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Originally Posted by Nasher
It did occur to me that on a Monster where the heads come off with the frame and the engine assembled it's possibly worth taking the heads off and doing them on the bench where access isn't a problem.
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Maybe, but I wouldn't be happy to remove the heads without also removing the barrels because you'd likely get an oil leak from the base afterwards if not. And that means scraping off the goo from the base gasket/shims - then whilst in there I'd want to clean up the pistons and rings - I then would have to clean up the inside of the heads, valves and ports, re-seat the valves, replace the 'O' rings and threebond the bases gaskets.
All of which becomes a much bigger job than simply changing a few shims.
If you think access to the valves with engine in the frame is limited, you should try changing shims on a 916 rear cylinder exhaust valves...