Thanks, Ashley. Since this is my "old" bike and not really a regular mode of transportation, I'm in no rush. Whenever something frustrates me, I walk away for a while and come back at it fresh. The new chainguard need tweaking as do the mounts for the shortys. I've tried to fire it up a couple of times and although I've got spark and fuel, only a few pops resulted. I fired it a couple of years ago after redoing the carbs, but I think I'm just not able to kick it hard enough to get it rolling properly.
A buddy brought his '68 W1 650 Kawasaki (BSA A10 rip) by the other day to goon at. He's looking for someone to rebuild the head, as the intake guides are slopped out from no lubrication on that side due to the oil feed being clogged up with solder from the factory. I'm going to try a trick on mine he got from Dale Walksler; put a hot plate under the engine for a few hours and fool it into thinking it's been run recently. I think it just loosens things up when there's been no fire for a few years. Then maybe I can spin it quickly enough to get it to run.