Mr. Arfstrom, I apologize for being so defensive. I've seen some people post some pretty rude things on here and I guess I thought that's what happened here. As for being a Marine, I want to thank you for your service!
I swapped the coils yesterday and the bike did not want to fire. So, I took the plugs out and held them against the heads and hit the start button. The good coil seemed to have decent spark but the "bad" coil seemed kind of weak. I changed out that coil and it did not help. Then I took Arfstrom's advice and cut just enough off the plug wire til I was at fresh loking wire and, voila, the spark looked better. Put some fresh gas in the tank and it pretty much fired right up. Then the throttle cable broke.
sorry I laughed at the last bit!
bit like the house of cards