VFR 800 thermostat replacement (part 1)

One of the biggest reasons I love the vfr is that she is super easy and simple to work on besides the valve adjustment. This job showed me that I was wrong and that there is a job on it that will be quite a pain. Although the current one is fine I have decided for peace of mind to replace her thermostat with a newer one as part of her 100k service. This part is located between the cylinders on this v four engine and to get to it, we have to go from the tank down removing all parts in that path. Easier said than done