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Offline dylboss

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Fork ears......will they fit?
« on: July 13, 2011, 09:14:42 AM »
Does anyone know if '76 CB750 fork ears will fit on a '72 CL350?  They look the same, but not sure about sizing.
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Offline Alan F.

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Re: Fork ears......will they fit?
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2011, 06:51:22 PM »
Well the CL had 33mm diameter fork tubes and the 750 had 35mm so you'll hafta make some kinda spacer, maybe wrap some inner tube rubber around the fork tube? The other issue is the distance between upper and lower triple trees, too small and you can make a spacer, too big and you'll have to cut the fork ears down.
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Offline chickenman_26

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Re: Fork ears......will they fit?
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2011, 08:25:16 PM »
Like Alan said, you can make anything fit just about anything if you're willing to cut, bend, make spacers, etc. But if the question is will they mount up without issues and fit to the standard CL headlamp bucket, the answer is no.

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Offline dylboss

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Re: Fork ears......will they fit?
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2011, 10:21:11 AM »
Thanks.
Current

- 1972 CB750 K2 - Brier Brown Metallic
- 1973 CB750 K3 - Flake Sunrise Orange
- 1974 CB750 K4 - Flake Sunrise Orange
- 1976 CB750 K6 - Candy Antares Red

Previous
- 1978 Honda CB550K
- 1972 Honda CL350 Scrambler
- 1972 Honda CB450
- 1998 Suzuki TL1000R
- 1993 Yamaha FZR 600