X22 no spark, Rusty muffler

[Douglass]

I helped a member on here about a year ago. He had a similar experience as yours. It would not start out of the box. We traced, checked everything. His problem ended up being the switch in the kickstand. I think his was not aligned correctly, and prevented spark. He found it on accident as his father in law was messing around with it while he was cranking. You could use a multi meter, and check the ohms to see if the circuit opens and closes as the kick stand is up or down. This is assuming that you have one.

Hope this helps

Douglass

[franque]

Did you verify the functioning of the wires, as I previously recommended? Throwing parts at something is almost never the best solution, besides in this case perhaps the CDI. I would verify that the black/white wire isn't grounded (the one going to the CDI). If you don't have a multimeter, just disconnect it and see if you get spark. Don't run it though, because you won't have a working kill switch. Double check that everything is working according to this:

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[franque]

I should add, if disconnecting that wire does cause you to get spark, you have a minimum of three switches to check: the ignition switch, the kill switch, and the sidestand (though probably not not, unless you're trying to start it in gear) switch. Any of those three could be malfunctioning, causing it to lose spark. If that's the case, don't just replace the parts, it is easy enough to test them, by either shorting them out, or by unplugging them; if the sidestand and kill switches prove to not be the problem, it's the ignition switch, that'll be harder to test, wait until you can confirm the state of the first two switches, first.

[JerryHawk250]

Not sure were you are located but if you were close by i would be happy to go help. Maybe another member with experience that lives close to you would give a hand. franque suggestions are spot on.