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About 3 months ago I was given a GL1000. It was sitting in a garage for over a year. I had a shop take the carbs apart and clean then. The bike ran great. About 2 month ago I was riding and my left timing belt broke. After replacing the left timing belt (broke) and replacing both sets of points (Honda OEM Points) due to wear I can not get the timing dots to line up with the heel parts of the points per my tech manual. I have verified (several times) that the cam gear marks are lined up with their assocoated casing marks. I have adjusted and readjusted valves and have attempted to run the timing check without a strobe. It appears to be good. I would perfer to use my timing light but am unable to locate the special cover I need.The bike will run but the idle is very erratic and it backfires then sometimes dies. I believe if I can findout why the timing marks do not line up I can cure my problem. The bike was running great before the timing belt broke so I do not think it is a carb issue. Can anyone help with advice and things to check !!!
About 3 months ago I was given a GL1000. It was sitting in a garage for over a year. I had a shop take the carbs apart and clean then. The bike ran great. About 2 month ago I was riding and my left timing belt broke. After replacing the left timing belt (broke) and replacing both sets of points (Honda OEM Points) due to wear I can not get the timing dots to line up with the heel parts of the points per my tech manual. I have verified (several times) that the cam gear marks are lined up with their assocoated casing marks. I have adjusted and readjusted valves and have attempted to run the timing check without a strobe. It appears to be good. I would perfer to use my timing light but am unable to locate the special cover I need.The bike will run but the idle is very erratic and it backfires then sometimes dies. I believe if I can findout why the timing marks do not line up I can cure my problem. The bike was running great before the timing belt broke so I do not think it is a carb issue. Can anyone help with advice and things to check !!!