What does a stage 2.5 on a 650 consist of? The head design has hemi head and breathes better from the get go...
You are going to get this dyno'd aren't you? Without real numbers no one can say definitively how much improved or how much more or where the improvements were seen...right?
Mike does create a lot of eye candy work that is hidden behind covers... he should create a JMR Performance subtle enameled metal badge that could hold up to weather which would look good below the stock side cover badges or on the tank under the Honda like Super Sport is on the F bikes.
Only available to bikes with head work at Stage 2 or above.
It could be like a special edition or tuner badging such as AMG.
Had some idiot argue his vehicle was tuned by IPD by throwing their suspension components on his car and dropping the performance chip into his ecu. The ecu chip actually developed by a company abroad. He wanted to call it an ipd edition of that car. AMG does far more than throew some parts on them to make them an AMG version of a Mercedes. IPD actually opened a repair and upgrade shop sometime after that argument...then you could get a true ipd tuned car...otherwise it is merely a suspension or components by ipd...
Head work being a major step in creating a version or tuned by X vehicle in my mind...
Stage 2.5 is something Mike coined to describe
Stage 1: Includes the following. Disassemble, inspect, hot tank, bead blast entire head, porting and reassembly. OEM valve guide seals are extra OR can be provided by the customer.
Stage 2: Same as above but more extensive porting especially around the guide boss and intake floor.
Stage 3: Requires removal of valve guides. Extensive reshaping of both intake and exhaust ports. Epoxy reinforced intake spigots. This head will require new guides, guide honing and a Serdi valve job.
I believe Mike used the term "2.5" because the head does not require as much extensive reshaping of the ports as a 550 or 750 but still contemplates new guides.
