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Aug 26, 2015; 11:58pm

How do swap any front end on to any bike- video.

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I am NOT a video maker, or a public speaker, so don't expect greatness.

I hope this helps clarify a few things.

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Aug 27, 2015; 12:58pm

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Did you say something about boring something? Well done! However you cannot just leave us with that cliff hanger at the end. Where is part two? Come on, finish it!
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Aug 27, 2015; 1:19pm

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I did a google search for CBR 600 front forks, and most of them on ebay were bent. Are these forks made of spaghetti? They must not be very strong, with so many bent ones. I must have at least 20 sets of CB 750 forks, and none of them are bent.
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Life is not about the number of breaths, you take, but the moments that take your breath away.
I don't have an anger problem. I have an idiot problem. Hank Hill
Never confuse education for intelligence.
Happiness is a belt fed weapon.
I just can't imagine what could go wrong.
No fire? No explosions? So whats the point of your story?
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato
It couldn't be done, but the darn fool didn't know it, and did it anyway.
We all got problems. Ksharp
I like vintage bikes because they take me away from the clutter of technology that I work with everyday and back to a simpler time of mechanical elegance and simplicity.. "ninadm"
Darkwing Duck: The worst part of public transportation is the Public.
"That is awesome shit there" Re-Run
"Fear nothing, attack everything" Eric Berry
" Oh, you read that on the internet? Clearly it IS a massive problem. Of course it CAN’t be normal operation."

1976 CB 750-A X 2
1977 CB 750-A X 4
1977 CB 750-K
1976 CB 750 F
1981 CB 750
1966 Kawasaki SG 250
1981 KZ 750 LTD
1973 CB 350
1979 CM 185 Twinstar
1982 Honda XL 80
South of Eden (Kansas City MO)
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Aug 27, 2015; 1:37pm

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Would these work on one of those front ends?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/GAITER-FRONT-FORK-BOOTS-FOR-41-MM-TUBES-HARLEY-DAVIDSON-MODELS-28-0439-/281766104928?hash=item419a918f60
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Life is not about the number of breaths, you take, but the moments that take your breath away.
I don't have an anger problem. I have an idiot problem. Hank Hill
Never confuse education for intelligence.
Happiness is a belt fed weapon.
I just can't imagine what could go wrong.
No fire? No explosions? So whats the point of your story?
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato
It couldn't be done, but the darn fool didn't know it, and did it anyway.
We all got problems. Ksharp
I like vintage bikes because they take me away from the clutter of technology that I work with everyday and back to a simpler time of mechanical elegance and simplicity.. "ninadm"
Darkwing Duck: The worst part of public transportation is the Public.
"That is awesome shit there" Re-Run
"Fear nothing, attack everything" Eric Berry
" Oh, you read that on the internet? Clearly it IS a massive problem. Of course it CAN’t be normal operation."

1976 CB 750-A X 2
1977 CB 750-A X 4
1977 CB 750-K
1976 CB 750 F
1981 CB 750
1966 Kawasaki SG 250
1981 KZ 750 LTD
1973 CB 350
1979 CM 185 Twinstar
1982 Honda XL 80
South of Eden (Kansas City MO)
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Aug 27, 2015; 8:59pm

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CBR 600's are some of the most abused bikes ever. They are a cheap, plentiful beginner sport bike, but they are putting out a solid 100 hp, so...yeah, they get dumped a lot!  If you ever laid an F2 or F3 fork beside a SOHC fork you'd wonder how the SOHC forks keep from breaking. They're actually very stout forks.

Part 2 is what? Building steering stops? Pressing the stem back in? Whatcha wanna see? lol
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Aug 27, 2015; 9:20pm

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I don't see why those gaitors won't work just fine. They're 41 mm and seem to have the correct style ends to do the trick. I oughta get a pair of those for Hackjob.
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Aug 28, 2015; 9:31am

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I thought you might like to know, I posted a link to your video on Hondatwins.net and it got a "Like"
On the finishing it, and I am NOT saying this to be mean, and do not want it to sound that way, but if someone cannot figure out how to change the stem, do you really think they will be able to design/fab steering stops?
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Life is not about the number of breaths, you take, but the moments that take your breath away.
I don't have an anger problem. I have an idiot problem. Hank Hill
Never confuse education for intelligence.
Happiness is a belt fed weapon.
I just can't imagine what could go wrong.
No fire? No explosions? So whats the point of your story?
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato
It couldn't be done, but the darn fool didn't know it, and did it anyway.
We all got problems. Ksharp
I like vintage bikes because they take me away from the clutter of technology that I work with everyday and back to a simpler time of mechanical elegance and simplicity.. "ninadm"
Darkwing Duck: The worst part of public transportation is the Public.
"That is awesome shit there" Re-Run
"Fear nothing, attack everything" Eric Berry
" Oh, you read that on the internet? Clearly it IS a massive problem. Of course it CAN’t be normal operation."

1976 CB 750-A X 2
1977 CB 750-A X 4
1977 CB 750-K
1976 CB 750 F
1981 CB 750
1966 Kawasaki SG 250
1981 KZ 750 LTD
1973 CB 350
1979 CM 185 Twinstar
1982 Honda XL 80
South of Eden (Kansas City MO)
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Aug 28, 2015; 9:10pm

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Point taken. I would gladly show how I do that ( in my own weird way... there's many ways to skin a cat), but right now I dont have that bike stripped down yet. Part 2 due in 6 months.
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Mar 12, 2016; 4:27pm

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Great video!  This looks like something I could, if I had access to a press.  Do you have any tips or suggestions for a rear conversion?  For example how difficult is it to attach the rear swing arm from an f2 or f3?
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Hey!!! Your 2 months past due!!!
It's only illegal if you get caught.

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