I did drop the pan and will likely again when I change oils to synthetic. Copper as soft as it is is very forgiving so I am not too too concerned. It will probably make it's way to the pan. I went with 20W 50 Castrol. I am not too concerned about the break in oil. Afterwards I'm guessing likely the Amsoil. Not sure what the dealer sells but I think it is the Amsoil. My backlash retainers are in a box next to the bike. The people I bought the cams from never put them in and told me they never do on the cams they sell. I have a little more noise than normal but will see what happens after a little more time. I did have to put all new shims on the exhaust buckets. The intakes remained the same. I will keep you posted on how things go. By the way did you have trouble torqueing the heads? Some torqued fine and others kept turning. My dealer told me they have had issues with that. I dropped the setting some before I twisted one off. I was lucky there.
I too feel like an idiot missing the gear alignment but I have never done a bike engine before. That's my excuse and I'm sticking with it. And the manual was not clear.
