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Thanks LM Yes I have decided to take head off and check dome. better done now than later. Al

Thanks for your reply Loud Mouse, I always read your posts with interest. Unfortunately I did not check the dome dia or whether it was chamfered at the edge. I thought because the inlet was 23.6mm it was for 22mm carbs and therefore a cb72 head. Is the inlet dia in the casting different for a 77 hea...

Hello Everyone, I have just built up my CB72 engine after a rebore, pistons etc. I used a different 72? head I had been given, fitted new cam bearings, ground in valves etc. I had measured the inlet port at 23.6mm and felt this was right for 22mm carbs. On finishing the rebuild I realised the head h...

On re-measuring bottom yoke I can get a dimension of 171 centres. However I measured the offset from the centre of the stem to fork centres (inline) at approx. 48mm The offset for the top yoke is approx. 52mm, does this shed any more light on the problem. The centre hole down the middle of the stem ...

The fork tube dia at btm. yoke position is 34.6mm On dismantling top and yokes, I measure top yoke centres at 167mm (exactly same on an other top yoke I have) and bottom yoke at 170mm centres. I cant remember how the axle position in the wheel and forks was when I dismantled it over a year ago.

I have come across a problem with a bottom steering stem, the hole centres for the fork tubes seem to be approx. 4mm wider than the top yoke.This results in the forks splaying out and are too wide for the axle. 1965 bike with steel sliders. Any comments? Anybody got stem they can measure for me? Tha...

I have come across a problem with a bottom steering stem, the hole centres for the fork tubes seem to be approx. 4mm wider than the top yoke.This results in the forks splaying out and are too wide for the axle. 1965 bike with steel sliders. Any comments? Anybody got stem they can measure for me? Tha...