I am happy to report that after about a week of occasional greasy mechanic work by yours truly, I now have my motorcycle running.
The only thing to do now is clean it up, give it a decent tune-up whenever I can catch a warmer sort of day and upgrade the handling as well as put on my new bars, fenders, seat, and get the tank hammered in race style.
Here's a pic of it when I was draining the oil this afternoon. Soon it will be much shinier: