I must say, you have been taking a little more serious note on a few of your posts lately. LOL!
To tell you the truth, I don't feel the performance Banshee industry is even close to modern day Motorsports. There's much more that can be done with motor components, but too much emphasis is being put on motors.
There are many additional items that should be looked into using & we try to do some of that. The clutch tuning is one of my favorites. ATV clutching technology is easily 10-15 years behind most racing Motorsports & even more in some cases. Enough said on that, without getting Windy.
Another is ignition technology & it seems to be catching up slowly. We love the features of the Dyna CDI, but it's limited. The newer Digital MSD ignitions in our race cars can do some amazing things. The MSD MC-4 motorcycle ignition is being adapted for use on 2 cylinder 2 strokes. It has most if not all the same features of the car ignitions.
Fuels have become a big player in Motorsports lately. Using oxygenated race gas like Q16 can come pretty close to the power of Alky. Some people at VP will say it makes more power in certain applications. All I know is it works great for us & we were competitive with it in our 443 cub motor.
One last area that's having a great impact on going faster, is tires. The American Racers are improving 60's & ETs. I still think that it's outdated technology for some of the bigger build drag bikes.
I only hit on a few areas & my opinion has always been. Too many people focus too much on the motor. Nothing wrong with having the most power for a given motor combination. The problem is most can't get that power down to the ground in an efficient manner. That's where a proper ignition box tune will allow power to be taken away in certain areas to go faster; just to give an example!
Like usual this is just my opinion, so member's don't get their panties in a twist.
The thing about some of that is,it has been tried and not yielded better results. Not personally by me. I generally agree with that though.