UPDATE: Finally, after 3 months of tunnel vision focus on the Japanese carbs on the German bike, the problem turned out to be a faulty ignition coi...

Thank you so much for the response. At work today I took some resistance readings using a voltmeter on the Dyna Coil: Primary - 1.8 Ohms Spark Pl...

I switched the caps and new plugs around and even tested them on my buddies R65. Caps are good. Spark plugs are good. I then switched the spark pl...

So last night I jetted the carbs to recommended specs from Bill @ Rocky Point Cycle, replaced the fuel lines (with nice cloth covered ones), replaced ...

@Scot I will give Bill a call at Rocky Point Cycle. Fortunately, for me, there is a Tech Day for airheads in Culpeper, VA (~50 min away). Perhaps I...

Okay this makes total sense. I was able to get the valve clearances spot on (within .001" tolerance). Now the next step is to check timing right? B...

It turns out I was hitting TDC for the Right side, there was no clearance! I'm glad I found out. That being said, I did stick a plastic pen in the com...

UPDATE: Today I tested my luck and see if I can get the bike to idle. I turned the air and idle screw to default 1.5 turns and tried to fire it up 5-...

Wobbly I hear ya and thank ya - your response was abundantly clear! I am going to start with valve clearances and timing. I was getting antsy and took...

UPDATE: I installed the carbs, rotated the air-mixture screws 540 degrees (1.5 turns) out from all the way tight, idle screws was a guess, and then fi...

That's right, those blue hoses are as described from seller: prototype 3d printed intake boots. They seem like a very durable, yet flexible form of pl...

Oh, fudge. In a combination of forcing the carb back and tightening too hard, the pipe from the air filter to the carb intake got dented and I have...