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Cylinder Head Gaskets

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was once told at a continental bike rally that I was brave to travel such a distance on an Enfield twin without spare cylinder head gaskets, particularly as I was carrying a passenger, camping equipment and tools. I was quite new to the bike and perhaps blissfully unaware of this problem. Some months later when I was removing the cylinder heads in preparation for a rebore, I found a clever modification to the solid copper head gaskets (the barrels and heads are separate on

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