Sorted the brake, long story, just poor assembly. Went for a ride today, up and down local streets. About 10 miles. Too early to say about the leaks and smoking. Certainly less leaking than before. But it ran well. Goal is to get 50+ miles on it by Sunday. Diagnose it and decide if we're going to whip the head off or not.
Got it into 5th, all works well. As others have threaded, the clutch friction point is out there, esp compared to the modern hydraulic on my FJR. But functions perfectly. Under power plates may slip. Too me that would be a good problem. Its a 20 yr old clutch and they are cheap and easy to change.
Front end feels like a hardtail. usual suspects, alignment of tubes, alignment of fork brace, too thick of oil, too much preload, or air. Sorting comes next.
Very hot, ambient temp near 100F. Oil temp drop to reasonable expectations: 20 at idle, 40 at 3500rpm. Didn't go much faster than that. 5000 rpm but i forgot to look at the gauge.
Heavy sigh of relief and a little disappointment. But mostly relief.
Still got the nagging sidestand problem. With the foot almost ground off, well pretty far anyway, barely makes a change in the angle. If I soften the suspension it will be dangerous, and the susp needs softening.
I just bot 2 stands from eBay to experiment with. Machinist told me it would be hard to weld to the chrome ones I have, without grinding the chrome off, or acid. Better to start with OEM finish, cut and weld to proper length..
I could just bend one, but I just don't like that look.