
I have a question about the 2 yellow and white wires. i hook up a multi-meter, set to AC to the wires and get a reading of only around 1 to 3 volts depending on how much i rev it. im sure its not enough power to power any lights but why is this? can i ignore the 2 wires and splice into the coil to get power? or would that interfere with my spark power? please help me out!! much appreciated!!!
Hey Joey, We used to call my older son Joey when he was young and his name sake Grandfather was still alive, now he is just Joe or Joseph.... If the bike will run with the blue/white dangling, I say run it.... Having it run would surprise me as it is normally the trigger to time the CDI/spark to the engine cylinder position... Thanks for asking, watching, and commenting!!!
Been finding out these CDI's only work on Hondas and china bikes. Tried a Polaris and a Suzuki LT400 and they burn out. The lt400 would only last one ride and burn out. My figure is the pick up coils output is to high.
+william staten , Good info! I'm planning on smashing the 12Volt version CDI into a 2 cylinder opposed golf cart with a double secondary ignition coil to fire both spark plugs. I wonder if the pulse generator on the Robin engine would kill the CDI box.... About Ur problem, I would find out what the resistance of the Polaris and Suzuki pulse generators are and add a series resistor to get to the 30 Ohm value that most Honda pulse generators are, if the series resistance is higher than 30 Ohms, I would go with a parallel resistor across the pulse generator... Honda Pulse generators cost about $18 on eBay, China clones go for about $10... I hope this helps... Thanks for all the good info, watching, and commenting!!!
Hi I just bought a pit bike don’t really know that much about them but from what I know the bike has compression and petrol in it but I checked for spark and it does not have spark I tried starting it by rolling down a hill is it because there’s no spark why the bikes not starting and I’ve ordered a complete wiring loom will that do the job by the way the bike I have is a 110cc semi auto don’t know brand
Hey Abdi!!!!! I will be going thru the wiring on my pit bike as it has been cut and pretty much removed.... I hope it helps U.... Once in a while, a bike has a 12VDC CDI system, in that case, one needs a charged battery in it to run.... Thanks for the info, watching, and commenting!!!!
take your spark plug out of the cylinder head and touch the end of the plug to somewhere metal on bike while you kick start it. you should see the plug spark when you kick start the bike. If not, try ignition coil or stator. Mabey even CDI? a whole new wiring kit is only like $20 if you need it. Good luck man.
Man i am a little confused with the to ground one on the stator and one on the cdi. Which one of these do i hook up on the body of the bike. I made a wiring harness myself and i tested it outside the bike and worked but when i put it all together didn't work then i unscrewed the coil pack and i was getting spark. I connected the ground of the coil pack the ground of the cdi and the ground of the stator all together and also connected it to the body.
Hey Azan!!! Hopefully, Ur wire harness is color coded, the blue wire with a white or yellow stripe is where the pulse generator connectes.... Thanks for asking, watching, and commenting!!!
Hey Cort, The white wire and the yellow wire would go to a voltage regulator, the black wire from the regulator would be ground, and the (-) side of the battery, the red one would go to the positive, (+), side of the battery... If there is not battery, those wires should be left floating, (unconnected), I hope this helps, let me know if U need more.... Thanks for asking, watching, and commenting!!!
Im confused, i have 4 wires coming out of my bike and 4 out of my CDI (excluding killswitch). How can the cdi and ground get a wire if all 4 wires are matching up?
Yes exactly I'm thinking the same thing, I think a multi split ground lead will need to be spliced in to the one and only ground.. Maybe... Bloody cdi I want to hammer mine lol....
@@Shreddykruger Lol, I know what you mean. Unfortunately since then I've moved onto BMW electrical issues lol. But If I remember correctly I believe what you said is what I had to do to get the bike working, splicing into the ground.
+John D , 3 wires coming out of the engine???? If I recall, the FL250 is a 2cycle engine and normally they spark on every engine rotation, does the spark plug wire come out of the engine or is the coil up on the frame, (I am not familiar with a complete OEM odyssey, the ones I have seen were altered... But, my guess on Ur wires, yellow is to power lights, if one grounds black, that is the off switch, not sure on white, it could be ground, (check it to the case with a DVM)... I would also recommend checking a service manual for where those wires go, given that I am not sure... Thanks for asking, watching, and commenting!!!
