Just curious but how hard is it to remove just the head??

The head comes off the engine rather easily. remove the valve cover. remove the 3 bolts that hold on the rocker assembly, remove the push rods, remove the 4 nuts that hold the head to the cylinder. remove head. Just make sure to set the engine at TDC on the compression stroke before you begin, this will ensure you are not fighting the valve springs when removing or installing any of the components.

Now, if it can be removed from the engine while installed in the frame of the Magician is a question I can't answer. It can be pulled from the Hawk, and most likely it can be done with the Magician too, but I have no first hand experience.

I have no excuse for that; not sure what I was thinking. :hmm::shrug::crazy:

So my newest update, I had a good friend come over and help me try to remove the stud and we first tried to remove the other stud to see how far we needed to drill but it broke off almost immediately. So we tried to remove that one and no luck. So I am looking at doing what you did zippy.

How far did you say to drill? 1.5 times the diameter??

Depth for Holes to Receive Exhaust Studs
 

That's right. The machine shop guy said standard practice is to go to a depth 1.5 times the diameter of the replacement stud. I did and the depth of the metal in the head was sufficient to take it.

Good luck. It was tricky to drill the holes perpendicular to the face but I got them close enough to work.