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The front rim is 2.75 x 19 with a 110 x 19 tire.

The rear is a 3.50 x 18 rim with a 150 70 18 tire.



The tach is a Autogauge 5" with shift light. The speedo is a factory Kawasaki with upgraded face.

Very good looking bike brother. Love everything about it. I dig the wire rims. Wish you would swap me for my mags. Cant really tell if your rear is a 16 or not.(Mike)

The rear rim is 3.50 x 18. The tire is 150 x 70 x 18
The front rim is 2.75 x 19. The tire is 110 x 19

I thought about mags. When I researched them, I quickly made the choice to go with wires. I was disappointed with the mag rim sizes. Even though the Z1 rim went to 3.0 x 18 it just wouldn’t fit the 150 to 160 x 18 tire properly.

I wanted to go with a 160 x 18 tire in rear. I settled with a 150 x 18 as it would work with all stock items. I had to do nothing special to run this tire. The spacing is dead stock and used the stock counter shaft sprocket. The chain clears the tire sidewall by a ¼ inch, but doesn’t touch tire.I might do this conversion down the road….ie winter time, but really not serious about it.

If the 160 x 18 would have been chosen, an offset front sprocket and rear sprocket spacer would have to be made / used with some fuss. The rim would have had to go to a 4 x 18 to properly cradle the tire sidewalls.

Thanks for comments and interest.

Wow that is very nice. Are those RS36 carbs and if so what settings are you running with them.

I'm digging that rear tail light. Who surfaced your front rotors? Is that factory drilled pattern?

Stock 1978 Kawasaki 1000 "A" brake rotors on front. Drilled from factory and not messed with...must be the pic throwing you off.

Man that thing is beautiful! The wires look great and good spacing so cleaning wont be a bear, also love the way you turned the rear piggyback shocks around....never seen that done and I like it cause it's different. Great bike, you should make a video...you know pron is better in mpeg format than jpeg. :laugh:

4TheKZ1000 wrote: Stock 1978 Kawasaki 1000 "A" brake rotors on front. Drilled from factory and not messed with...must be the pic throwing you off.

Looking good. they look like they have less than 10 miles on them. I still see the surface marks from the surface grinder...

No eBay APP ID and/or Cert ID defined in Kunena configurationthanks, they were in ok shape but needed to be surfaced. I took them to a local shop where he used a flywheel grinder machine to clean them up. I think the guy on Ebay does the best job Ive seen by miles...I dont Recommend the flywheel approch at all!

picture bump....

Nice man! Is that VDO liquid filled?

sc/ant864 wrote: Nice man! Is that VDO liquid filled?

NO...but works very smooth...no vibes...