re: plating and porting
Some more 'parroting of someone else's ideas' (gee..it's
terrible to actually
learn something, aint' it?):
Common sense (and the experience of some others) will tell you that if you grind on a cylinder
after it's been plated, you run the risk of the plating peeling. Maybe it will happen to you...maybe not.
If it
does happen to you, that means it's happened 100% percent of the time to
you and
your bike. Kind of like the 220 oem piston problems. Fattyk's failure rate (for example) is 100%.
Don't confuse the 'power now' divider with what RB Designs does. It's not the same thing. If you have a question, ask RB about it
HERE . Do some research before you decide.
Oh...it's primarily input from sage that I'm referring to in regard to porting and plating. Understandably frp's history and resume is excellent, also. Just consider there are other points of view.
One more thing (from the archives of 'parrot talk'). Be sure that whoever does your machine work clearly understands what fuel you intend to use. It's configuration of the head that will
dictate your fuel requirements. You're going to be unhappy if, having not made your intentions clear, you find you can't get away from detonation in your newly ported/head-reworked bike with your choice of pump gas from the corner station.