A bright, sunny day had the snow warming and compressing. Grocery shopping got me out and about to see the town covered with snow. This evening, while my sweet potato cooked 8' away, I cleaned the old gaskets off the CB450 valve covers. The breather is on the intake side cover and the inside was oh so clean-I take that to indicate the cylinders and valve guides are in good shape...or 30 years ago the p.o. cleaned the cover and replaced the gasket, then reinstalled the cover and was promptly abducted by aliens- leaving the bike to sit all this time.

look how clean inside is!