[mack]

Ok, I'm having a bit of an issue with my 500T ignition. First the background - this bike has been starting up almost immediately for a year and a half now. I was polishing it up to take it to a show, had the seat and tank off and got caught in a storm. I ran inside and grabbed a tarp and covered the bike. unfortunately the tarp blew off in the wind and it got a good soaking with nothing over the bike. I finished polishing it up the next evening and moved it into the garage. I tried to start it and it really didn't want to start. Thinking it might have water in the tank/carbs, I drained the tank and carbs and put in fresh gas. Charged the battery and tried again. After trying for a while, it started and I rode it about 10-12 blocks and brought it back to the house. Now, it won't start at all and I get no spark.

Here's what I've done now - removed the tank, checked the battery - 12.7v, voltage at coil 11-11.5v. Pulled the coils/condenser, tested the condensers, both start with high resistance and taper down. as expected. I need to test the coils again as I didn't write down the results, but they looked good without the caps. I cleaned all the connectors I could get at. Assembled everything back up and...nothing.

I'm ready for advice.

 

[J-T]

Wet points?

 

[mack]

I opened them up last night to check, but I really couldn't tell in the bad lighting. The gasket looked good and it took an impact gun to get the screws out. There was no apparent water inside the cover, but I'm going to clean the connections tonight just in case.