Rider52 said:Both forks are made by Showa, but I had no idea they were that close. Nice job on making do with what you have. I personally feel any Honda twin leading shoe brake is superior to the first generation of Harley disk brakes. When I build up the 73 basket, I planned on using a Honda CL77 305 scrambler front wheel. I was thinking I would need a new axle. Now I'll just zap on a spare set of Honda 750 lowers and use a Honda axle. Thanks for doing the R&D!!!!
I figured there had to be some family blood after looking at them. I used pretty much all the guts outta the harley. Springs and tube i.d. are smaller diameter than the honda lashup. I am sure i am not the first to do this, and truth be told i wouldnt have bought all these parts to do this, i just had em around and it all worked out. I like to document this stuff for that very reason. I searched the interwebs and didnt find anything, but now maybe the next guy will. I may have to do some shortening or make some spacers for the damper rod as they are a few inches longer than the honda ones and the cb ones wont fit down in the harley tubes.