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GL1500 Underwater

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My 96 goldwing aspencade got caught in a bad flood where I work. Although it was in motorcycle parking the drains backed up in the lot and my bike was under water. I was told the seat was under water. I checked my side saddlebags and water came out when I opened them. Although this was a few hours later, the bike wouldn't fire. It would crank over but thats it. I had exactly 215000 miles on the odemeter. I pulled the starter(it finally did stop cranking) and when I took it apart, water came out and the armature is shot as well as the brushes (only had 10000 miles on the starter rebuild).
I am currently in talks with the my job as to if I will get any money for repairs. Of course I had just dropped my full coverage insurance 6 weeks ago.
Question, I have parts coming to rebuild the starter but I know that will only fix the cranking portion of it. I'm sure it still won't start. I have fresh oil in it and the old oil didn't look too bad so I 'm confident not much water got in the engine. What can I look at and where will be my coil packs or ignition system for my wires be should I not get spark? Thanks for your help-I can't afford to replace this bike at this time.
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Update: --- Could engine compression be that low that it wouldn't run at all? I just find that hard to believe! If it ran rough I would understand. Hate to give up on a bike due to the company's negligence!
Did you try shooting a little oil in the cylinders? Back in my circle track days, one engine I rebuilt would not start. It ended up that when I first tried to start it, it flooded out & washed the oil off of the cylinder walls. Someone told me to take a oil can & give it a couple of shots in each cylinder. After I did that, it fired right off. Might be worth a try.:?
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