18" 7-spoke front?

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20 May 2013 08:36 - 20 May 2013 14:19 #588306 by turboguzzi
18" 7-spoke front? was created by turboguzzi
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 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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20 May 2013 09:43 #588317 by Patton
Replied by Patton on topic 18" 6-spoke?

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.

:unsure: Doesn't the stock 1980 KZ750E 19" mag wheel have 7 spokes?

Perhaps the 18" front wheel from a 1978 KZ1000-D1 (Z1R cafe racer)?
But it's a 7 spoke design.

Good Fortune! :)

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20 May 2013 12:55 #588337 by DoubleDub
Replied by DoubleDub on topic 18" 6-spoke?
The Kz1000 Police also had a mag 18" front, but I need to look if it was 7 or 6 spoke and it is too wide to fit a Kz650 (and likely Kz750) setup.

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20 May 2013 14:17 #588356 by turboguzzi
Replied by turboguzzi on topic 18" 6-spoke?
oops, my bad, 7 indeed, got confused by the 5 spoke gpz wheels...

so yes, a 7 spoke 18" would be interesting...

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20 May 2013 16:31 #588381 by turboguzzi
Replied by turboguzzi on topic 18" 6-spoke?
ok, so police 18" 7-spk fronts can be found, just not in europe! :)

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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20 May 2013 21:32 #588430 by Kraz1
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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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21 May 2013 08:19 #588480 by turboguzzi
Replied by turboguzzi on topic 18" 6-spoke?
No eBay APP ID and/or Cert ID defined in Kunena configurationso you say that something like this will not fit?



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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22 May 2013 01:56 #588684 by david1050
Replied by david1050 on topic 18" 7-spoke front?
No eBay APP ID and/or Cert ID defined in Kunena configurationI don't know if this wheel is any narrower then the later police bikes.


David

2009 Vulcan 900 Custom
1975 Z1B 900 Mod/Resto project (91 KZ1000P forks and wheels)
1976 KZ900 Cafe bought to flip
1982 KZ750R1/GPZ750 project (95 ZX7 forks, 03 ZX636 swingarm)

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