I have a 1997 Arctic Cat Bearcat. The only problem I knew when I bought it was the sylnoid. So I bought a sylnoid online which they said fit my atv but it turned out it was more of a universal one. So we had to connect the wires directly. We tried many different ways until we gave up since it didnt work. We went through about 6 fuses since we kept shorting. Anyways we went back to the old sylnoid that didnt work and just "hotwired" it in a way to start it. I took it out to my field and frove it for 10 minutes until it just randomly died. It took me a bit until I decided to change the plug. I changed it and it started right up. About 4 minutes later it died again. The first plug was wet and black. I never use to have this problem. Did I fry my cdi or somthing?

 

Sounds more like old, bad gas. Drain the fuel tank and carb (there's a drain on the float bowl) and fill with new gas and put some Seafoam in the tank as a cleaner and flush the carb and fuel lines. Then try it again.

 

I tried putting in a new spark plug and it doesnt start now. All of the spark plugs I pulled out before were wet and black. I am wondering maybe if my electrical went bad? Would it be the coil? CDI? What would it be that is causing this?

 

For the plug to be black from too much fuel the ignition need to fire or the fuel just washes everything off and the plug would be white or brown. Is the black on the plug, caused by oil, if so you have other problems. To check the spark, just put a new plug in the wire, but don't install it in the head. Hold the plug base against the cylinder head (use a pair of inslated pliers) and crank the engine. If there is spark, you will see it jump the plug gap.