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You would have thought that the engine designers had already allowed for squish band design, but probably not for the lousy fuel that’s now being served up everywhere. Using extra base gaskets will raise all the ports and possibly have an affect upon performance. Not knocking (sorry about that) anyone’s suggested cures but is it a cure or just moving the problem. Removing material from the combustion chamber will lower compression and affect performance, even though the pinking might have gone. Pinking is really detonation and the cause is usually something causing the fuel and air mix to start burning before the correct ignition point. Potentially petrol/oil mix not as the manufacturer specified could create the fault. Carbon on the piston crown becoming to hot and glowing will cause the fault and air leaking in to the combustion process via crankcase/shaft seals. Exhaust systems leaking together with poor back pressure will allow fuel/air mix to escape leaning the mixture and creating ‘pinking’ or more correctly detonation.?‍?

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3 hours ago, section swept said:

You would have thought that the engine designers had already allowed for squish band design, but probably not for the lousy fuel that’s now being served up everywhere. Using extra base gaskets will raise all the ports and possibly have an affect upon performance. Not knocking (sorry about that) anyone’s suggested cures but is it a cure or just moving the problem. Removing material from the combustion chamber will lower compression and affect performance, even though the pinking might have gone. Pinking is really detonation and the cause is usually something causing the fuel and air mix to start burning before the correct ignition point. Potentially petrol/oil mix not as the manufacturer specified could create the fault. Carbon on the piston crown becoming to hot and glowing will cause the fault and air leaking in to the combustion process via crankcase/shaft seals. Exhaust systems leaking together with poor back pressure will allow fuel/air mix to escape leaning the mixture and creating ‘pinking’ or more correctly detonation.?‍?

Another counter synopsis !!!!

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Octane booster is a bandage for a broken leg IMO,section swept supplied a good technical response to this question,carbon build up is a very likely cause,I would suggest checking the fuel system for a lean condition,checking the plug heat range and however you can establish ignition system/timing  is correct.

Good luck.

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20 hours ago, Andyb1987 said:

Increase base gasket size cleaned all carbon from head piston and exhaust carb is jetted to spec in manual running out of things to do

Check crankshaft oil seals, timing, fuel mix ratio, buy your fuel from somewhere else as a test. Check for piston/cylinder bore wear. Experiment with altering ignition timing a couple of degrees retarded. Has this bike always pinked or started to do it recently? I assume that it is actually the engine pinking and not some other mechanical wear or fault misleading you, like chain rattling on frame etc.?

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I have seen pinging on a lean running bike fixed with a combination of premium fuel and re-jetting... Might not be the issue but worked on at lest one bike. Good luck.

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