Strategy: Soldered together the broken points wire, secured out of way of the spinning advance mechanism, hooked up the battery, tickled the carbs, and thumbed the starter.
Result: Started on second press of the starter button.
Evaluate: Smoke from hole in crossover tube. Probably due to debris and rust in exhaust, and oil in combustion chamber. Later, smoke from spark plug area. Apparently spark plugs were VERY loose (human performance error on my part). Engine must be able to run on significantly low compression for this to be the case.
Based on this minor success, and realizing I'm not going to be tearing down the engine much further than I need to get to the piston rings, I'm not set on doing the complete strip-to-the-frame restoration like I originally thought. I think my primary focus will be on getting the bike safe, reliable, and road-worthy.
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