Thanks. Okay, a couple things. I'm waiting on the battery still, as local stores don't have mine.
So, in meantime, first thing was checking the tappets (never did this before). At tdc, the left one can be turned with my thumb, no up and down play. The right one cannot be turned at all, and no up and down play. Is that normal? It was either one or the other. At another point, I could turn the one on the right, but not left.
Second, when kickstarting on center stand, i let run for a couple minutes. Then, I even went through gears 1 and 2 and rev a tad. No problems. As soon as I decide to take it for a spin, I push off the center stand, put in first and cuts out. Then I noticed just a bit of white smoke coming from air filter box. I'm not sure if means anything, but took the filter out of the box and only see a bit of darkness on one side at the corner of the filter. Pic attached. everywhere else clean. Is this a problem?
Still have to look at the points, air leaks, top off some oil in primary, and replace battery.