Hi Peter
I have no experience with RF, but have taken a GTD exhaust off without splitting the system down. Roy has a crossover system and hates assembling it, especially if it had been sealed well with no leaks, so, we have on occasion removed it complete.
We have to remove all exhaust mounting bolts and silencer support mounts. Remove both rocker covers. (might get away with one).
Then, by lowering and moving toward the block on one side, the other can be 'sprung' slightly to allow it past the head with no rocker cover fitted. You need two people and need to be careful not to clout the rocker gear during the process.
Actually - thinking about it again.... As I recall Roy's TFS heads have 1/4" adapters permanently fitted to the exhaust ports, that are in turn drilled and tapped with a slightly wider bolt pattern. These enable the large exhaust ports to not be compromised by the narrower standard header bolt arrangement and also save the alloy heads from repeated bolt removal as the adapter plates are steel.
It might be the extra 2 x 1/4"that makes this possible on Roys......
Also - noticed that your collector inlet has a large'ish inlet diameter, giving rise to a gap. Do you use jointing paste? - as with most of these deisgns, if they are blowing, they also probably draw in some fresh air during the normal cycles and that in turn could affect your Lambda measurements / fuelling...
Just a thought. (nice finish on the pipes..!)