Things move swiftly when one finds new inspiration in life! I have been using "Big Red" (as I like to call this XL350R) as a source of energy throughout my day. Just the thought of finding new parts and ideas for the bike is invigorating. But enough about me!
The first thing to be found is the many resources on the internet for such a project. This is one of the first pages I found:
http://www.supermotojunkie.com/showthread.php?70788-XL350R-Rebuild-Winter-Project
He led me to Bike Bandit which is a good resource with Honda parts diagrams:
http://www.bikebandit.com/
More later!