34 mm fork tubes , XS/TX/RD 350

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Hi all!
Sort of a non XS question, but here goes:
I need a set of new fork tubes for my 1974 RD350A, as the stock ones are pitted.

When checking online with "Yamaha Parts House" they list this part number for the RD:
351-23124-50-00

Now I do know that the 34 mm RD and XS are near identical, as I once bought a pair of extended XS forks and just cut them down to RD length. They were identical except for the length, so no issues at all.

I see that Mikes XS have 2 versions of 34 mm fork tubes for XS/TX
For 72-73 they are equivalent to Yamaha part number 306-23124-60-00
For 74-76 they are equivalent to Yamaha part numbers 533-23124-31-00 and
371-23124-62

I hope someone knows the finer details here, as in which XS fork tubes are identical or near identical to the RD ones.
 
Hey, Arctic. Best I can help here is to say that the '72-'73 forktubes are retained in the upper crown by their capscrews (same as 70-71), while later forks use a clamping scheme...
 
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