also, 1973 Honda cb350f with about 20k miles on it. bought it from someone that got it from someone that got it from someone and doesn't know any of the issues. it had the new points when I got it from the previous owner, he put them on and could not get it to run right. im not a motorcycle tech by any means, but I am an auto tech, and I know the basic diag and things, im just honestly at a loss right now, and its because this is one of those weird frustrating problems because due to the previous owners lack of knowledge, I think he just blindly went through things, and I feel that im just working in circles. I personally have also set point gap, and set timing, multiple times using the static method for both, properly, setting gap for points and the points cover and all of those timing adjustments and checking multiple times until the points fire exactly at the timing marks. so I know timing is not an issue. I will look into the spark plug wires as soon as I go home, about 2-3 hours from now, and change those around. does it matter which wire, from the left coil goes to which plug? or just left coil to 1-4 and right coil to 2-3, the wire from the coil doesn't matter?