Hi, Tell me about Ur bike, I need to come at it from a different path, does it have a 12volt system, a battery, lights, electric start? Is it a 2 stroke or 4 stroke engine???? Just one cylinder??? U may have a DC powered CDI.... How many pins on Ur CDI are wired up, 4 or 5???? Thanks for asking, watching, and commenting!!!
@@HarveySpooner it have 12 volts system , no battery , no lights , no electric start . 4 stroke . The bike wont spark , I suspect the pulse generator is broken or the stator isnt working .
I have a 125cc in a Chinese go kart and I put a brand new stator in it two nights ago and I’m still not getting spark and I’ve changed all the electrical things that come as a pack from Amazon such as CDI and everything else but I eliminated everything so I don’t have to deal with lights wiring and all that so just wires that run the motor and I’m getting power from all wires from the stator except the blue and white one and I don’t know why, anybody know what the problem could be?
Hey Bud, Most pocket bikes are 2 cycle and they don't use a cdi, if U have spark, Ur life is good, U don't need a cdi! Thanks for asking, watching, and commenting!!!
hey guy i wired it up but i cant get a good enough spark to get it to folire over so i ran a wire from the battery to the hot side on the coil it fires up and runs but when the battery dies so does my good spark to keep the engine running can you help me out here
Hey Smoke, Any possibility of getting a video of what U R up to... The coil should only have one lead for input, the primary lead that is powered by the CDI box, if one puts 12volts DC to that, it will only spark when the voltage is removed... Does Ur spark coil have inputs? Maybe U have a 12volt powered ignition system? But, that would mean Ur CDI should be powered by 12V, not the coil... A video would help.... Thanks for the challenge, watching, and commenting!!!
i wld suggest you go to rectifier-regulator,bulb is dc in most cases and its regulated as well as battery,if unless you want to charge ur battery with ac.not good.fuse probably,i hope u put one in-line.its a good safety measure.might save your box
I have put a new 150cc motor on my kids Tawtaw 4wheeler, I have it all hooked up but have come to one more wire hook up and they do not match up, one has three wires and the other has four, and none are the same color. I do not know, can someone please help?
Hey 9traktor!!! Fine, as in I upset U somehow, or fine as in I answered Ur question and thanks???? Sorry if I missed something, unfortunately, it happens all too often.... Thanks for watching and commenting!!!!
So I bought a whole new stator and wiring and the coil spark plug wire new kill switch the whole package deal I hooked it up to my SSR 125 and I’m not getting spark! How come it’s not working the wires are all easy to follow! How come it’s still not getting spark!
+John Strange , I hope to keep some more of the old Honda ATCs running a little longer and save folks a few $, Thanks for the encouragement, watching, and commenting!!!
I have a question I have a Baja 70 dirt bike I got the wire harness as u commented in your video it all come hooked up but on the stator their is looks to be a green and red striped wire going to the stator is this wire a ground and where should it be grounded to on the stator its separate from the rest of the wires coming from the stator harness thanks for any help you can give your video was Helpful
I love your vids. very informative and you talk in layman terms. I needed to know where the green and white wire went from the stator. fond it here cheers. Will the engine still start if the reverse and neutral gear lights are cut off?
Hey Wesley! I'm about to fire up my Honda 300EX with a pit bike ignition, should have a video up on it over the next few days.... As I do that, I will also discuss troubleshooting.... Thanks for asking, watching, and commenting!!!
I have a couple of Chinese bikes both with electric start, but the I can't find which cable on the rectifier regulator is meant to be supplying charge. Can anyone help? Or does anyone have a wiring diagram. One is a 125cc thumpstar and the other is a 70cc no name bike
Hey Dan, Typically a rectifier has 4 wires on it, the green one is ground, the red one is battery positive 12volts, the other 2 wires, (both yellow or yellow and white), go to the stator, I hope this helps, let me know if U need more info... Thanks for asking, watching, and commenting!!!
does it matter which way round these wires go i have white and yellow on my bike loom and yellow yellow from my engine but cant get it to charge? thanks for the help...
Hey Nathan, Yes, the kill switch turns off the engine by grounding a wire that plugs into the CDI... Plz ask any other questions U may have.... Thanks for asking, watching, and commenting!!!
