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Jones Motorsports, anyone heard of them?
Posted: November 15th, 2011, 6:59 pm
by 6overZilla
I'm looking to buy a 2001 CR500 from a guy who bought the bike from Jones Motorsports (can't seem to find any info on the web on them). Apparently they used to be out of Orange County, CA.
Anyway, the bike has extensive motor work done and supposedly there was a dyno sheet that showed 86 hp. My main concern is what appears to be either epoxy or jb weld on the top of the reed cage and on the carb. Apparently its from so much material being hogged out. Is this common? Or should i be concerned of a hack job?
Thanks guys!
Posted: November 15th, 2011, 7:12 pm
by 100hp honda
should of asked if it was bored 80 over so its a 580
Posted: November 15th, 2011, 7:14 pm
by Roostius_Maximus
anything carved in the side of the cylinder?
Posted: November 15th, 2011, 8:02 pm
by 6overZilla
Roostius, there is a Jones Motorsports sticker on the side of the barrel. Not sure how it hasn't melted off. There is also something on there the guy is calling a power valve (not 100% on the name), where under WOT it draws fuel from the bottom of the bowl and injects it into the engine. It has quite a bit of compression, and made good power when i rode it down the street, but didn't feel like 30 hp over stock. Might be because i wasn't spinning the motor fast enuf. Overall a very clean bike, but don't want to buy someone else's experiment.
Posted: November 15th, 2011, 8:30 pm
by Roostius_Maximus
sounds legit, can you send me a picture(s)
my email is on a link at the bottom of my post
Posted: November 18th, 2011, 1:18 pm
by dannygraves
Sounds like it could be DeWayne Jones or his son. He is in Pomona, but close enough. Give him a call to find out, pm me for a number. He used to put these red and black Jones Racing stickers on the side of the jug, my old 125 had that sticker.
Posted: November 18th, 2011, 1:19 pm
by dannygraves
power jets are very common in heavily built applications, I wouldn't write it off because of that.
Posted: November 18th, 2011, 1:44 pm
by hoofarted
Sounds like Dewaynes...
It'd be "JJones Racing" - with a confederate flag-like sticker. That's Dewayne's son. And yes, thats a powerjet. Does it have extra capacity added to the fuel bowl?
Posted: November 18th, 2011, 2:02 pm
by Roostius_Maximus
I wondered if it wasn't his son, I'll post Sr's decal in a minute
Posted: November 18th, 2011, 2:10 pm
by Roostius_Maximus
I must have taken them all home
i haven't talked to DeWayne for a few months now, hope he's as chipper as he was the last time we spoke
Posted: November 18th, 2011, 2:12 pm
by hoofarted
Roostius_Maximus wrote:I must have taken them all home
i haven't talked to DeWayne for a few months now, hope he's as chipper as he was the last time we spoke
been meaning to pass by there myself - as I havent seen him in a while either. I got pix of Danny's old 125 with a sticker on it at home...will check later.
Posted: November 18th, 2011, 3:52 pm
by dannygraves
that bike had both jones stickers on it
Posted: November 20th, 2011, 7:45 pm
by 6overZilla
hoofarted wrote:Sounds like Dewaynes...
It'd be "JJones Racing" - with a confederate flag-like sticker. That's Dewayne's son. And yes, thats a powerjet. Does it have extra capacity added to the fuel bowl?
Not sure, but it looked like the stock Kehin carb except that it had epoxy or jb weld on it, as well as the power jet. The bike is super clean and doesn't have much saddle time, i'm probably gonna pull the trigger and i will post up some pics once i get it home.