Performance upgrades.

[PowerDubs_imp]

I lost nothing through the rev range on all my modifications.

My bike puts down 25% more hp than stock- with ZERO sacrifice, all gain. Looks great, drives great, sounds great.

This isn’t my first bike or my first car- not my first rodeo.

You said yourself - your bike was strong from 6k. My bike is strong off idle. Huge difference.

My bike amazes the local bike shop / dyno owner- and he has been doing this for many decades. I have to remind / argue w/ him to start the pulls as low as he has- and on MY dyno I will pull from even lower.

He isn’t used to bikes that don’t care about 2k. My bike LAUGHS at 2k.

Does this bike need more CR?

Sure.

I’m not there yet.

Does CR make as much difference as you think? No.

On my bike- air cooled so nothing crazy is possible like 12-13-14.1- at best I could expect a couple hp at the wheel- for a LOT of work, and a LOT of money. Yea- 2-3whp maybe.

Same with valves- are they small? Sure.

Is there room in the head for more? Not really.


SO- next up the choke chain- our TB are 32mm BUT choked at the factory to 27mm.

I already showed on the dyno that boring turn out with a dremel gained power and matched what the fancy expensive TSR aluminum ones did. In fact- mine supported 103whp… and again nobody - I’ll repeat NOBODY- besides me has made 100whp on this bike.

I then went on to put in custom dual height velocity stacks- that open the full 32mm and have more cfm *capability*- picked up 1 whp

So- like any all motor engine- chase the cork- at this point we have a VERY small primary air box fed by a secondary air box where the filter lies… and that is more likely the next choke point for power.


But hey - feel free to disagree, do better.

Or- buy something else.

There are plenty of more powerful bikes.

Some even pretend to sorta look old.


I’ll stay with true to old school- and in fact have done everything I can to make the bike look as old as possible.

If I want ‘more’- enough to buy another bike- I won’t buy lipstick on a pig. I go ahead and buy modern for modern sake.

Oh wait- I have that too.


My 2022 Aprillia 660 Tuono Factory weighs less than 400lb wet and makes 100hp crank stock.

But it doesn’t START to wake up until 6k. Meh.


I’ll play with it later.. and let you know the results. I keep an eye on the aftermarket and tuners for that bike as well.. and let’s say.: I have some ideas.


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