340 Oil filter adapter

To change the oil filter I have to loosen the head pipe and drop it down. As far as heating the filter, maybe in heavy traffic it will heat up but the oil filter is so small the oil spends little time in the filter.
I change my oil every 1000 miles, which works out to every two years. So dropping the headpipe is no big deal. The bolts are not rusted and easy to remove.