You can get a crazy aggressive hit with porting. How the porting is done affects that, I've ridden several ported 718s, unfortunately not by blue but they all had a unique character. My motor is a 718 riva race ported (mild port for wot use) case and cyl,ada head 210 psi on 105 octane, light flywheel, stock 38s, mod chamber b pipe, atp epix... Pretty crazy mid range. Not quite the violent hit of a full freestyle port but a fun motor for all kinds of riding.