Will we ever see another Jo Jo Keller?

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Any rider who appears out of shape but can ride and make mains or top tens?
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Excaliburbmx wrote:
Any rider who appears out of shape but can ride and make mains or top tens?
This is gonna get goodGrinningGrinningGrinning
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JS7 can come qualify for a main being totally out of shape. He just can't finish them. Dudes still fast as hell on a bike, no doubt.

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Ted722 10/31/2016 6:03pm
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I would think JoJo would have done even better with 30+2.
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haydos25 10/31/2016 6:11pm
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Out of shape?? I doubt it

Look out of shape?? Maybe

Its all relative isn't it? RC looks like he's been in a good paddock, but i'm sure he's more bike fit than anyone who will post in this thread.
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SmoothOperator 10/31/2016 6:12pm
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On a good day Robbie Reynard. Dude still flat out hauls ass on a dirty bike, and not what one would consider a moto physique.
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mx317 10/31/2016 6:23pm
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I saw Jo Jo ride two classes at Cocoa Beach (Diamondback MX) at the Florida Winter Series with strong finishes in both. Anyone that ever rode Cocoa Beach knows what a feat that was. Strong as an ox.
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JAFO92 10/31/2016 6:27pm
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This is so true. That chubby red-headed Michelin Man looks like he'd stroke-out running to the fridge yet can really haul ass on a bike still.
bentfoxmx94 10/31/2016 6:43pm
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SmoothOperator wrote:
On a good day Robbie Reynard. Dude still flat out hauls ass on a dirty bike, and not what one would consider a moto physique.
Idk about that. I stood next to him watching races at lorettas and the dude looked pretty fit
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Zoom 10/31/2016 6:47pm
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Ted722 wrote:
I would think JoJo would have done even better with 30+2.
Most of the nationals JoJo competed in were 30+2. They change from 40+2 in '83.
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My wife got one of his purple jerseys back in the day at 1 of the Winter Ams
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SmoothOperator wrote:
On a good day Robbie Reynard. Dude still flat out hauls ass on a dirty bike, and not what one would consider a moto physique.
Whats funny about that is his physique looked the same when he was racing full time. I can tell you from years of first hand experience, that dude trained like a mad man. I mean, if he wasnt on the bike, he was training and eating right constantly. He was in incredible shape, but didnt have that "look". His arm pump could get so bad, that people mistook his fading episodes as him not being in shape.
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Ted722 10/31/2016 7:50pm
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Ted722 wrote:
I would think JoJo would have done even better with 30+2.
Zoom wrote:
Most of the nationals JoJo competed in were 30+2. They change from 40+2 in '83.
Thanks. Big fan of the big man on the CR. He rode a production based bike better than anyone not named Broc.
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jeffro503 10/31/2016 8:34pm
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Jo Jo was big but was solid. Built like a tree stump and extremely strong. Dude was a badass on a bike for sure!

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Sir Roostsalot 11/1/2016 5:18am
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I'm pretty sure Jo Jo's last national was Unadilla 1993. If I remember correctly he hadn't ridden at all in something like 2 or 3 years and he might have been the heaviest he'd ever been. I'm also pretty sure he went 8-8 on the day.
This is all based off of memory, but feel free to check the vault.
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I used to ride for Cycle Design in the eighties when they had a super powerhouse team here in New England. JoJo, David Rudnicki, Greg Mayo, Wemyss Scott, Alan Wickstrand, Jimmy Meenan and myself made up their riders in the NESC expert classes. The team owner had a thing for a little while where he liked us to come to the shop and run together. JoJo came, but never went out on the runs. He'd hang out with the tuner, Al Doane, cracking jokes and lighting off m80's inside the service bay!
No matter, come Sunday he'd still be the man to beat, and most often no one did. I even remember him smoking a cig on the walk to the starting line in Waterboro one day, and then winning the moto. Was it a psyche out strategy or just being funny? I don't know. But being involved with racing at that time was very cool, and JoJo was a big part of that.
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kkawboy14 wrote:
My wife got one of his purple jerseys back in the day at 1 of the Winter Ams
A photo I took in Foxboro MA, in case you didnt see it on the Bailey thread. Pretty cool.

