Honda Dio 1 Engine Rebuild

[miked]

Hello fellow tsikoteers!

I'm in the process of rebuilding a motorbike (honda dio) and got some questions for you. Got used to repair 4-bangers...This is my first time to do a bike. A bit slow at the first time.

1. Do i really need to use a flywheel puller or a simple general purpose puller will do?
2. Haven't seen yet the engine internals, does the connecting rod ride on ball bearings or bearing inserts/halves?
3. Does the crankshaft ride on ball bearings or halves too?
4. How do i remove the 2 front wheel bearings? Tried with a socket and looks like I need a sliding hammer.
5. Do i need to buy a pistong ring installer/remover as well as the ring compression tools or does the "bare hands+pliers" would do?
6. How to time the ignition? like position piston at TDC, etc......

TIA