Picked up a 89 Pilot last night, I've been watching for a "fixer upper" to come up for sale for about a year now. Been close on a few but I finally found the right one.

Nice! Looks like you have your work cut out for you. Looking forward to following your progress.

Looks like the Engine side is missing the outer right cover, pull start asm, flywheel, stator, water pump shaft, water pump, starter bendix... couple other things maybe you have those things? I'd be highly suspect of that stator the way it looks, especially since the flywheel looks done - its probably hit the stator. The ring-gear behind the flywheel looks alright. That should press off once you remove the allen bolts.

You should be able to pressure test the motor (( Internal Combustion Engine ? )) (( Internal Combustion Engine ? )) as its still should react sealed. I'm thinking you should pull that motor (( Internal Combustion Engine ? )) (( Internal Combustion Engine ? )) out since you don't have the tank/seat as its only about 5~7 bolts and she'll lift out forward.

Pressure test the Engine first. If it passed then probably ok.
Remove the head to check under it. Put the piston at TDC (Top Dead Center) (Top Dead Center) and look as best you can at the ring-end-gap. It should only be about .5mm wide. If its much too wide and out of spec then consider rebuilding.... There should be no dings, dents, metal bits, parts, or scars anywhere within the combustion chamber. If there is, you have a lot to do to fix it...

... Or change project direction and go with a full swap. I'd say if you need to basically rebuild that Engine, you're looking at about $1200 for rebuild parts, including crank and cylinder service (I just did all this to mine and so that cost is close to correct), that is NOT including the hard parts you may be missing, flywheel, stator, tank. You could be in for a $2k basketcase with that Engine which is swap territory IMO. You can actually find running sleds for $1000 depending, and be well on your way to a swap.

I like your project.

You can probably sell off the good parts of that Engine to help pay for your swap.
Crank, carb, cases, cylinder, head, etc....
What did you pay for this?

Built a nice set of $38 pilot mirrors tonight... might do a thread on them because they turned out really well!

$38?!? Need info on these, that's a great deal vs buying overpriced oem from eBay. Where can we find these?

Could be just me, but I bet something like this would be real close and would work.
It's also reversible, which means it would fit either side.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Pilot-Automoti ... Swbc5awpDs
No pic of the back side but it looks to be rounded similar to the Pilot mirror or the one posted by mforbes.

Edit: Never mind -- the back side is all wrong.

Edit again: Many years ago when the first backup cameras came onto the market, I thought about mounting one on my formula race car. It was impossible to see behind you because of the wing. I wanted to mount the camera on the wing and have a screen mounted on my dashboard. Never got around to it. I bet this idea would work well on an oddy. Mount the camera under the roof lid above your helmet to protect it from a roll over and the screen mounted just above the steering wheel.
For thirty bucks how can you lose ?? https://www.amazon.com/LeeKooLuu-Monito ... kup+camera
It only has a 4.5 inch screen but you can get a 6 or 7 inch screen unit for about $120.