I'm trying to change the timing belts on a 1985 1200cc GoldWing Interstate. A Fixya guru sent me pics of a 1200cc, and the pics aren't the same as mine. I have what appears to be a two piece cover running across the front of the engine, held in place by a hex head bolt on each side & I can't see what else. I don't know if when the two bolts are removed if I can slide it out, or if there is another fastener in there somewhere. I haven't pulled the rad out, should I?

You know I asked for help on this but the info I was sent was trying to make a simple small job into a complicated, involved issue along with pics of the wrong engine. After writing my comment earlier, I got mad and threw the whole file into the trash! Then I disconected the two bolts connecting the lwr rad hose to the block, loosened the bottom rad bolts and swung the bottom forward and propped it with a block. I then undid the four bolts that the previous long epistle didn't describe clearly, and pulled out the covers with ease! After trashing the "advice", I was eight minutes dealing with the rad and the covers. It's advisors such as the first that make me furious!!! Why take a simle procedure so complicated and then suggest you are a mechanical whiz and chrage for the stupidity of it all. People like this should become engineers and become an integral part of the over complicated stupidity we have to deal with in this world!! You know I asked for help on this but the info I was sent was trying to make a simple small job into a complicated, involved issue along with pics of the wrong engine. After writing my comment earlier, I got mad and threw the whole file into the trash! Then I disconected the two bolts connecting the lwr rad hose to the block, loosened the bottom rad bolts and swung the bottom forward and propped it with a block. I then undid the four bolts that the previous long epistle didn't describe clearly, and pulled out the covers with ease! After trashing the "advice", I was eight minutes dealing with the rad and the covers. It's advisors such as the first that make me furious!!! Why take a simle procedure so complicated and then suggest you are a mechanical whiz and chrage for the stupidity of it all. People like this should become engineers and become an integral part of the over complicated stupidity we have to deal with in this world!!

Thanks Heimlich. I wish we had bumped into each other earlier!! I had it done on my own before you replied!! I had been led to beleive this was a chore and until I started thinking for myself, it would probably have been a big deal.
Take care, Thanks Heimlich. I wish we had bumped into each other earlier!! I had it done on my own before you replied!! I had been led to beleive this was a chore and until I started thinking for myself, it would probably have been a big deal. Take care,