Topic: 550 forks Question

[754]

Did any of these have Hardchome tubes, & come gaiterless?
 I have a front end off a 78 but tubes are not plated by the trees and has gaiters, is it 78 or earlier?

[bryanj]

From memory the 550 F and the K3 (77/78) were fully chromed top to bottom and had thedust caps from the 500 twin, all the others had no chrome under the fork ears and gaiters

[754]

There was a neck with the forks, marked 78, but I was thinking that maybe they had swapped lrgs or forks at one time.

[bryanj]

Soounds like somebody fitted an earlier front end to the 78 to me