You've answered your own question..."the bike was idle for about 30 years"
Over time, petroleum products (grease, oil and gasoline) degrade and fail to do the jobs for which they were designed. And anything made of rubber (tires, oil seals) lose their flexibility with the same result. Bare metal parts corrode from condensation. And so on. So the worst thing one can do to a bike is let it sit. Dunno the answer to your fork question, but I would suggest looking up the part numbers for both sets of forks on a parts site that uses official Honda part numbers, such as servicehonda.com If the part numbers match, they'll fit. Good luck with it. On Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 10:41:21 PM UTC-4, Thomas Neu wrote: > I recently bought my second nighthawk... a1982 750. Apparently the bike > was idle for about 30 years. The odometer showed only 2600 miles which is > supposedly original. The front forks are leaking air and a minute amount of > oil. Due to sitting for so long the forks are pitted and I was told they > would need to be replaced. I found a used set but they are from a 1982 650. > My question is will the 650 forks fit on the 750. Also the fuel gauge does > not work does not work.Any Ideas Why a bike with such low mileage has this > issue. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
