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As I was prepping the bike for the track, I noticed an intermittent parasitic draw issue where sometimes the battery would drain below 10v. A couple conversations with Braydon at Speedcell, and I was sent a 5.0Ah SBK Battery with a custom harness for quick disconnect
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Mounted on the bike
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Building a superbike engine is quickly becoming something that sounded totally cool in the beginning without realizing the amount of effort I need to put in outside of actually building the engine itself 😂
Once I was debriefed from Jozef on the condition on my engine, the decision of a complete refresh was inevitable. That being said, the build price is what it is, but 'there is always the option of improving the engine performance while being serviced; by way of porting the cylinder head, increased compression via head gasket, different degrees of timing, boring, and other methods.
As I was working with Freddy at @superbikeunlimited for the majority of my hard parts, he mentioned having a couple sets of YEC billet cams with billet sprockets for sale. When I gave him a call, I brought up the cams and told him the plan to go superbike, and that’s when the game changed...
Superbike Unlimited was able to source a cylinder head. Not just any cylinder head, but a FACTORY Yamaha cylinder head, from a MotoAmerica bike 🏁 The ported, epoxied, high output beast that screamed down big hp tracks like COTA and RA.
Freddy was able to put together the whole superbike engine package for me
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YEC Billet Cams (Gen III) and Sprockets
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YEC Velocity Stacks
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The radiator was originally sourced to Westby Racing from Attack Performance, so when Freddy sourced the radiator from Westby, they sent it back to Attack along with some other radiators. Attack does some pretty cool things when it comes to engine assembly and packaging, so there are a lot of things I'm perfectly fine with them taking the lead on prep.
Attack Performance "Plug & Play" Superbike Engine Package (📷 cred. IG @JRShof)
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Mounted on the bike
Building a superbike engine is quickly becoming something that sounded totally cool in the beginning without realizing the amount of effort I need to put in outside of actually building the engine itself 😂
Once I was debriefed from Jozef on the condition on my engine, the decision of a complete refresh was inevitable. That being said, the build price is what it is, but 'there is always the option of improving the engine performance while being serviced; by way of porting the cylinder head, increased compression via head gasket, different degrees of timing, boring, and other methods.
As I was working with Freddy at @superbikeunlimited for the majority of my hard parts, he mentioned having a couple sets of YEC billet cams with billet sprockets for sale. When I gave him a call, I brought up the cams and told him the plan to go superbike, and that’s when the game changed...
Superbike Unlimited was able to source a cylinder head. Not just any cylinder head, but a FACTORY Yamaha cylinder head, from a MotoAmerica bike 🏁 The ported, epoxied, high output beast that screamed down big hp tracks like COTA and RA.
Freddy was able to put together the whole superbike engine package for me
- Factory Yamaha Cylinder Head
- YEC Billet Intake + Exhaust Cams + Sprockets
- YEC Valve Springs
- YEC Velocity Stacks
- Oversize Radiator and Oil Cooler (currently at Attack)
YEC Billet Cams (Gen III) and Sprockets
YEC Velocity Stacks
The radiator was originally sourced to Westby Racing from Attack Performance, so when Freddy sourced the radiator from Westby, they sent it back to Attack along with some other radiators. Attack does some pretty cool things when it comes to engine assembly and packaging, so there are a lot of things I'm perfectly fine with them taking the lead on prep.
Attack Performance "Plug & Play" Superbike Engine Package (📷 cred. IG @JRShof)
