Interesting, again. This is fun for me, "unwrapping" this info, and I appreciate your patient answers.
Attached (I think) is a poor lighting pic from the front. Making sense now.

picking away at things…slowly.
Ignition reinstalled.
Have a battery coming, and was thinking I’d order a mosfet VR, or use an extra one i have, but then remembered I have this alternator mod. Do I bother with a mosfet, and if so I assume it’ll be a different version than what i’ve used on other bikes that don’t have the alternator….
Advice/thoughts?