Topic: These fork uppers work on my cb500?

[78whiteorbs]

Ok so have a 72 cb500 that's really nice but ape hangers and like 4 + fork uppers.

On a FB group guy has these pictured and told me these uppers from a cb450/cb350 with work with my stock lowers . He said they are "damping rod forks"

Will these fork with my stock cb500 fork lowers?

[78whiteorbs]

My 72 cb500. After I fix the forks and bars it's on....oh and the longest kickstand ever !

[78whiteorbs]

Here's the lowers the stanchions pictured came from.

[bryanj]

Yes they will fit, first 450 twin disc had 500 tubes with 750 lowers. The sliders you picture are 500 ones

[78whiteorbs]

So I am understanding this clearly, I CAN use the first stanchions pictured in my otherwise stock cb500 lower forklegs to de-chopperfy the front end ?

Thanks that's useful knowledge.

[pekingduck]

Just to be sure, the CB/CL350s were 33mm fork tubes. The early CB450 Disc models, K3-K4, used CB750 style fork internals, no damper rods.  The CB450K5-K6-K7 used the damper rod style 35mm forks, along with the CB500 lowers. And yes, you can.

[78whiteorbs]

Just to be sure, the CB/CL350s were 33mm fork tubes. The early CB450 Disc models, K3-K4, used CB750 style fork internals, no damper rods.  The CB450K5-K6-K7 used the damper rod style 35mm forks, along with the CB500 lowers. And yes, you can.

Awesome thanks!

[Little_Phil]

How do you know you have stock lowers? They may be off a later 550. Then you will have to buy the complete forks.

[Don R]

 Look on the back side of the castings, if there is a 341 cast in, it's the same lower as a 750 just with shorter chrome tubes. I just assembled a 550 lower with the 21 13/16" Emgo replacement tubes from ebay to lower a 750 drag bike.

[bryanj]

550 had caliper fittings on both sliders, 500 only on one