Gordon, those pictures are nasty indeed. Yes, lapping valve seats is for minor clean-up, but yours appear to need machining.
This is a classic example of why 40 year old engines need to come apart for maintenance.
What was it that peanuts said, oh here I found it............ "imo were ill advised to unnecessarily strip your engine"
I guess peanut has to eat some humble pie.
not at all retired genleman ....not at all.
We had no way of knowing that the engine would be in that condition before it was stripped.
The engine may have turned out to be quite acceptable as was my engine. it is a lottery .
You can't expect everyone to strip their engine when they buy a bike just because they don't know the History of it.
The fact that you still seem unable to grasp my dear fellow is that none of what you see in the images would prevent the engine starting and running . Indeed if you read Gordon's original post and actually addressed his question as I did then you would not have suggested he strip his engine in order to get it started.
I've had it a little over a month and within that time, I've put a little over 50 trouble free miles,
Your suggeston to get it started was ...let me see ...oh yes here it is .
'I recommend you buy a single dual output coil ......you would be much better off with a Pamco, unless you enjoy fidling with points.'
Gordon has still not found the reason the engine would not start .Like a few others on here you seem more interested in scoring points against those who you don't like than you are in actually helping people.You are a troll
That is the kind of person I have found you to be ! fortunately your type are in the minority