Loganville, GA. The process of freshening up the motor for next year has begun.

The head is at Livengood motorsports where Brian is going to do some porting and polishing. We are also going to do the intake cam modification. After talking with Ken at Velocity Turbo he recommended it.

APE is sending out the 65lb valve springs, studs, a billet output shaft for the transmission and a few other various items.

CP is going to supply the pistons for the bike and I am still on the fence about rods. Carillo, Falicon or the new Crower rods that just came out. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

The hopes of this process is not to build more horsepower but to make the engine more reliable. My fear is that the stock bottom end will not hold up through the next season. I have no proof of this, just a gut feeling.

While all this is being done I am also redoing the clearcoat on the fairings and touching up my mistake from Atco, NJ. Over the last few seasons the bike has aquired its share of battle scars.

If everything goes smoothly I should have it all back together by the end of January.

When finished I will do new dyno runs and post the horsepower ratings.