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My CL 72 restoration bike has a slight alignment problem. The wheel points slightly left compared to the handle bars and triple tree. I can't figure out what is wrong. I have jacked everything up and taken off the front wheel and it looks like the left shock is angled down (or the right shock is ang...

It is pretty easy. I did my CL 72 shocks for painting and chroming.<br />I did it with the shocks off the bike. It is best with a helper but <br />can be done (grunt) with one person.<br />With the shocks in the normal upright position, set the bottom end on the end of a bench. Now grab the painted ...

Wow! I finally found a place where people actually know something!<br /><br />You may have helped me with another problem. Seems I do have a bit of an oil problem. It hangs around the flanges that hold in the exhaust pipes. The engine does not smoke and has new rings so I do believe it is a valve gu...

The air vents on the rear of the head on my CL 72 are plugged up. Any advice on how to open these up. Where do they <br />end up? Crank case or intake ports?<br />Might this be a clue to why it backfires when decellerating?<br /><br />The plastic tubes went to the air cleaners but the new ones air c...

I recently respoked my 1995 CL72 with stainless steel spokes and nipples. Beautiful! I forgot to measure if there was any dishing on the original build. Anyone know if dishing is required on the<br />rear wheel. I suspect not but I am more familiar with bicycles where it is important.<br /><br />Mike

I have a 1965 CL 72 and it's on the road and about 95% restored. I had a new one in 1965 so it is nice having one again. But I have a few details to resolve:<br />1. There are two nipples that are screwed into the back on the Head assembly. These had hoses that were connected to the right air cleane...