Howdy Yeah when I put on the new stator I went and bought a new CDI unit and installed that as well turns out the CDI unit was the reason for the violent kickback. I managed to get it started with an advance timing light what I got was about 3 degrees advanced right from the git go. So there is my reason for the violent kickback. I put the old stock one on there and it fires right up no matter if the headlights are on or how cold it is. It turned out great. I got the CDI unit from MISTERELECTRICALINC. They didn't want to give me a refund at first but then after I explained the situation they decided to refund my money Which is pretty cool of them. So i'm stylin now man real happy. This thing runs real strong. The engine has never been opened up. Still on the stock bore. So when it comes time for a top end rebuild i'm gonna put on a 86 ported, punched out .100" and a .010 copper head gasket. A new pipe and a set of V-FORCE reeds. That ought to give me a few more ponies. I'm shooting for 185 psi kicking compression. @ 13.5:1 comp ratio. That's as high as I can go and still run pump gas without detonation. I really don't want to mess around with race or AV gas. Regular old 93 octane fuel ought to do the trick. Yeah i'm very happy about how it turned out. My ATC 250R started in subzero weather with 1 or 2 kicks. I was actually unaware of the ignition problems associated with this TRX 250R until recently. The stator compartment was super clean and dry. Just had a weak stator. Anyway it's fixed now Might just have to go for a putt tonight