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Offline OLD BILL

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Forged Alum CB750 Rods on ebay
« on: December 01, 2011, 05:12:52 PM »
   Just noticed a set of ''MC'' Forged Aluminum rods for 750's for $189.00, what's up with these? I realize they would be i assume, race only pieces,buy seem cheap to me.Anyone with any experience with these?    http://www.ebay.com/itm/160692634199?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649
 Not sure this copy / paste will work but item number is-160692634199
  Thanks in advance.
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Re: Forged Alum CB750 Rods on ebay
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2011, 05:47:17 PM »
   Just noticed a set of ''MC'' Forged Aluminum rods for 750's for $189.00, what's up with these? I realize they would be i assume, race only pieces,buy seem cheap to me.Anyone with any experience with these?    http://www.ebay.com/itm/160692634199?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649
 Not sure this copy / paste will work but item number is-160692634199
  Thanks in advance.
    OB
I had a set once. Bought and sold them in the box. About 5 to 10 years ago they were all over the Internet. I had bot mine for <$125, sold about the same.

No one has current experience (I think, "no one" probably too strong. Might get someone to chime in.) We just kinda traded them around. Real pretty.

If you look in the bottom bearing cap of the picture, there is a peg. Youwill need to machine your bearing shell (drill) to accept that locating peg. I'm not sure if they have the locating reliefs at the level of the seam or not. But that was the main reason I didn't use them.

Everyone has opinions on using Aluminum rods. One thing that came up is that you'll need to disassemble and check for wear. That was a deal breaker. Not even sure ifits true, but didn't want to take the cahnce.

I see Cycle Recycle is selling them. That's our local salvage yard. Run by a real nice guy and shade tree CB750 expert. "Rob". If you can get him on phone you could ask, but i gave that up years ago. Too hard.
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Re: Forged Alum CB750 Rods on ebay
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2011, 09:10:57 AM »
Back in the day I sold many sets of the MC rods when there was no steel rod available. They were OK. However, with good steel "last forever" rods available today, I can't see putting them in a motor. If one wanted to, those MTC rods were better. All of them uset the pin for the bearing. We had a n old rod cap with a hole in it that we used as a drill jig for the bearings.

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Re: Forged Alum CB750 Rods on ebay
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2011, 03:59:21 PM »
   Thanks all, kinda what i expected. Wasn't sold i just to get the experts opinion.
  Thanks again
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