Thanks for your replies; very informative. I'll try to answer the questions posed...
1) Are you checking the timing with a strobe light?---Yup, the same one I've used recently ro time my R90, so I know it's at least kinda close.
2) What kind of strobe light?---not sure, nothing fancy.
3) At what RPMs are you checking timing? the 'idle' RPM is 1500. This is the lowest I can get it right now and not have it cough out and die. I recently went through the carbs, and they are clean. New parts in there, circuits blown out with compressed air/B-12.
4) Is this a new Dyna or an old used one?----Brand new. Kinda wonder if it needs to be adjusted outta the box. Welp, strike that, I know it needs to be, but not sure how
5) Is it magnet and coil or magnet and switch? (I forget, I think the Boyer is magnet and coil, I hated the Dyna in the end and after 2 never got another).--I believe the rotor (donut that slips over the points' cam) has the magnet in it and the coils are adjustable 'moon' shaped things. One for each cylinder.
6) Is the gap between the magnet and the whatever adjustable?...Yup.
7) Is the bike dual plugged?---Nope.
8) Have you had the flywheel off or worked on the timing chain?---nope. It has 68000 miles on it, and I'm pretty sure it's never been cracked open....
I've recently switched the bike back to POINTS. the plot thickens. I now get NO SPARK (!). Couldn't believe it.
First question---I know it is simple, but what is the basic connection of the points/condenser/coils/ground/battery? I had to take wire in the Dyna, and the manual wire diagram seems to be missing a wire...hmmm.
What it the resistance of the coils supposed to be? Is the Clymer manual values correct? I am getting 6.3 K-Ohms at the secondary coil (reading between the high tension spark plug out and the positive terminal (+15 on the Bosch coil). I'm getting ~2.1 Ohms between 1 and 15 terminal on the coil.
THANK YOU KURT for the reply. I will adhere to your advice when I switch back to the DYNA.
Thanks again...