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You want to fix mine for me? How far are you from worlds of fun, we go several times a year. Planning a couple 2 day tips to WOF soon.I have straightened several of them over the years. You just need a hydraulic press, V blocks, and a dial indicator.
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10 minutes south of there. When are you coming?You want to fix mine for me? How far are you from worlds of fun, we go several times a year. Planning a couple 2 day tips to WOF soon.
Though the idea of the headlight ear design is from the era the bike was built and doesn't seem like such a good idea today, that is not the reason the forks rust on the upper area... Honda save money by not chroming them up there, knowing they would be covered - and again, not expecting these machines to be around 45+ years later either, I'm sure...the stupid fork cover on the head lights seems to trap in moisture.
I've ridden over 100 mph on many previously wrecked and repaired bikes and have never had an issue with both upper fork tubes that had been straightened (bent no more than yours) or the lower legs either... massive damage from head-on crashes would be different, of course, and often bend the upper tubes so badly they show marks after being straightened in which case they shouldn't be re-used, and the lowers have gotten cracked or broken off in the same situations - but I doubt that happened here or you'd remember it (if the tubes were bent since you've owned it)I wonder with bent for tubes, are the bottoms of the forks (stanchions?) usually ruined too?