No real update, been busy and have not done much else.
Checked compression with the rental Autozone tester and a cheap one I bought on ebay. Cylinders 2-3-4 show about 155 or so (over 150), cylinder -1 was about 118 at first, the highest I seen with a little WD in it was 135, so should run and I think cylinder -1 will come up as the engine actually runs for a bit. That said, compression seems reasonably okay. This was tested with repeated kicking of the kick starter, no carbs attached.
I did buy a Hiflo oil filter and a gallon of Shell Rotella 15w-40, I hope the gallon is enough, but it seems pretty close to what the specs call for, guess I’ll find out once I start to add the oil. I should also add that I hope the oil filter is correct, it seemed to be for this bike model, though I have not pulled the old filter to compare.
Not sure when I will get to this, but hopefully within the next couple months. Perhaps I’ll post this in the project section of the forum where I can update periodically rather than in the new member section.