tripoddave
I have an early SD which was KTM's UK press bike and has also been the prototype for the Superduke Battle series after which its been my track bike for a number of years. So its fair to say its had its fair share of abuse!
When I bought it I was told that the heads had been gas flowed and skimmed by H&M.
Winter of 2009 / 10 it has a top end rebuild and was making 116bhp at the rear wheel on Projex dyno.
This spring I bought and fitted a 2nd hand Evo system and we removed the airbox completely and it made 125/6 at the rear wheel.
(A YoYoDyne slipper clutch was fitted at the same time)
Project have recently fitted a set of Tornado reprofiled cams and removed an Intec back torque limiter as it was surplus to requirements.
The cams should have lost us power below 6,000 and made more power above 7,000
The power and torque curves were identical in shape but made 121: a loss of 4 or 5hp.
Kev refitted the stock cams and we dynoed the bike at 114bhp.
Which is a bit of a worry.
Below is a picture of one of the heads taken when I was lapping the valves in Christmas 2009.
Can anyone tell me if this is a stock head or a gas flowed one?
Anyone got any suggestions as to what's going on and what I can/should do about it?

When I bought it I was told that the heads had been gas flowed and skimmed by H&M.
Winter of 2009 / 10 it has a top end rebuild and was making 116bhp at the rear wheel on Projex dyno.
This spring I bought and fitted a 2nd hand Evo system and we removed the airbox completely and it made 125/6 at the rear wheel.
(A YoYoDyne slipper clutch was fitted at the same time)
Project have recently fitted a set of Tornado reprofiled cams and removed an Intec back torque limiter as it was surplus to requirements.
The cams should have lost us power below 6,000 and made more power above 7,000
The power and torque curves were identical in shape but made 121: a loss of 4 or 5hp.
Kev refitted the stock cams and we dynoed the bike at 114bhp.
Which is a bit of a worry.
Below is a picture of one of the heads taken when I was lapping the valves in Christmas 2009.
Can anyone tell me if this is a stock head or a gas flowed one?
Anyone got any suggestions as to what's going on and what I can/should do about it?
