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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ossagp" data-source="post: 168466" data-attributes="member: 1650">A man on another site used one from Phatheads on his cr500 and was quite happy with it.   Like AF I never liked the idea of adding another place to have to seal either.  That said,  I looked a head from Phatheads and have to admit that it was a very well made piece and seemed reasonably priced and one way to go up on compression if you want it.  I still prefer cutting a stocker to do what you want,  and on my cr500 I plan to take one of my cut heads and have a compression release installed to aid starting.   The reason being that cases are harder to come by and as these critters age it is easier to break one on a kickback during starting.  FYI my 87 has had almost nothing but ATF in it since 1988 and the gears are in fine shape.</blockquote>