maddoggy
the first bike that I had ceramics on was my AHRMA aircoooled rd race bike and since then more rd's and an lc and now the kx500...
the ceramic does not increase the performance in the same manner that raising the exhasut port does...if the only thing you do is ceramic, i am not sure you will notice anything...maybe a bit of an up in compression and tightening the squish band a touch because of the thickness of the material.
the performance increase comes from improved heat management....examples
with the aircooled bikes they would pull as hard the last lap at Mid-Ohio as it did the first lap.
if the heat is controlled the cranking psi and general state of the motor 'tune' can be wound up tighter without worring about holing pistons, etc.
it also allows for a more forgiving dumb cluck factor....ping ping ping ping on the back straight can end in one of two ways
silence and a thirty minute wait to ride in the crash truck back to the pits
or in a ceramic world
jeez i wonder if that is timing or jetting, better gimp it into the pit next time around and figure it out.
and final, once again, a comment about my true love for ceramics...longevity
as i have been reviewing old posts and learning heeps about the kx along the way...i found one from stewart that refers to 'coating the inside of his motor" i gotta believe he is talking about ceramics.....maybe he can refer the forum to the guys that do the work.
from personal experience and talking with everybody from gemini racing to nutzy ariplane guys the 'trick' to ceramics is application. the materials are 'relatively' cheap, but the adhesion is critical. the coating must not only bond to the alloy, but also similarly expand/shirk with heat and so it does NOT flake off like old paint on a storm window!!
hope this helps
Mark
p.s. so this guy yapping about ceramics used to road race an rd and then supermoto for a couple of years....can anybody guess what i am trying to do with the kx before i start asking a bunch of tuning questions regarding top end power
Mr. Doordie are you ready !!!!!