I had a little bit of time over the weekend to get the front forks and the wrecked fork rods taken apart. The damper rods will need to be replaced. There's no hope for them. I'm really struggling to find just that part, and I honestly think I'm going to have to get a whole new set of forks from e-bay.
The front wheel bearings are also crunchy, but that's more of a maintenance item than anything. I haven't dug into the front brake drum yet, that's probably going to be the next adventure. So far I've been able to get both engines turning over, and they aren't making expensive sounding noises (yet). I'm really not sure if I should go ahead and tear down the more complete engine to the component level and do a complete overhaul, or if I should just stuff it in the bike and see how it runs. I'm trying to get the chassis put back together to at least be a roller. That would make life much easier in the garage. I'll keep you guys in the loop as to how this saga continues.