Well the history I know off is that it belonged to someone, who sold it to his friend for a "friend price" of $5k last year. This friend is someone I know. He's not a mechanic, the bike is stored in a multi-garage in an apartment complex, and his previous bikes where more modern Ducs with warranty and such. I'm guessing the owner before him did the mods. It has been on some track days. They are still friends and still ride together so I'm guessing it can't be that bad... It also only has 22k miles, not 30k, and comes with a tub full of OEM bits like the clutch and such.
The reason he is wanting to sell it is that it is a bit much for where he lives, and he is looking into dual sport type bikes that are happy below the speed limit... its not posted anywhere.
I am gonna go for a ride with him next weekend and have a look at the bike in person and find out some more. I have photos and it looks immaculate, at least with the fairings on. The thing with the heads is my biggest question mark as well. I have the feeling that this is just something the P.O. explained to him, and it is possible that he is just referring to the testastretta heads that the 998 models have (which first came with the 996R from the previous years if I am not mistaken?). But the 900SS I bought last year was full of surprises, and not all of them where good ones, so I will proceed with caution.
Actually maybe you experts can help me out a little bit, here is a photo. Anything that doesn't look right at first glance? The black text has me wondering but it is both on tank and fairings, maybe some canadian spec?