so after work i fired the bike up (started in a one mississippi) and took it to the mailbox like 1000 feet away, drove just fine. came back, shut it off, packed the muffler with the packing that arrived, fired it back up to hear it, then left it for a bit. wife came home and i wanted to show her how quiet it was so i fired it up (in a one mississippi again) and revved it a little bit and shut it off after letting it idle for a few seconds to clear the excess inducted fuel. like 5 minutes later i decided i was going to ride it around then purposefully stall it as i said, but now it wont start again. i put on my spark tester (inline lightbulb style) and it was a very weak spark that barely lit the bulb (healthy spark would light it up about 1/2 as bright as a common led). i tried each plug individually by grounding the other plug cap to the block and there was only a tiny increase in intensity for each side individually but nowhere near as bright as it should be. i removed the plug and applied 12v from a battery directly to the coil (attach one lead and tap the other, basically acting like a manual points system) and it was just as weak as when being driven by the cdi. somehow the coil has gone bad due to vibration or just bad construction (was brand new with less than 100 miles installed because i barely ride the bike) so i will replace it with one from a different manufacturer and hopefully it will fix the issue.
