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Old May 30, 2021 | 09:02 PM
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I have Replaced stator, cdi, coil, and spark plug. Still no spark. eshift has been switched for manul shift. 2004? Honda recon. Thanks. I am getting 3 blinks and 8 blinks on the light that shows what gear you are in. They both say angle sensor, but error only occurs when i press eshift button, which isnt attached to anything, but still functions, just doesn’t engage to anything. Anything will help. Thanks.
 
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Old May 31, 2021 | 02:24 AM
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The Recon was the last Honda utility bike to have AC CDI ignition. The rest of Honda's range went a sort of hybrid AC/DC in the 1990s, and full DC when EFI was introduced. So the ignition system on a Recon has nothing to do with the rest of the wiring on the bike. It may have a spark booster for when in neutral, I can't remember, this is a wire from neutral switch to CDI and boosts the spark in neutral, to aid starting, models like the 450 and 350 had this. All that a blinking gear indicator means is the computer has sent a signal to change gear and the angle sensor has not detected any movement of the gear change mechanism.

Anyway, check all the wires at the CDI plug, that when engine is spun, you are getting AC volts from the "exciter" coil on the stator to the CDI, check you are getting AC volts from the trigger coil on stator to CDI check that the earth to CDI is earthed and the kill wire earths with ignition off or kill switch in kill, and not earthed when ignition switch is on. Check the wire from CDI to coil for continuity and a fairly high voltage at coil when engine is spun . If all check out but no volts at coil, then your new CDI is a dud.
 
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Old Mar 14, 2025 | 01:04 PM
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i have replaced the wiring harness the cdi the voltage regulator the ignition coil and plug wire and the stator and still dont have spark im confused and need help
 
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Old Mar 15, 2025 | 03:39 AM
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That means the only things you haven't changed are ignition switch and kill switch unit, so it looks like one of them is the culprit. Dead easy to check, a workshop manual, which outlines all the tests should have been your first purchase. Anyway, test for kill wire and switches. Unplug CDI, Bell out kill wire at CDI loom plug (probably black/white, I don't have the 250 wiring diagram handy) to earth. It should change from closed to open circuit when you turn ignition switch. If it doesn't change, disconnect the ignition switch at the wiring plug, do the on off Bell-out again with kill switch, which should change from open to closed circuit when you move switch. Whichever switch isn't working needs changing.
 
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