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18" 7-spoke front?
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the somewhat less good news is that i have a hard time believing i'll keep the 19" front.
so did kawasaki made any 18" front rims with the early 80's 7 spoke design? would like to keep the stock 7 spoke look, just be able to use 18" rubber rather than 19".
can always fit gpz 18" rims but they look a bit to modern for my taste.
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Doesn't the stock 1980 KZ750E 19" mag wheel have 7 spokes?turboguzzi wrote: The good news is that i just purchased a very stock 1980 KZ750E with just 12K miles.... pictures as soon as i bring it home.
the somewhat less good news is that i have a hard time believing i'll keep the 19" front.
so did kawasaki made any 18" front rims with the early 80's 6 spoke design? would like to keep the stock 6 spoke look, just be able to use 18" rubber rather than 19".
can always fit gpz 18" rims but they look a bit to modern for my taste.
Perhaps the 18" front wheel from a 1978 KZ1000-D1 (Z1R cafe racer)?
But it's a 7 spoke design.
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so yes, a 7 spoke 18" would be interesting...
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guess i'm going to use my trip to Dallas in two weeks time to bring one back from the USA
any recommended Kawasaki breakers in Dallas?
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turboguzzi wrote: ok, so police 18" 7-spk fronts can be found
18 inch Police Mag is to wide in the hub. The 1978 Z1R as mentioned is the way to go, it's 2.15 x 18.
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if it's the discs offset, looks like it would be easy to turn down the mounting surface as essentially these rim maintain the same section all along the width.
width at the bearing area could be turned down too, but more of a hassle for sure
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