Eliminating the Reed Valve Boxes

Years ago I bought a pair of read covers with blocked ports (not machined out) as my parts guy found the parts diagram had numbers for both types

So far I've cut the reed boxes off of my Voyager and my Spectre and now my '81 KZ1300.
Check out the space I have for air flow over the motor. Two of my coils are in the tool tray.:
 

 

I've also posted a video of the machining process. To be sure the actual machining was done with all the appropriate guarding. The guarding was removed for clarity.



Bill