Ok,I usually have a quick look around and see if I can find an answer for a problem i’m having,but just throwing this out there while I have a look around,to see if anyone has come across the same prob.

Bike is a 2003 Sportsman 400 non-HO….that seems to have an intermittent spark problem. The bike started with a bucking,bogging problem,so I assumed dirty carb. Took it off,was very clean,but went over it good anyway,drilled out brass plug,removed pilot screw,cleaned everywhere,set floats,cleaned out the gas tank and screens on fittings on tank,new petcock(cuz plastic ones SUCK,and break almost every time u need to get lines off :ugh: )..all new gas lines…took fuel pump apart and cleaned…new spark plug…new gas..

Start it up…same thing…bogging down..skipping and dying out at idle..just generally running like crap…

So set the valves,and noticed some scoring on the exhaust lobe,and know these have probs….So order up the new cam and exhaust rocker kit..install it yesterday….AND STILL THE SAME DAMN PROBLEM..:ugh:

So while i’ve got it running in garage…skipping and dying out…I can hear a clicking among the wiring at the front,thats under the front hood.It really sounds like its coming from the coil…and every time it starts with the clicking,thats when it starts running like crap….it will run fine for couple secs,then hear it start clicking and the bike will die.

I looked over the plug wire while I had it tore down,as read on here before about probs with rubbing behind the tank,but wasn’t wore anywhere.

I’m going to go out here shortly and go through the electrical tests in the manual,hopefully i’ll find something.

Just hoping someone might have had the same prob,and can chime in what it ended up being…these things have so much extra electrical crap compared to other manufacturers.