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Offline LesterPiglet

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Help identifying forks.
« on: July 10, 2013, 07:58:33 PM »
Could someone with a 550 please check for any stampings on the inside of their fork bottoms and please let me know the results?
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Offline JamesH

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Re: Help identifying forks.
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2013, 09:30:51 PM »
Lester - not sure if this helps...

These are the right and left hand forks in my '74 cb550k1.

Right fork:



Left fork:



No other stampings that I could see.

James
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Offline LesterPiglet

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Re: Help identifying forks.
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2013, 10:15:43 PM »
Hmmm. The ones that I'm trying to suss have 341 stamped on them. Thanks for your time James.
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Re: Help identifying forks.
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2013, 09:21:33 AM »
My spare forks are all at the back of the loft but I think the 550 ones are taller than 500 ones, If I get time to dig through all the other spares I'll have a look if I can spot any other differences. (I cann't remember if the 550 ones had longer stanchions or lowers or both, but it was a surprise to me when I found they were different.
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Re: Help identifying forks.
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2013, 11:38:06 AM »
It seems a few members on the US site have the 341 stamps on. So I'll use them.
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'Then' and 'than' are completely different words and have completely different meanings. Same with 'of' and 'have'. Set and sit. There, their and they're. Set/sit. Bought/brought FFS. Bloody Americans.


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Re: Help identifying forks.
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2013, 09:33:36 PM »
I removed the gaiters and am using dustseals so that isn't a problem. I like shiny. :) Thanks Oddjob.
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'Then' and 'than' are completely different words and have completely different meanings. Same with 'of' and 'have'. Set and sit. There, their and they're. Set/sit. Bought/brought FFS. Bloody Americans.


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