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Offline voxonda

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Re: Rob will be happy
« Reply #25 on: April 09, 2011, 12:42:26 pm »
From my point of view, always thought the AMA was very, very little interested in everything outside the USA. How was that with magazines 'back in the day'? Was there any info about racing abroad and endurance racing in particular? Know that the 'spirit' of endurance racing comes from France, but how was that in the USA?

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Better sorry for failing then for the lack of trying.

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Re: Rob will be happy
« Reply #26 on: April 09, 2011, 01:37:45 pm »
Most used a welded oem cylinderblock. When done right, no problems with oil leaks. Occasionally one saw a JPX blocks but rarely on true racers.
Have asked the chairman of the French Japauto club for explanation.

The two bikes, the red is the Japauto(replica) and the blue is the JPX bike:

Better sorry for failing then for the lack of trying.