what coolant to use ?

EastCoastMaico
Edited Date/Time 6/14/2017 3:00am
Hi, I just picked up a 1987 CR250. What is the best coolant to use with the Magnesium clutch / waterpump cover?

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Hudweiser9 6/12/2017 7:13pm
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I have an '85 CR250 with the same magnesium water pump issues. I run the Evans waterless coolant in mine.
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Hudweiser9 wrote:
I have an '85 CR250 with the same magnesium water pump issues. I run the Evans waterless coolant in mine.
I use Evans in my KX also. The no boil over thing makes sense to me. Hate getting that stuff on my hands
Is that a bike for you to ride Bill? The 87s were great bikes
EastCoastMaico 6/13/2017 5:54am
6/13/2017 5:54am
Hudweiser9 wrote:
I have an '85 CR250 with the same magnesium water pump issues. I run the Evans waterless coolant in mine.
MaxPower wrote:
I use Evans in my KX also. The no boil over thing makes sense to me. Hate getting that stuff on my hands Is that a...
I use Evans in my KX also. The no boil over thing makes sense to me. Hate getting that stuff on my hands
Is that a bike for you to ride Bill? The 87s were great bikes
Thank you for the replies.
Yes, I hope.to ride rhis one.
It has a White Power Shock and a Pro Circuit pipe.
I have been lookimg for a 87 for some time.
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The number 522 on a Honda? Way-cool old school significance there, like 43 years old.







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EastCoastMaico 6/13/2017 7:23am
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JineTC wrote:
The number 522 on a Honda? Way-cool [i]old[/i] school significance there, like 43 years old. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2017/06/13/199987/s1200_Smith_hangtown_74.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2017/06/13/199988/s1200_Smithtitleplate74.jpg[/img]
The number 522 on a Honda? Way-cool old school significance there, like 43 years old.







The number 522 is the previous owners ACR race number.
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JineTC 6/13/2017 7:43am
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EastCoastMaico wrote:
The number 522 is the previous owners ACR race number.
Yeah, I figured that was a "newly acquired, yet to be unloaded" pic, but wonder if owner knew about Smith.

My last MX bike was an '87 CR250 in '87; ENJOY!
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EastCoastMaico wrote:
The number 522 is the previous owners ACR race number.
JineTC wrote:
Yeah, I figured that was a "newly acquired, yet to be unloaded" pic, but wonder if owner knew about Smith. My last MX bike was an...
Yeah, I figured that was a "newly acquired, yet to be unloaded" pic, but wonder if owner knew about Smith.

My last MX bike was an '87 CR250 in '87; ENJOY!
I was at a track day this wkend (South fork Disputana Va- Great Place) and a kid 18? w/mom& dad in their 40's had 522 on yz250? stickers, jerseys, all of it. Emroidered canopy. geez. I roll over & say w/ a smile, " So whats up w/522? Kid says my birthday. Said "What famous awesome rider had 522? All parties clueless and had NEVER even heard of Marty Smith. I was scared to throw Hannah out there cuz I didn't want to puke before my next session. That's sad, and yes I'm an old bastard.
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JineTC 6/14/2017 5:38am
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cvm wrote:
I was at a track day this wkend (South fork Disputana Va- Great Place) and a kid 18? w/mom& dad in their 40's had 522 on...
I was at a track day this wkend (South fork Disputana Va- Great Place) and a kid 18? w/mom& dad in their 40's had 522 on yz250? stickers, jerseys, all of it. Emroidered canopy. geez. I roll over & say w/ a smile, " So whats up w/522? Kid says my birthday. Said "What famous awesome rider had 522? All parties clueless and had NEVER even heard of Marty Smith. I was scared to throw Hannah out there cuz I didn't want to puke before my next session. That's sad, and yes I'm an old bastard.
That's a great story cvm and I can relate to your last statement, for certain! I've always been "number conscious", and use ancient national numbers to help me remember numbers presently as needed. J. Ellis' #37 is his most significant to me and so I think of him if I need to remember that number; numbers 14 or 27 both bring Marty Tripes to mind, as examples. I chose my number 152 as a flipping of numbers one digit short of Smith's (521), one over a displacement class (251) and an exact match to the displacement class I was racing at the time (125, Elsie).

I'm grateful to have grown up in an age where factory teams traveled in cargo vans and motocross wasn't mainstream pop-culture.

Sorry about the thread hijack, EastCoastMaico; at least we're on the right forum.Blush

Sounds like Evans coolant is the way to go!

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