Here's how I used to remove and install mine, by myself. You can do this with a prop--stick, or in a garage. Much has already been covered.

Pad the cowl, as mentioned.

Scribe the hinges as mentioned.

Either prop up the front of the hood with a solid stick, or better yet, a simple A frame made of just about anything, including conduit.---When I was in a garage, I used to use a ratchet bike tie down strap from the front of the hood to a joist above.

Remove the FRONT bolts, and replace them with some longer bolts, just hand thread them, with the heads cut off.

Make sure the prop or "hoist" is stable.

Remove the rear bolts, and then "hinge" the front down on some padding on the front fenders.

When you get to this point, you'll have the hood front lying on some pads in the front, and the rear safely pinned into the hinges.

Now all you have to do is lift it off. When I was young, believe it or not, I could lift the stock air grabber hood off my '70RR from the front. I took off anything that might damage it, like my belt, got my belly up against the front, and reached forward with one hand around each edge, and lifted 'er right off.

'Course, what you do with THAT is another story.

Two guys is MUCH better