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Thanks for the info. Looking at that other thread I was able to determine the forks on my bike are off a 76. Which is weird because I did not think that 34mm and 35 mm forks where interchangeable between triple tree. Guess I was wrong.
OMG. So I finally finished polishing the front forks and they look good. First off bike is a 1979 titled bike I have also verified this by the vin. So talking with people the triple tree is a late model to because it has 2 bolts on the lower half of the triple tree. The problem I am running into...
Thanks for the help did not want to order wrong seals. One other questions. If it has 74-75 front forks and the spoke rims are from the same 74-75 is there wheel bearing size difference and neck bearing size difference between the 74-75 and a 79
Here are some pictures. I hope these help. Sorry bike is all in pieces right now been doing a lot of polishing and powder coating. The upper tube diameter is 33.86 sorry hard to read. I just assumed it was stock because of there where no wrench marks on double stacked bolts that hold the neck in...
The motor is nearly done. I love mine chose to use flat black powder coating. Thanks, Eastwood for the powder coating tools and the confidence to do the work myself. I make a mess but looks great.
Let me start by saying this is my first build and I'm a newbie, I have a 79 that was a barn find and appeared to be bone stock. The year is verified by the vin# and title. I was trying to make sense of the information above but it is greek. Two question about the front forks. First of all upper...