Commuter Boy
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Fwiw, I'm a former aircraft mechanic and have rebuilt bike motors before.
My choice would be drop the motor, spend $2k to buy one off eBay or from a scrapyard, and shoehorn it back in after doing a valve check and CCT upgrade.
Then flog the old one here or on eBay for $1000 with disclosure and let someone with time and skills fix it up.
You will have a running bike in a week, no worries about the quality of the work done on the rebuild, or if they missed something, be good for a valve check interval, and can recover some of your costs.
My choice would be drop the motor, spend $2k to buy one off eBay or from a scrapyard, and shoehorn it back in after doing a valve check and CCT upgrade.
Then flog the old one here or on eBay for $1000 with disclosure and let someone with time and skills fix it up.
You will have a running bike in a week, no worries about the quality of the work done on the rebuild, or if they missed something, be good for a valve check interval, and can recover some of your costs.