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Tunster
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Cb72 fork swap

Post by Tunster » Tue Sep 29, 2015 3:50 pm

Can anyone tell me if there are any forks that will swap directly into my 65 cb72 yolks and will use the original wheel. Mine had a plastic front mudguard held on by jubilee clips. Or should I restor my forks and weld some lugs on to mount the mudguard properly.
This is a race bike not original.
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Post by OldScrambler » Tue Sep 29, 2015 4:16 pm

Those steel legs look original..............its the fender that needs custom stays. Alloy legs from later models may be easier to work with.

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Re: Cb72 fork swap

Post by G-Man » Wed Sep 30, 2015 1:37 am

Tunster

Welding brackets to those forks would need care as you might distort the tubes.

Forks from a later Honda, such as a CB250 / 350, could be fitted but they still wouldn't have a bracket for that particular mudguard. My racebike has a plastic mudguard with CB350 (I think) forks.

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The steel CB160 / S90 front mudguard is popular for the '60s Honda GP look. See pic below....

Fitting your wheel to another set of forks isn't going to be a problem. The 15mm spindle size is fairly common. Even the GT750 Suzuki wheel in my racebike has a 15mm spindle.

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Tunster wrote:Can anyone tell me if there are any forks that will swap directly into my 65 cb72 yolks and will use the original wheel. Mine had a plastic front mudguard held on by jubilee clips. Or should I restor my forks and weld some lugs on to mount the mudguard properly.
This is a race bike not original.
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'60 C77 '60 C72 '62 C72 Dream '63 CL72
'61 CB72 '64 CB77 '65 CB160
'66 Matchless 350 '67 CL77
'67 S90 '77 CB400F

Tunster
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Cb72 forks

Post by Tunster » Wed Sep 30, 2015 2:55 am

Thanks G-man I will see what's about at Stafford show. Distorting the tubes was a concern and the expensive of restoring them overall. I like the shorter mudguard but didn't like the jubilee clips. Thanks for the advise.

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Post by jerry » Wed Sep 30, 2015 5:58 pm

Silver solder for mounts works well on the steel fork sliders. All the best Jerry

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Post by G-Man » Thu Oct 01, 2015 12:54 am

Jerry

Great suggestion. Hadn't thought of that. :-)

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jerry wrote:Silver solder for mounts works well on the steel fork sliders. All the best Jerry
'60 C77 '60 C72 '62 C72 Dream '63 CL72
'61 CB72 '64 CB77 '65 CB160
'66 Matchless 350 '67 CL77
'67 S90 '77 CB400F

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