The GM unit uses rising current to trigger the spark, you need to build a simple circuit (https://www.geocities.ws/loudgpz/GPZheiModForPoints.html) to reverse the action of the points. The Ford TFI unit can be used with points without any extra wiring, it also has better dwell control than the...
It's really unlikely that both pulse generators would crap out at the same time. Do you have battery voltage at the black/white wires, on the coils and the spark modules?
It's a 13 speed. Two of those levers are connected to air valves that are plumbed in to replace the range shifter and splitter valves normally found in the shift knob. Like all the little chrome snap-on covers on the dashboard and switches it's just a bunch of attention getting bull$hit. If he...
The Norton Commando used two "rear" tires(with the front tire mounted facing the other way), worked just fine. Not sure if that applies to something the size of a Wing.
Sleeving isn't that cheap, besides the sleeve you are buying two bore jobs. The cylinder gets bored for the sleeve, then the id of the sleeve has to be bored/honed to suit the new piston. It's not economically feasible to do that unless you are trying to save some rare , unobtainable part.
When you shaved the heads, the decrease in the center to center distance of the timing sprockets retarded the valve timing. That will lower the compression numbers a bit(later intake valve closing). An offset key in the crank sprocket could be used to get the timing back to the original specs...
Used a D6C cat to yank it away from the snow bank so I could get the door open to start it. 4 feet of snow on the lowboy deck to shovel. Shoveled off and the cat loaded by noon. Slept pretty good that night.