Hi David,
I hope the ride was nice! Great weather for it.
I put it on the right before I saw your answer. I figured I would want to pull the clutch in if it went dead, which leaves the other hand free to reach down and do its thing.
BTW ... I installed the battery, tank, petcocks, fuel line, yata yata, and gave the beastie a few good swift kicks. I was quite surprised when I actually got a few pops and sputters (no pipes).
After a premature celebration, I put on one of my Dunstalls (cleaned up very nicely on my wire wheel). Tomorrow I install the other.
Oh yes, I forgot to mention ... I left a gallon of fuel on my concrete driveway (it evaporated quickly in the 95 degree sun). I don't think I have the Mikuni's lines and other settings right. Any ideas where I can find a good site for the carbeuretically challenged ... I've been to th Sudco site, but I need more than a blowup ... the fuel was pouring out of the (overflow?) at the bottom

Next time ... I take more pictures
... getting close!