Another enjoyable and informative video. I fully expect to go in there at some point in the future and it's very useful to see what you encounter before that so once again thank you!
I was surprised at your disdain for the decompressor valve. I use the decomp every time I start the bike - gently move the kick lever till it stops, pull the decomp, ease the engine just a
little way, smile as I hear that drainpipe suction noise, then give a full-length kick to hopefully start 'er up. I haven't tried just kicking through compression but have assumed that I wouldn't be able to as it feels pretty solid up against compression? No plans to remove the decompressor valve on mine.
However, one area where I am ahead of you is removing the starter. I went full in and bought the non-ES inner chain-case. Swapping the inner case involves tapping the l/h engine case because the mounting bolts are in different places.
If interested, take a look in my intro thread:
https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/index.php?topic=32150.msg390842#msg390842The relevant part is on page 19 of that rather long thread