I'll start with whats been done so far.
Got the bike from a craigslist add and rode her 3 hours home (no truck atm)
Strapped her down to my bench to get a better look at everything.
I was expecting to just remove/ drill and tap some holes, but someone had already tried. Oversized exhaust bolt. Broken tap under one of the intake boots with a 1/4'' sheet-metal screw holding to boot on. Snapped a cam cap bolt. She was in a bad way.
Bought a used head assembly for $60ish on eBay and all the oem gaskets/ seals I would need from partsoutlaw.com
I found out the the bolt holes on the stock 81 valve cover are different form the ones on the 87. Had to reorder that gasket. Otherwise there the same.
Cleaned up and shined the top of the stock pistons. Replaced all the rings and re-honed the cylinder walls wile I had it apart.
I found studs for the exhaust side and am going to run anti-seize with lacing wire on the nuts.
Changed the stock 115 main jets to 137.5
I used a spare air filter and some PVC with rubber hose for a replacement for the hacked/ drilled stock air box. No saving that poor thing.
Here's what the stock mufflers look like without the baffles if you have ever wanted to see that.
Last was getting the placement of the aftermarket regulator to work, but still fit under the stock side cover. (It's snug, but works)
I'll update as I make progress. Thanks!
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