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JamesH:
Mick. One other option to consider is if it does turn out to be a bad HT cable, and it's not broken at the interface with the coil body, you could use one of these to splice in a new HT lead? Saves replacing the full coil unit. Not sure if you have space on the Gl1000 though to do it? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400874941036

Bryanj:
A coil only firing one of the pair is something i have never heard of, wing carbs can be a swine to clean--nearly as bad as the F2 ones. I would suspect cap and or plug and carb before coil. I also seem to remember the wing uses ballasted coils

mickwinf:
Thanks for replies guys, I have been in garage this afternoon, decided to replace the original coils and recheck everything. So to begin with I didn't seem to be getting a spark from one coil, when I attached my strobe no flash and that's why I suspected the coil. Then I swapped the two coils over and bugger me the fault stayed the same, it seemed to transfer to the other coil!. Now I suspected the LT side of things so checked each thing then ran the motor each time with no real improvement. I did get a spark on all cylinders and it did run better but spitting and bad throttle response. Really fed up but thought I would try synchronizing the carbs, as Bryan said they are a little different to the SOHC carbs, and as I adjusted the balance between the left and right banks the engine started to rev higher and sounded much better. After a bit of fiddling I now have a much better and smoother bike. Not sure what the problem was but think it was a combination of things. A happy bunny!

mickwinf:
Now think I'm ready for test, not sure if I will leave it until after the winter as I'm not insured. as usual took much longer than I thought but here are some pics.

mickwinf:
runs well now

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