dropping the oil pan

do i have to remove the clutch and oil pump to drop the oil pan? per clymers book?cause i need to look for a penny i dropped inthere when i was changing my starter clutch last year.
i took all the bolts off taped it with the rubber malet, hit it and kicked it but it wont come off.
what gives?

 

The pan will come off if all the bolts are removed. Be sure they are all out and love it with that rubber hammer a litte. Did you really drop a penny in it?

 

Penny must have been used as a special tool for SOMETHING, but we must know, what fer????????????

 

LOL a penny will hold the clutch and starter clutch gears stationary while you kranc the bolt off, _or so i was told _ but its not true, the penny gets chewed by the gears end swallowed by the oil tank.
i rode all last summer with it in there _ every now end then i"d hear it clanking around.i"ve always wanted to get it out but no time
so this year i got a garage and the bike is completely a part for what i thought was a blown head gasket - white smoke creamy oil and a receding coolant level line- so while i am wating for gaskets i thought - lemme get that penny out.
And thats the penny tale.

 

We had to know. Now I will sleep tonight. You sure your are not my long lost bother? And did you finally define what caused that creamy looking oil?

 

creamy looking oil.....cheap whipping cream in a can??

what you describe is definatly coolant in the oil, but you should be prepared for the worst, a crack where it isnt supposed to be. if you havent yet pulled it apart i would do so while your gaskets are on there way, this will give you something to do while waiting and let you order replacement parts for what has broke if needed (this includes human error with the use of love taps). Hopefully its just a gasket.

as toe cutter said, if all bolts are removed then it will just come out, I have missed a bolt before under some grim (recessed bolts) and couldnt remove the part i was working on.
Get the shop manual, it usualy shows the bolt placements just incase, several can be downloaded from vfrworlds manual section. Im sure someone will post the link.