Well after only one race i've decided that im going to need more horsepower, i was riding the bike round Mallory as hard as i could and i managed a 13th place, i just thought that with more power i could definitely be top 10 and hopefully finish on the podium in the occaisional race, i know i was racing against a mixture of bikes but i know i could have done a lot better with a bit more power.
After several conversations with my now resident mechanic John Quail we came to the conclusion that we could get more power from the motor without affecting the reliabilty, the only initial problems he thought there would be would be the gear driven cams and until he took one of the rocker covers off he then realised it wouldn't be a problem, he estimated we could get another 10 horsepower with porting and skimming the heads and skimming the block, that would bring the total power upto approx 70 horsepower. So tuning has already begun, both heads are now off the block and with one head already ported the rear head is waiting the same treatment then the rest of the motor will be stripped and cleaned then the block and both heads will be sent away to be skimmed.
Hopefully the work will be completed in the next 6 weeks and back in the bike, then its onto the dyno to see if everything is setup right, then eventually i can find a track day to see how she goes, and hopefully then be ready for the start of the season on March 31st / April 1st at Croft.
