So, I have a 2004 Grizzly 660. I rode it all week last week around the farm. Started, ran, pulled fine, no problems. Thursday evening I loaded it onto my trailer to take it out riding this weekend, you know, fun riding not working. During the two hour trip Friday after work it did rain on me a bit on the way, but I didn’t think it would much matter. I ride in rain, mud, creeks and snow, my rig is snorkeled, and all of my electrical connections are greased (with di-electric). Anyways, I get ready to ride Saturday and the beast won’t start. It has never give me a problem starting, but this time it doesn’t. So, here is where I am on it. I put a new battery from my other Grizzly on it, with jumper cables, I thought it might just not be spinning over fast enough, but no, that didn’t get it to start. I drained the carb, though water might have got in it, nope didn’t work. Drained the gas tank, put more fresh gas in it, just in case there was water in the gas, then drained the carb again, still nothing. Sprayed starting fluid into the carb, nothing. Now here is where I am getting concerned, I took the plug out to check it, it is getting a spark, but the spark looks weak. It looks like a bit of a red spark, rather than the bright white/blue spark. It is gapped correctly, the wire looks to be in good shape, but they haven’t been changed since I have had it. All the dash lights are working. Then in the process of trying to start it my starter button quit working. I can still jump it out at the solenoid, but it still won’t start.

So, my question now is, Where to start? I figure it is either the coil, stator, rectifier, or cdi box. But seeing as how those are all fairly expensive parts to start swapping, I was really hoping someone on here might have some viable advise as to which one, or what else might be causing my issue? Any help would be much appreciated.