What is a “stator”?
A#3:A Stator is at the heart of the electrical system, whose job it is to provide electricity to the rest of the electrical system. On a Banshee, the stator is found on the left-hand side of the bottom end of the motor, by removing the stator cover (black plastic on a stock motor) and flywheel. The stator itself is a doughnut-shaped device made up of several poles on the perimeter wrapped with copper wire, and has four wires going to the wiring harness. It is held onto the aluminum stator plate with three screws, and subsequently the stator plate is secured to the engine’s bottom end with three bolts.
The stator is the equivalent to the alternator in your car, except that, while your alternator is turned by a belt, the stator is mounted stationary at one end of the engines crankshaft and a flywheel with magnets turn around the outside of the stator. Typically, the stator has 2 or 3 coils of wire (windings) and supplies power for the CDI, lights, and to charge the battery. The pulse coil (or coils) is usually located within the stator housing on scooters, quads, and dirt bike but is often on the clutch side of motorcycles.
