Update (with some back pictures)

So, Wednesday I have the day off and go down to Dude's place. And here is what I'm greeted with:

He's been a little busy, to say the least. But he's been enjoying it. (I really owe this guy.. )

Anyway, now for some backup. Here are some pictures he took of the assembly process, though not too many or any details as he was probably paying attention to them rather than taking pictures of them.

So, here is a close up of the cylinders ready for assembly:

And here is the lower half with pistons installed:

He also did a bit of cleaning of surface rust on some parts and here are some pics:

Peg mounts:

Passenger peg mounts:

Intake boots (the bolts have been replaced with some allens I bought for the purpose):

The wiring harness and electrics all run nicely:

Airbox with K&N dropin waiting for oil:

Just a couple more of what greeted me:

Ok, now for what actually got done on Tuesday. It really won't look like a lot, but it was. We pulled the side covers and tank to put asside for safe keeping. Then went to town. Worked together with a spare swingarm pivot bolt I had up here to remove the rotor from a spare crankshaft then installed it onto the bike along with the starter clutch and gears:

While Dude was buttoning all that down, I went through the electrics and hooked everything up that would normally be hooked to the front of the bike (controls, guages, headlight, etc) so that we could work on testing with the battery I brought from the 650. So, we did that testing, and discovered the replacement signals I have for the front of the bike are wired for running lights. Woohoo.. hold on.. my bike isn't wired for them. So Dude took a look at the wiring diagram and determined where we could pull some power for the running lights from, then went to work putting in the connections, as well as cleaning some PO (Previous Owner) hacks. So, as Dude was doing this I was working on cleaning the exhaust system, Not a pretty or fun job really, but they did clean up pretty well, though I forgot to get a picture. (oops).

At this point we needed a little garage break and needed to pick up a couple of small items, so off we went to pick up fuel line, vent tube line and a couple of small connectors.

When we got back I kept Cleaning them Dude also worked on putting the Carbs onto the bike, and buttoning all of that down.

Well, by this time it was getting close to time for me to head home, so I started boxing up extra parts to get them out of his way. In the process I found a bag of bolts and we decided to see if any of them were long enough to support the stock grab bar (rusty as it is). So I went through them and found a pair that were the perfect length. And here are a couple of pics of the bike how it sat when I left (we removed all the wiring stuff from the front for safe storage):