Things to Do.

Only wanna do the minimum required to get the bike running. This is to make sure I don't have a pile of crap before doing stuff like recovering the seat, buying new mirrors, etc.

So here's the list:

1. clean carburetors
1. gonna need some chemicals for this
1. ok.. so i think i need either brake cleaner, or carburetor cleaner... do i soak? boil? sonicate? Some web sites I've read indicate boiling the parts in "simple green", and others say sonicate in brake cleaner.. need to collect some resources here and see if there is a consensus.
2. what do i want to check works? here's what I do know
1. make sure that the "floats" actually float
3. i think it's important that I not touch the "rubber" parts w/ the organic chemicals.... but is this true for other parts? plastic stuff? 
2. clean gas tank
1. It looks pretty clean in there right now.. what i'm thinking here is to let the gas that's in it, run out through stop cock into a jar/container through a coffee filter.. do a couple of times and see what kinda crap we get.
3. check/replace gas line
4. check fuses required for engine to work and replace as necessary
1. definitely need to replace one that I accidentally broke while inspecting the bike.. never seen one like it before. It looked like a "main" fuse, and was literally a strip of wire between two screws and labeled "30A"
5. get a battery that can be used
1. gonna use the one from the cm400..  problem is, it needs to be charged
6. check compression.
1. probably need to do this w/ the gas tank off. Just gonna try and do the "simple" one, where I push down the my thumb on the spark plug hole and turn over the engine.
7. Test/replace spark plugs..
1. this one should be pretty easy.. Once I have a working battery, and electrical system.. pressing start should allow me to see spark on each of the plugs.
8. change oil
1. don't think i even need to replace the filter at this point.. but maybe not a bad idea anyway
9. "soak rings"?
1. ok, so while doing some initial research, i found some references to "soaking" the cylinders w/ some wd40, or penetrating oil, to allow the rings to come "unstuck" from the cylinders if they have rusted together to any degree.... Apparently if this isn't done, there is risk of "breaking" the rings.. which i guess would result in loss of compression.. ok.. so yeah.. wikipedia says they are there to maintain compression and prevent oil/air leakage...
2. But.. like i said.. they already got the thing to rotate.. oh well.. we'll soak a bit and try anyways.. 
10. anything i missed?