I am missing something and need to ask someone that works on this kind of stuff regularly to help diagnose my problem.
1981 FL250 with new top end and 135psi compression
new coil, coil wire and plug
replaced CDI (Capacitor Discharge Ignition)
repaired all instances of grounds
the only thing I can find is the exciter coil ohm reading, mine reads 190 and specs call for 245 but I don't know if 190 falls into any range given like the other components do.
for example, the pulse coi; should be between 20-60 ohms as per the service manual, mine reads 49.

here is what I have (parenthesis indicates service manual specs)
coil primary 0.7 ohms (0.2-0.8)
coil secondary 8.9k (8-15k)
exciter coil 190 (245)
pulse coil 49 (20-60)

Any ideas? I am getting tired of trying to fix this thing and am about to sell it and give up!
Thanks!
Jim

hey, thanks for parts! This new coil is not like that, at least I don't think it is. It came with a new wire bonded to the coil, all I had to do was put the plug terminal on it. and it is not solid core either. But, whenever I pull the cord and get it on the compression stroke and then give it a yank, it fires right up on the very first pull and idles perfectly, incredible for something that did not even have spark a minute ago! I will post a pic of the coil I have if ya wanna see it.

Coil was around $20, Denis Kirk http://denniskirk.com has one (Ricks Pulsor) for around $20 as well, but were back ordered when I needed it the most!

I think this would be much more fun with an aftermarket clutch setup.