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I appreciate the advice and I think I'll stick with a stock setup like you recommended. The bike is in surprisingly good shape. Spraying a little bit of starter fluid in the carbs allows it to start right up and I think the only thing keeping it from pulling in gas is the rust from the tank clogging...

Sure thing. Here are the serial numbers:

Frame = 1005114
Engine= CL72E-1005126

I was going by what was on the title but I know those things can get mucked up over the years. Judging from this article http://www.vjmc.org/techtips/carbondating.htm it looks like mine is probably a 1965.

I was looking around ebay for parts for a 1962 CL72 I just bought and I saw a big bore kit to bump it up to 267cc. Does anyone have any experience with these? I can't find anything on the net about them. [EDIT] I've renamed this post as I'm going to make it a work in progress thread as I work on the...