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KZ 1100 SHAFT 16 inch Rear wheel Swop to a ZL 900 Eliminator 15 inch rear wheel

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23 Jul 2020 11:51 #831279 by ZedChairs
Hi to one and all.
I have a question to ask regarding the 16 inch rear wheel on my 1982 KZ1100 Shaft
I have a sidecar/hack attached to it and I could do with putting on a 15 inch rear wheel from ZL 900 Eliminator .
I have looked at part numbers for the 2 final drives and they have the same part number at the beginning.
The reason for wanting to swap wheels is so I can fit a car tyre/tire (going to the darkside) so I can get better mileage, and the reduced wheel size will help with a better final drive ratio.
Thanks in advance

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23 Jul 2020 13:28 #831286 by 650ed

ZedChairs wrote: ...........the reduced wheel size will help with a better final drive ratio.
Thanks in advance


Maybe, maybe not. It isn't the size of the wheel that matters; it's the outside diameter of the tire, so be sure to take that into consideration. You may find that the outside diameter of the 15 inch tire is the same as that of the 16 inch tire. Ed

1977 KZ650-C1 Original Owner - Stock (with additional invisible FIAMM horn)
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24 Jul 2020 02:01 #831320 by ZedChairs
Cheers Ed. In the UK there is a far greater selection of 15" tyres to match up with the ZL wheel. Thanks for the info.:) :)

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30 Jan 2021 11:03 #842691 by Moonshine
Subscribed.

I have a 1980 Kz1000st and I am looking at installing a ZL900/1000 swingarm, tire /rim. Mine has a 17" rear wheel.

1980 KZ1000st

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30 Jan 2021 16:36 #842703 by daveo
Some things are best left unfixed, and this IMHO is one of them.

:cheer:

1982 KZ1100-A2

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