18" Rear 7 Spoke Mag, w/drum. Does it exist?

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21 Nov 2017 08:46 #774869 by The-Kolton
I'm wanting to put an 18 inch mag on the rear of my '77 KZ650-B1. It already has mags swapped on from an unknown year, dual disk front, drum rear. I'd rather not have to go through the hassle of making new brackets and all that to put a disk rear, plus the drum looks cleaner to me. I can machine down wheels or build up spacers as necessary, so I'm not worried about that.

I feel like I've seen pictures of these wheels before, but I haven't been having any luck on ebay for the past month or so. I'm hoping to find out exactly which model they are off of so I can shoot some requests out to the salvage yards. Or, buy one off someone here.

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21 Nov 2017 09:12 - 21 Nov 2017 10:03 #774874 by martin_csr
Replied by martin_csr on topic 18" Rear 7 Spoke Mag, w/drum. Does it exist?
1980 KZ650-F1

80-83 KZ550A >>> KZ550-A1/A2/A3/A4

How wide is the 650B rear rim?
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21 Nov 2017 10:53 #774886 by The-Kolton
Replied by The-Kolton on topic 18" Rear 7 Spoke Mag, w/drum. Does it exist?

martin_csr wrote: 1980 KZ650-F1

80-83 KZ550A >>> KZ550-A1/A2/A3/A4

How wide is the 650B rear rim?


Thank you!

I'm not sure what model my wheels are off of, but my rear is a 16x3. I'm ok with the narrower rear 18, this bike is mostly for looks.

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21 Nov 2017 15:13 - 21 Nov 2017 15:16 #774898 by martin_csr
Replied by martin_csr on topic 18" Rear 7 Spoke Mag, w/drum. Does it exist?
There's no telling what a 16 x 3 came from. 650E Ltd, 650-CSR, 750G Twin & 550-Ltd are a few possibilities.

18" cast alloy wheels for a drum brake are kind of hard to come by. The 440G rear wheel is 18" x 1.85, but it may not be robust enough for a 650. and the 440 hub components are smaller than the 650. I don't know if the brake components or sprocket would line up correctly on the 650. I mention the 440G, because there's one on eb. It's kind of pricy anyway.
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21 Nov 2017 16:01 #774901 by The-Kolton
Replied by The-Kolton on topic 18" Rear 7 Spoke Mag, w/drum. Does it exist?
The smaller hub components makes sense. The bike I saw ↓ with an 18" drum rear looked like it had a really small drum.



Digging around some, it looks like both the KZ440 and KZ650 use a 17mm rear axle. If I have to machine up a couple spacers to center the wheel and/or chain, that's not an issue.

Thanks for your help, Martin.
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