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Head gasket sealant need a quick response
weymouth399:
--- Quote from: Foxx4Beaver on November 25, 2011, 10:27:09 AM ---Yeah,I had the privalige of growing up riding with JoJo...we lived 5miles away from each other here in Plymouth,MA for almost 25 years.The first REAL bike I bought was his 1985 Pro Circuit CR250...I was 14yo then.He's been living in New Hampshire the last 7-8months at a kids house that he's training.He spends alot of time at Jolly Rogers in Lempster,NH.
It's amazing watching him ride at 49yo,and 300lbs....and STILL spank the s%#t outa most of the NESC guys!!!
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JoJo is quite a rider, soooo much natural ablity it's unreal. That's why at 300 pounds he could and would still spank alot of riders today. I got to race with him in the NESC vet classes I could always tell when he was going to lap me. If he liked you it was buddy, buddy, buddy, if he didn't like you it was use you as a berm time. That's being power slammed by 500 plus pounds. (the gross weight and tonage rule applies here) Ah the memories of racing dirt bikes. And Paul Buckley is FIRST class too.
Oh Ya I use only oem gaskets and dry, unless I'm trying to mask a problem with machining or in a pinch that I have to reuse a gasket. (not in 15 plus years have I done that though)
Bob W
DoldGuy:
You Southwick guys remember a fellow Leo Fauteaux (Think thats the spelling)?
Motorrad:
Comedic steel gaskets only for me
ALWAYS sprayed with permatex COPPer spray a gasket.. If not to improve seal.. It improves heat transfer...
Foxx4Beaver:
--- Quote from: DoldGuy on December 02, 2011, 09:53:01 AM ---You Southwick guys remember a fellow Leo Fauteaux (Think thats the spelling)?
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The name Leo sounds familiar,not sure about last name.
Does anyone here remember Capeway Rovers in Middleboro,MA?....in the fall season of 1983 JoJo's CR250 snapped a chain during his moto.So instead of pushing his bike back to the van,he squated down and scooped that thing up,got it on his SHOULDER,and walked it back to the van!.This was no short walk,it was roughly a hundred yard walk.He got back to the van,dropped the bike on the stand,borrowed a chain,threw it on,and went right back out 15 minutes after for his next moto,and won,never sitting and taking a break!.In my 32 years of going to the races,I have NEVER seen or heard of anyone doing anything remotely close to this.There's gotta be someone on here that wittnessed that also,or at least heard of it.
If I knew I had a problem that I was gonna have to "mask"...I would'nt even put it back together.
Polar-Bus:
--- Quote from: weymouth399 on December 02, 2011, 09:06:11 AM ---
--- Quote from: Foxx4Beaver on November 25, 2011, 10:27:09 AM ---Yeah,I had the privalige of growing up riding with JoJo...we lived 5miles away from each other here in Plymouth,MA for almost 25 years.The first REAL bike I bought was his 1985 Pro Circuit CR250...I was 14yo then.He's been living in New Hampshire the last 7-8months at a kids house that he's training.He spends alot of time at Jolly Rogers in Lempster,NH.
It's amazing watching him ride at 49yo,and 300lbs....and STILL spank the s%#t outa most of the NESC guys!!!
--- End quote ---
JoJo is quite a rider, soooo much natural ablity it's unreal. That's why at 300 pounds he could and would still spank alot of riders today. I got to race with him in the NESC vet classes I could always tell when he was going to lap me. If he liked you it was buddy, buddy, buddy, if he didn't like you it was use you as a berm time. That's being power slammed by 500 plus pounds. (the gross weight and tonage rule applies here) Ah the memories of racing dirt bikes. And Paul Buckley is FIRST class too.
Oh Ya I use only oem gaskets and dry, unless I'm trying to mask a problem with machining or in a pinch that I have to reuse a gasket. (not in 15 plus years have I done that though)
Bob W
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When I was coming up through the NECC novice ranks JoJo, Doug Henry, Tim Meenhan, Pat Barton, alll those guys were top NE 125 pros's, and watching those guys duke it out at Southwick was truly amazing !! wish I had a FRACTION of their speed and balance on a dirt bike...
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