Well, there hasn't been much progress on the Honda front lately. I've either been busy or too lazy or the "gumption factor" hasn't outweighed the low tempratures, as is the case today.
The last thing I got done was extracting the camshaft, taking off the points, advance unit, and side pod, after some nifty welding by Garner to extract some frozen screws. (When he wasn't helping me, he was spraying me with sparks, welding on his new project.) Now the head should be ready to come off, but it looks like I'll have to take the engine out of the bike to do it. On my 500 it was super easy to take off the head compared to this one. On the 350, the head and cylinders are bolted together as a unit, and then that unit sets on bolts that extend all the way from the crankcase to the top of the head. So, I have to lift the cylinder head off over the top of those bolts, but there isn't enough clearance above the engine. Crikey. I started on taking the cover off over the drive sprocket so I could get the chain off and check the sprocket, but the last screw was frozen, of course, so I gave up there. I'm assuming the front drive sprocket is trashed, because the back one is. Basically, I'm just going to take the chain off, lay the bike on its side, unmount the engine, then lift the bike up. I hope that works. If I have the engine out, I might as well take the bike down to the frame, I guess. I'll need many more plastic butter tubs and cardboard boxes for that venture.