Fitting valve cover gaskets

[Knapdog]

I've just checked the valve clearances.  They were all a bit tight.
I've purchased two new gaskets.
What's the procedure for fitting these?
On a AI search it said to just put gasket sealant on the corners/half moons of the cylinder head.  
Whenever I've fitted gaskets in the past I've always put gaskets sealant thinly the cylinder head side so the gaskets sticks and a thin coating of grease on the cover side so that I can always easily remove the cover.
Any thoughts?

[sandy]

I suspect you mean valve cover gaskets, not cylinder head. After 3 valks and helping others, I've never put a sealer on the gaskets. But it probably wouldn't hurt.

[Knapdog]

I suspect you mean valve cover gaskets, not cylinder head. After 3 valks and helping others, I've never put a sealer on the gaskets. But it probably wouldn't hurt.

Thanks for that, plus, thread title amended.

[Chrisj CMA]

No sealant other than on those corner landings. I will say if ALL the tappets seemed a little tight that is suspicious. Before adjusting them I would recommend double checking you are using the right gauge 6 or 9 thousands and your technique is sound. I've never needed to tweak more than 3 or 4. Also if a large adjustment is needed, that is suspect also. Make sure you're on the "right" TDC

[Knapdog]

No sealant other than on those corner landings. I will say if ALL the tappets seemed a little tight that is suspicious. Before adjusting them I would recommend double checking you are using the right gauge 6 or 9 thousands and your technique is sound. I've never needed to tweak more than 3 or 4. Also if a large adjustment is needed, that is suspect also. Make sure you're on the "right" TDC

Thanks.
Correct feelers used and on the Compression stroke.. They just needed a slight adjusting. Remember I've only just had this bike back after selling it a year ago and it didn't do much mileage in that year. When I had it I changed the oil far more than I needed to.The gaps are spot on now but I'll recheck after 1,000 miles.

[Knapdog]

Regarding the new gaskets, which should be in the dealership tomorrow, I've just noticed that they're made of rubber.
I've nearly always dealt with Cork gaskets, which is why I asked about gasket sealant along the edge. If I'd known sooner I probably wouldn't have ordered new ones and just cleaned up the existing ones.
Ah well, learning every day.

[Hook#3287]

Regarding the new gaskets, which should be in the dealership tomorrow, I've just noticed that they're made of rubber.
I've nearly always dealt with Cork gaskets, which is why I asked about gasket sealant along the edge. If I'd known sooner I probably wouldn't have ordered new ones and just cleaned up the existing ones.
Ah well, learning every day.

Yeah, learned that lesson over 24 years ago   

Bought a new set of valve cover gaskets prior to my first valve clearance check.

Still got em in the parts bin, just in case