Vintage 2-Stroke Porting Service

Whether you’re into racing motocross or recreational dirtbikes, for maximum performance, 2-Stroke Cylinder Porting from Rich’s Taylor'd Porting puts the “Power” in powersports.

2-Stroke Cylinder porting can improve the reliability and ride-ability of your machine as well as improve the power.

I have been around motocross since 4-strokes were popular the first time (1968). I started competing and riding on Hodaka dirt bikes in 1970. Wanting that competitive edge in racing fueled my hunger for increasing engine performance. I began seeking how to improve upon what I had and started experimenting with porting. Shortly after I became hooked on bikes, I also became an Automotive performance enthusiast. I attended Automotive Trade school to learn and apply performance enhancing theory into building high-performance engines.

I worked as a high-performance mechanic at Tuckers GM Performance center in Las Vegas for 24 years. All the while, I kept my hands on the grinder, working on bikes, watercraft and automotive cylinder heads.

I have been involved in just about every angle of high-performance there is. I am highly experienced in the dying art of carburetor tuning for small engines as well as automotive, single and multiple carbs both naturally aspirated and Super charged. My passion is for 2-Stroke engines and vintage motorcycles of all makes. I personally collect and restore Hodakas and haul them with a 500 horsepower small block, 1973 chevy truck.

Over the years, I have accumulated porting specs from all sorts of sources like factory racing directives, practical experience, and the one-on-one training by Harry Taylor, a renowned factory Hodaka technician and racer. You might say I'm a bit of a vintage freak and sympathetic to the needs of vintage bike owners like yourselves.

Rich’s Taylored Porting offers all-inclusive porting packages for all types of 2 & 4-stroke engines tailored to your specific needs, used in dirt bikes, ATVs, Snowmobiles, Watercraft and Shifter Karts. I do all the porting myself. I have worked with porting tools since the 1970s, porting countless cylinders and cases.

I have made my reputation on porting to the individual needs and specifications of my customers. I perform all the work myself, no illegal aliens, space aliens, or third world slave labor. It’s just Good'ol, middle-aged, American labor from one of the most experienced tuners in the business, whom still actually rides motocross, dirt bikes and ATV’s.

Power Band Choices: Note that changing port timing and shape in a 2-stroke is in effect like changing cam shaft timing events, intake manifold design, carburetion and the exhaust system in a 4 stroke all in one complex operation.
 
Porting a 4 stroke can enhance the combination of the existing modifications your engine already has, or the modifications you will be making.

So with that being understood, I can "taylor" your porting to suit your desired style, whether it be casual trail riding where you just want an increase in mid-range grunt or all out race where higher RPM power is desired or somewhere in-between.

Heli arc aluminum welding is also a service I offer. This includes case repair services and/or what ever kind of welding needs you have. Call to discuss your welding needs.

If you have any questions regarding my work (what I do) and my experience, please call me as I would be more than happy to talk with you regarding how I can meet your needs.

Hodaka Piston modified for Reed Valve conversion and Porting

Please NOTE: While we are a dealer for the entire line of Wiseco Piston and Gasket kits, we do not stock and sell these items on a daily basis. Please call and we can talk about incorporating these items into a packages along with the porting work.

Contact Rich @ 1-877-7Hodaka or 435-438-5237 or <racerclam@msn.com> for all your porting and high-performance engine modification needs.

Please see the Gallery section to see pictures of my collection.

Click here to learn how to ship your engine to Rich’s Taylored Porting, as well as to download the form needed with your order.