Then in October, the unthinkable happened, I swallowed a valve in the #2 cylinder. It was real depressing. Turned out that Ken had the wrong valve guides installed, causing a valve to float, then get snapped off by the piston. Normally on a race build motor of this type, you can expect 2,500 to 3,000 miles out of it before major servicing/rebuild. This motor had between 6,000 and 7,000 of HARD miles on it by the time it went. I did all of the maintenance on it, but didn't know the intricacies of a finely tuned race motor. I wish I had been more educated. I am now.

After pulling off the smoked head October,
1993. I was smiling, but not really too
happy here. I just felt my wallet sprout
some serious wings.

I was working at ICS by then, so I had a place to store and work on it at least. I decided then to do a complete revamp of the entire engine. Since I worked at the dealer, I got all of my parts at 10% over cost, so I was able to get the best parts and not skimp on anything. A $3,000 loan helped too!

I added the following parts to the bike at this time:

Wiseco 771 Piston Kit

S&S oversize steel valves (complete set)

Web Cams w/Roadracing Lift

Tsubaki cam chain

APE heavy-duty racing valve springs

APE heavy-duty cylinder studs

APE heavy duty cylinder nuts

APE Clutch safety switch cover

APE Manual Cam Chain tensioner

APE degreeable cam sprockets

Pingel Racing Fuel Valve

Oil Pump (ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA WHEN REBUILDING)

Oil Lines

Vance and Hines Power Pak

Barnett clutch + heavy duty springs

Accel coils + wires

Factory heavy-duty shift spring kit

Sprocket Specialties Aluminum sprockets

Tsubaki 530 Racing Chain

Metzeler MEZ2 Radials

Wheel bearings front and rear

EBC Race Compund pads

Some of the new parts. Tim Allen would
be proud.

With all of the parts together, I was totally stoked to get this thing up and running again.