So finally got all my tools together and took on this major! Well major to me minor to some I'm sure. I had my shims get ready to go, cheap micrometer that I was nervous about due to not very accurate , with a new mechanics magnet with adjustable head, armed and ready for battle. I can get my tank off now in about 10 minutes, so no problems there , the major delay was the cam cover cover on the front cam underneath that breather debacle! There was a bolt that held that breather assembly, that was attached to the frame, and played Havoc on trying to get the bolt out! After finally realizing these things were not torqued very hard, I was able to put together a contraption that was able to get underneath that's stupid thing attached to the frame and loosen the bolt! I ran to Advanced Auto to see if I could find something before I figured it out, and ate , so that added about an hour and 40 minutes to the job. Other than that just following the parts 1 & 2 on valve adjustments, and also the Vulcan 800 video where the guy has the engine pulled from the motorcycle , watching those two or three videos, you should be good to go. I did not have to change out any shims,! Everything was smack in line except I was at .11 on the intake on the rear cam , so on the low end, I really wanted to adjust it to .13, but man I did not want to replace those shims! Did not have another set of hands, not sure how to position a towel so you can't drop a shim down , as it is extremely tight in there, so I just left it at .11. I have 18500 miles on it, and I'm sure it had never been done at the 15000. I will not entertain even thinking about doing this again until 36,000 miles rolls up on the odometer! Let me know if you want to see a picture of the contraption I used to get to that Bolt. Quite humorous!