I got the top end tore down today. Everything looks real good, of course I won't know for sure until I mic the barrel. Not much scratching, the valves look pretty good although one exhaust is quite a bit lighter than the other. Cam and rocker arms look GREAT!.
I was going to split the bottom end and send it out to Tyson for powder coating but the rods look so good I hate to take the chance of screwing anything up. The side play limit is 2 mm and they are well within that. No perceptible big end wear. Why stretch your luck, eh?
If everything works out I will get away with a hone and rings. I am going to send the cylinder out for coating though. I want a black cylinder. This screws up my paint scheme as I wanted to be able to use the patented Gazzo Green but not as much as on the R. I was going to paint everything black and just use the green as an accent. Wont work now. Oh well, I will think of something.