Cb72 fork swap

Tunster · Post by **Tunster** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 3:50 pm

Can anyone tell me if there are any forks that will swap directly into my 65 cb72 yolks and will use the original wheel. Mine had a plastic front mudguard held on by jubilee clips. Or should I restor my forks and weld some lugs on to mount the mudguard properly.
This is a race bike not original.

OldScrambler · Post by **OldScrambler** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 4:16 pm

Those steel legs look original..............its the fender that needs custom stays. Alloy legs from later models may be easier to work with.

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 1:37 am

Tunster

Welding brackets to those forks would need care as you might distort the tubes.

Forks from a later Honda, such as a CB250 / 350, could be fitted but they still wouldn't have a bracket for that particular mudguard. My racebike has a plastic mudguard with CB350 (I think) forks.

The steel CB160 / S90 front mudguard is popular for the '60s Honda GP look. See pic below....

Fitting your wheel to another set of forks isn't going to be a problem. The 15mm spindle size is fairly common. Even the GT750 Suzuki wheel in my racebike has a 15mm spindle.

G

Tunster wrote:Can anyone tell me if there are any forks that will swap directly into my 65 cb72 yolks and will use the original wheel. Mine had a plastic front mudguard held on by jubilee clips. Or should I restor my forks and weld some lugs on to mount the mudguard properly.
This is a race bike not original.

Tunster · Post by **Tunster** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 2:55 am

Thanks G-man I will see what's about at Stafford show. Distorting the tubes was a concern and the expensive of restoring them overall. I like the shorter mudguard but didn't like the jubilee clips. Thanks for the advise.

jerry · Post by **jerry** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 5:58 pm

Silver solder for mounts works well on the steel fork sliders. All the best Jerry

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 12:54 am

Jerry

Great suggestion. Hadn't thought of that. :-)

G

jerry wrote:Silver solder for mounts works well on the steel fork sliders. All the best Jerry

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