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hellion wrote:
I used to ride for Cycle Design in the eighties when they had a super powerhouse team here in New England. JoJo, David Rudnicki, Greg Mayo...
I used to ride for Cycle Design in the eighties when they had a super powerhouse team here in New England. JoJo, David Rudnicki, Greg Mayo, Wemyss Scott, Alan Wickstrand, Jimmy Meenan and myself made up their riders in the NESC expert classes. The team owner had a thing for a little while where he liked us to come to the shop and run together. JoJo came, but never went out on the runs. He'd hang out with the tuner, Al Doane, cracking jokes and lighting off m80's inside the service bay!
No matter, come Sunday he'd still be the man to beat, and most often no one did. I even remember him smoking a cig on the walk to the starting line in Waterboro one day, and then winning the moto. Was it a psyche out strategy or just being funny? I don't know. But being involved with racing at that time was very cool, and JoJo was a big part of that.
nothing quite like the NESC 100cc class from those years, if you didnt see it for yourself no one would believe JoJo on a 100
neverwasfastenuf 11/1/2016 9:19am
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Loved watching Jo Jo give it all he had. When he and Hannah got together you better look out. Parked in the back at the MXDN at the Dilla and Jo Jo was there among his peeps, jean shorts and lace up construction boots giving it all he had off the track. Fun times.
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kkawboy14 11/1/2016 10:51am
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kkawboy14 wrote:
My wife got one of his purple jerseys back in the day at 1 of the Winter Ams
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A photo I took in Foxboro MA, in case you didnt see it on the Bailey thread. Pretty cool. [img]http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee146/pressrolls/BOSTONSX1983.jpg[/img]
A photo I took in Foxboro MA, in case you didnt see it on the Bailey thread. Pretty cool.

Very cool
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seth505 11/1/2016 11:56am
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hellion wrote:
I used to ride for Cycle Design in the eighties when they had a super powerhouse team here in New England. JoJo, David Rudnicki, Greg Mayo...
I used to ride for Cycle Design in the eighties when they had a super powerhouse team here in New England. JoJo, David Rudnicki, Greg Mayo, Wemyss Scott, Alan Wickstrand, Jimmy Meenan and myself made up their riders in the NESC expert classes. The team owner had a thing for a little while where he liked us to come to the shop and run together. JoJo came, but never went out on the runs. He'd hang out with the tuner, Al Doane, cracking jokes and lighting off m80's inside the service bay!
No matter, come Sunday he'd still be the man to beat, and most often no one did. I even remember him smoking a cig on the walk to the starting line in Waterboro one day, and then winning the moto. Was it a psyche out strategy or just being funny? I don't know. But being involved with racing at that time was very cool, and JoJo was a big part of that.
Was CD the same owners through the 80s and 90s? I started racing NESC in the mid 90s and that dude and his lady always made me laugh. They had a bird in the shop and he'd always be wearing that white lab coat like a mad scientist.

I doubt there will be another JoJo!
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Doug Mulligan, same owner at CD to this day.
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Back in the mid 80s we had a sx at kingsport speedway. Track was shit and was sketchy with lights at ground level poiting in yer face.

Well,some guy pulls in,truck 3 rail ,shirtless with one strap buckled on his overalls.

I thought c class,guys shows up on pro gate and crushed us.

For the main he brings an airtank for his front which was flat again before the gate dropped.

Tommy watts was his name
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Sir Roostsalot 11/1/2016 6:27pm
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seth505 wrote:
Was CD the same owners through the 80s and 90s? I started racing NESC in the mid 90s and that dude and his lady always made...
Was CD the same owners through the 80s and 90s? I started racing NESC in the mid 90s and that dude and his lady always made me laugh. They had a bird in the shop and he'd always be wearing that white lab coat like a mad scientist.

I doubt there will be another JoJo!
Did you ever visit Al Zitta's Cycle Dynamics KTM in Feeding Hills, MA in the early eighties? There was a woman in Cycle Design, not sure a woman ever set foot in Cycle Dynamics. Oui, Cheri, Juggs, Penthouse and D Cups centerfolds plastered all over like wallpaper. Al had a porting job he called the "Turbo Hump Port". He built my 84 YZ 80 motors and the experience scarred me for life.
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seth505 11/4/2016 12:29pm
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hellion wrote:
Doug Mulligan, same owner at CD to this day.
O ya, Doug! Thanks
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seth505 11/4/2016 12:30pm
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seth505 wrote:
Was CD the same owners through the 80s and 90s? I started racing NESC in the mid 90s and that dude and his lady always made...
Was CD the same owners through the 80s and 90s? I started racing NESC in the mid 90s and that dude and his lady always made me laugh. They had a bird in the shop and he'd always be wearing that white lab coat like a mad scientist.

I doubt there will be another JoJo!
Sir Roostsalot wrote:
Did you ever visit Al Zitta's Cycle Dynamics KTM in Feeding Hills, MA in the early eighties? There was a woman in Cycle Design, not sure...
Did you ever visit Al Zitta's Cycle Dynamics KTM in Feeding Hills, MA in the early eighties? There was a woman in Cycle Design, not sure a woman ever set foot in Cycle Dynamics. Oui, Cheri, Juggs, Penthouse and D Cups centerfolds plastered all over like wallpaper. Al had a porting job he called the "Turbo Hump Port". He built my 84 YZ 80 motors and the experience scarred me for life.
Haha nope. I did buy my first new bike (a 94 yz80) from New England Cycle Center in CT. though, they were nice.

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