Motorcycle Repair: breaker point adjustment, f2 lines, honda goldwing

Question
Hi Chris, I am restoring a 1976 Honda Goldwing GL1000. It is the 4 cylinder horizonally opposed engine. I installed the camshaft belt according to the book, which stated to line up the T1 marking on the crankshaft with the mark on the engine case. Then with that lined up, line up the mark on both camshaft pulleys to the backing plate marks with the "up" mark on the pulleys facing up and the arrows on the pulleys facing the mark on the backing plates, then install the belts. I did this then rotated the crank a few times and checked to make sure everything was lined up and it is right on. Now I am checking the timing with the breaker points. The book says that when the F1 mark on the crankshaft lines up with the engine case that the dot on the breaker point cam should allign with the part of the left point(cly. 1&2) that opens it. And when the F2 marks alligns on the case that the dot should allign with the right point(cyl. 3&4). When I checked this it lines up backwards. When the F1 mark lines up, the dot on the point cam is lineing up perfectly with the 3&4 cyl. point and F2 lines dot up with 1&2 cyl. point. Now I figured out that if I go back to lineing up the camshaft pulleys that if I line up the left camshaft pulley with its marking when the crankshaft is at F2(top dead center, cyl. 3&4) this would make the breaker points line up like they should. However this would change the valve timing.
      My question is this. How should the camshaft pulleys be lined up. The book says to line BOTH camshaft pulleys up when the T1 mark is alligned is this true? I don't want to say the manual is wrong but it is not makeing any sense. The pulley is keyed to the camshaft and the breaker point cam is keyed to the camshaft. They must work together, if one lines up the other should too, but they don't. Any information would be appreciated.
thanks, Jere

Answer
Hi Jere.
 The problem with manuals is that they are not written by guys that work on the bike.  They are written by guys who designed the bike.  It may be likely that you have to line each pulley up with the mark as you install each one.  Line up one side and then istall the second, lining it up with the mark.  But I have never found a factory, Clymer's or Haynes manual to be wrong, just sometimes poorly written.

Good luck.
FALCON