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Oh wow, a picture is 1000 words. Excellent. Now I know what it looks like in there.It sounds like at least one of the cables in the cable distributor (Bowden box) has come out of its anchor point. Here are a couple of pictures, one is off the Beemer Boneyard site and I don't know the source of the other (ADVRider? or something like that).
It's true that it's much easier for a coil to fire in the open air than when under compression... but do the cables first. Handle the tiny little plastic connector on the coils Very Carefully - they crack easily.
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Thank you all who chimed in to help. The coil replacement is out of an abundance of caution. They were 18 y.o. so while the bike is "down", I ordered new coils. Next question is the old spacing boot (see attachment) is transferred to new coil. The instructions state use some hi-temp adhesive on the boot. However it did not make a suggestion as to what to use. How hot does it get in the spark plug well?View attachment 82916
Looking back on this thread, I neglected to leave a summation. The major issue was not running and after t/s I found that the right throttle cable sheath was hindering the throttle from closing. I could see that the throttle stop was not fully closed there by having an out of balanced starting fuel mixture. I pushed the sheath back into the Bowden box and all was cool. I did not open the Bowden box not wanting to open a can of worms. I have but a couple hundred miles on and purring well.