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my dear fellow, I have been through everything you mention in your posts with a 1979 GL1000. The end result was this: one bent conecting rod due to hydrostatic lock caused by carburator problem and most annoying but biggest reason for frustration: carburators. Take your carbs off, dont separate them from the plenum unless you need to, open them up up, do lots of research on the web and clean, clean, clean and clean. Kits are not expensive and worth the investment. Also change the o ring between the intake manifold and the cyl head. Most of all. I cant stress it enough clean your carbs. When you think they are clean, do them again using no abrasive and lots of air pressure. There are many sites I used as reference for info and they all have their good points to consider. After I got mine running really well, I sold it at the first opportunity so that I would not have to go thru this again. Good Luck with your carb cleaning!!!!
my dear fellow, I have been through everything you mention in your posts with a 1979 GL1000. The end result was this: one bent conecting rod due to hydrostatic lock caused by carburator problem and most annoying but biggest reason for frustration: carburators. Take your carbs off, dont separate them from the plenum unless you need to, open them up up, do lots of research on the web and clean, clean, clean and clean. Kits are not expensive and worth the investment. Also change the o ring between the intake manifold and the cyl head. Most of all. I cant stress it enough clean your carbs. When you think they are clean, do them again using no abrasive and lots of air pressure. There are many sites I used as reference for info and they all have their good points to consider. After I got mine running really well, I sold it at the first opportunity so that I would not have to go thru this again. Good Luck with your carb cleaning!!!!
